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Posted on 01/22/2016 4:25:38 PM PST by detective
A fatwa issued by Saudi Arabia's top cleric prohibiting chess in Islam and equating it with gambling has caused a stir on social media.
In a video of a television programme posted online, Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh appears categorical when asked about the board game in Islam.
"Chess is prohibited. It is gambling," said Sheikh, insisting that it was a "waste of time and money and a cause for animosity between players".
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Time should be spent strapping bombs on to women and children to kill innocent bystanders.
Or having sex with goats.
I don’t expect this will take hold in Iran, the birthplace of chess.
What are they bitchin’ about/ Didn’t the Muzzies invent the game back about the 7th century?
Didn’t the muzzies themselves invent chess. Maybe they’ll destroy the rest of their own culture and disappear, too.
In the game of Islam, the men are Kings and the women are pawns.
the time could be much better spent murdering Christians and Jews, raping little children, and screwing helpless animals
So is bouncing your head off the floor five times a day.
that made me laugh
I don’t think Muslims have invented anything beneficial for mankind. They are too busy destroying knowledge.
No. Modern chess evolved from earlier games that originated in India.
I believe the game originated in Persia; “check mate” is derived from “Shah mat” (the king is dead). The rooks were war elephants (hence the movement in straight lines).
No. 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. In Europe, chess evolved into roughly its current form in the 15th century.
The most commonly held belief is that chess originated in India, where it was called Chaturanga, which appears to have been invented in the 6th century AD. Although this is commonly believed, it is thought that Persians created a more modern version of the game after the Indians.
No. 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. In Europe, chess evolved into roughly its current form in the 15th century.
If your chess game involves a gamble then you are doing it wrong.
I would expect no less from someone moronic enough to follow islam.
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I’ll see your Rook and raise you 4 Pawns
-—What are they bitchin’ about/ Didn’t the Muzzies invent the game back about the 7th century?——
Persians invented the game, they were not muzzie yet...
LMAO!!!
With their asses pointed away from the Satanic HQ of Mecca.
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