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Originally posted by @great-king-rat"Many of the great Muslim scholars have clearly stated the prohibition and non-permissibility of chess."
Considering the vast amount of Muslims around the world it's a shame not to mention very peculiar none of them seem to (want to) post on this website.
http://www.inter-islam.org/Prohibitions/Chess.html
Other such sites exist, e.g.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/21/chess-forbidden-in-islam-rules-saudi-arabia-grand-mufti
03 Sep 17
Originally posted by @js357Didn't know that.
"Many of the great Muslim scholars have clearly stated the prohibition and non-permissibility of chess."
http://www.inter-islam.org/Prohibitions/Chess.html
Other such sites exist, e.g.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/21/chess-forbidden-in-islam-rules-saudi-arabia-grand-mufti
They're still welcome here, though. Who cares about playing chess anyway?
04 Sep 17
Originally posted by @great-king-ratCould you blame them?
Considering the vast amount of Muslims around the world it's a shame not to mention very peculiar none of them seem to (want to) post on this website.
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Originally posted by @great-king-ratI've noticed that when someone posts something on Spirituality sometimes certain posters will pounce on it. "You haven't played many games of chess yet."
Didn't know that.
They're still welcome here, though. Who cares about playing chess anyway?
It seems to them you are not a legitimate contributor of Spirituality matters unless you have had a lot of chess games.
05 Sep 17
Originally posted by @great-king-ratThey play chess. Chess boards are widely available in shops, including dirt cheap ones. You see pedicab drivers and traders playing on the pavement. There are sets available in cafes and hotels. However if some fanatical big mouth in the Middle East has come out with a bit of orange-leather-strap-and-plastic-bag theology saying chess is haram, then no doubt some self-anointed Islamic cranks here have parotted it or is spreading the "news" by social media. But I've not heard it yet.
FMF, I'm interested. Do the Muslims around you not play chess? Is it a big no-no?
05 Sep 17
Originally posted by @great-king-ratThere was a pretty active Palestinian-American called Scherzo - I think he was a Muslim, I can't remember for sure - who posted 5,000-6,000 times 2007-2010. I think his focus might have been the Debates Forum.
Considering the vast amount of Muslims around the world it's a shame not to mention very peculiar none of them seem to (want to) post on this website.