Top Saudi cleric declares chess forbidden


Religion | 207595 hits | Jan 21 12:54 pm | Posted by: Hyack
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A video clip of Saudi Arabia's top cleric saying that the game of chess is "forbidden" in Islam because it wastes time and leads to rivalry among people has provoked heated debate, and widespread criticism, among Arabic Twitter users.

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  1. by avatar GreenTiger
    Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:15 pm
    This reminds me of very old song "They're Coming To Take Me Away" Ha Ha.

    Yes there needs to be some mwn in white coats who need to take this guy into a rubber room for a thorazine break.

  2. by avatar PublicAnimalNo9
    Fri Jan 22, 2016 2:21 pm
    the mufti says chess "wastes time and money and causes rivalry and enmity" because it makes rich people poor and poor people rich
    Oh for sure. I mean we've all seen those rich Chess Champion celebrities strutting around like their shit don't stink. And talk about rivalries and enmity, you should have seen the fist fights when I was in Chess Club. Man, I've even seen people lose an eye when someone threw a bishop at them.

    Some Twitter users mocked Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdelaziz Al Sheikh, saying chess is an intelligent game and that is why conservative clerics decry it.
    Sounds about right.

  3. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Fri Jan 22, 2016 2:29 pm
    FFS..... throw a bomb vest on one of the pawns and everything will be A-OK with this pile of squirrel shit.

  4. by Thanos
    Fri Jan 22, 2016 2:48 pm
    Sounds like his "thinking" is on par with the fundie dipshits back in the 1980's who lobbied Congress to ban heavy metal and Dungeons & Dragons. Busybody dickheads - every religion's got them. :|

  5. by avatar DrCaleb
    Fri Jan 22, 2016 2:59 pm
    *cough*violent video games*cough*

  6. by avatar andyt
    Fri Jan 22, 2016 3:38 pm
    The earliest predecessor of the game probably originated in India, before the 6th century AD; a minority of historians believe the game originated in China. From India, the game spread to Persia. When the Arabs conquered Persia, chess was taken up by the Muslim world and subsequently spread to Southern Europe.


    Ironic.

    There's a story that the inventor was asked by the ruler what he wanted as a reward. The inventor asked for one grain of wheat on the first square, two on the second, 4 on the third, and so forth. Turned out there wasn't enough wheat in the kingdom, so the king just cut the inventor's head off for being a smart aleck.

  7. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Fri Jan 22, 2016 4:11 pm
    Funny that this jerkoff deems one of the few things Islam gave to the world as un-Islamic. XD

  8. by avatar andyt
    Fri Jan 22, 2016 4:15 pm
    Well. we're also using their numbers.

    Overcoming Historical Amnesia: Muslim Contributions to Civilization

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-con ... 35868.html

  9. by Hmmmm
    Fri Jan 22, 2016 6:52 pm
    I guess all religions have their nutty ideas and zealots to promote them, but the real problem here is identification of the religion with the state, giving it power to inflict its idiocy on the populace.

  10. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Fri Jan 22, 2016 7:35 pm
    "Hmmmm" said
    I guess all religions have their nutty ideas and zealots to promote them, but the real problem here is identification of the religion with the state, giving it power to inflict its idiocy on the populace.


    Islam is an all-encompassing religious, political, economic, and legal system. There is no such thing as secular governance in Islam. It isn't possible.

  11. by avatar GreenTiger
    Fri Jan 22, 2016 8:03 pm
    "BartSimpson" said
    Funny that this jerkoff deems one of the few things Islam gave to the world as un-Islamic. XD

    This Mentally Ill JO just needs some time in the quite room of a mental health facility before some damn fool takes him seriously.

  12. by avatar GreenTiger
    Fri Jan 22, 2016 8:09 pm
    "andyt" said
    Well. we're also using their numbers.

    Overcoming Historical Amnesia: Muslim Contributions to Civilization

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-con ... 35868.html

    True, unfortunately Islam has fell into their own dark ages just like we did hopefully just like we did there will be a Reformation.

  13. by Jin-Gitaxias
    Fri Jan 22, 2016 8:49 pm
    He's probably just mad because he's too dumb to play it.

  14. by avatar PluggyRug
    Sat Jan 23, 2016 3:52 am
    I thought they'ed already banned queens and introduced a substitute piece called the caliph.



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