Hey there, I'm Amadal Yakhber, and this is See Something Say Something, the BuzzFeed Show where we drink jai, tell stories, and talk about being Muslim in America.

So this week, we're going to be talking about something that's a little controversial.

We're going to be talking about alcohol, and we're going to figure out what's the role of alcohol in Islamic history.

If you see something, you better, you better say something.

Nothing at all, nothing at all.

So I've invited a professor on to give me some history and context behind alcohol's role in Islamic law and poetry, which you'd be surprised, even though it's banned, it figures very heavily in the Muslim imagination.

But this is not the only episode we're going to be doing. We're going to have some later conversations where we ask people to tell some stories and explain their personal relationship to intoxicants.

So keep an eye out for those a little bit later.

And just bear in mind that you might disagree with what people say on these episodes, and that's totally okay and totally normal.

And it's kind of the point of the show is we want to have these conversations that are

difficult and maybe you don't feel comfortable talking to people about and because you're

going to disagree with him.

And that's okay.

Najam Haather is an assistant professor at Barnard College, where he teaches courses in Islamic studies in history with a focus on Islamic law.

Welcome to the show, Najim.

Thanks for having me.

So we usually ask people like what's sort of on their mind this week and what's been going

on with them, what place they're at. What are some sort of on their mind this week and what's been going on with them,

what place they're at? What are some things you're thinking about this week? Well, I think every

week I think about the political situation in this country, which kind of scares me. I've been

thinking a lot about Syria and trying not to feel despondent about it. And then I saw a picture

of a bunny riding a dog with a train snail

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