After read this I started to wonder, why do Islamic nations like Saudi Arabia, the Gulf monarchies, Pakistan etc enforce prohibition despite it not being quite the case historically?
Here is why, during the 1980s Saudi Arabia exported it's view of strict, conservative Islam. You see, in the 60's and 70's Muslim nations like Pakistan, Egypt, and Iran were rapidly modernizing/westernizing. However, the Iranian revolution shattered that, and the 1971 war badly damaged Pakistan, the fastest growing economy in Asia. Saudi Arabia took an opportunity to turn Muslim nations against eachother and export terrorism, and completely ruined every fucking thing.