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2016-01-22 Arabia

Saudi grand mufti says playing chess is forbidden in Islam

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Posted by Fred 2016-01-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

#1 Go eat a goat d**k

Posted by newc 2016-01-22 02:40|| 2016-01-22 02:40|| Front Page Top

#2 What about go, checkers, and monopoly? Listening to the grand mufti's show strikes me as a waste of time.

Posted by Sven the pelter 2016-01-22 07:11|| 2016-01-22 07:11|| Front Page Top

Posted by Jeremiah Gonque8597 2016-01-22 08:14|| 2016-01-22 08:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Put the queens in a bag and all is well.

Posted by Shipman 2016-01-22 11:42|| 2016-01-22 11:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Give all the boys ak47s and let them play jihad.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-01-22 12:25|| 2016-01-22 12:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Don't forget the RPGs.

Posted by Sven the pelter 2016-01-22 12:28|| 2016-01-22 12:28|| Front Page Top

#7 More likely because chess is a 'Persian' game.

Posted by Pappy 2016-01-22 13:27|| 2016-01-22 13:27|| Front Page Top

#8 Then I take it Parcheesi is way out then.

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-01-22 18:14|| 2016-01-22 18:14|| Front Page Top

#9 Saud grandmasters' gambit -- it's deep!
"We can't catch this Mufti asleep,
So let us seek redress
By showing him speed chess,
And -- this is key -- calling pawns 'sheep!'"

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2016-01-22 19:18|| 2016-01-22 19:18|| Front Page Top

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