Is it permissible to open a halal restaurant in an area where alcohol is frequently sold?
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If your restaurant is separate from shops that sell alcohol, then there is no harm in opening it, as long as it serves food. The presence of restaurants that sell alcohol in the same area does not prevent this; because you are isolated from them. It has become a common practice for people to enter markets where there are evil deeds due to need and widespread affliction.
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Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
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