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Published 8 years ago by rti9 with 2 Comments
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8 years ago 2

Chess forbidden in Islam, rules Saudi mufti, but issue not black and white

Game likely to take on status of minor vices such as music after Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh says it encourages gambling

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  • Appaloosa
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    I'll bet he's a lot of fun to be around.

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  • b1ackbird
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    It is unlikely that Sheikh’s ruling will be enforced, and more plausible that chess will be relegated to the status of other minor vices, such as music, which many in the clerical establishment frown upon.

    Wait wait wait wait wait.... MUSIC? smh. Yeah, really selling that belief system hard right guys? That'll get all the souls.

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