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Chess forbidden in Islam, rules Saudi mufti, but issue not black and white
UK Guardian ^
| January 21, 2016
| Kareem Shaheen
Posted on 01/21/2016 8:58:47 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan
Chess scares them. Every time they see the Knight, they think the Crusades are starting again.
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posted on
01/21/2016 11:03:09 AM PST
by
Made In The USA
(Rap music: Soundtrack of the retarded.)
To: C19fan
chess was included under gambling and was a waste of time and money and a cause for hatred and enmity between players.
Yeah, like walking in and shooting up a rock concert in Paris is so much better use of time and emotional energy.
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01/21/2016 11:32:43 AM PST
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lurk
To: MoochPooch
Arabs were once the leading players of chess (at least the version of chess before the it was Europeanized with a stronger queen). They were instrumental in transmitting the game from the Middle East to Europe. Chess is said to have started in India, but I believe its roots extend farther to the east in China.
Anyway chess has intrinsic intellectual satisfaction to the players that gambling is not needed to 'juice it up'. What is it about Muslims that seek to squeeze all of the joy out of life and replace it with misery?
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01/21/2016 12:36:51 PM PST
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fhayek
To: C19fan
It’s also racialist, setting white against black.
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01/22/2016 7:40:57 PM PST
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Oztrich Boy
('Life is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy for those who feel' - Horace Walpole)
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