Posted: Jan 02, 2017 10:08 pm
Aca wrote:http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/playing-chess-is-more-sinful-than-gambling-muslim-televangelist.aspx?pageID=238&nID=108037&NewsCatID=393Playing chess is more sinful than gambling: Muslim televangelist
Turkish televangelist Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü, popularly known as “Cübbeli” Ahmet Hoca (Robed Ahmet Hoca), has raised eyebrows by claiming that playing chess is more sinful than gambling, daily Hürriyet reported on Jan. 2.
Ünlü said chess players were “cursed” and claimed that “most people who played chess are liars.”
“Playing chess is worse than gambling and eating pork ... People who play chess are more prone to lying than others. People who play chess may not say the shahada [declaration of Islamic belief] while they are dying,” he said.
“People who play chess are cursed ... You should count your prayer beads instead of playing games like this,” he added.
This is just a petulant tit for tat coz them nasty chess players don't want to be forced to play with a bag on their head.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37560768
Calls for a boycott of next year's Women's World Chess Championship in Tehran, in protest at Iran's strict hijab laws, have prompted a big debate inside Iran in both the official and social media.
At stake are two of the most current and contentious issues in Iran - equal participation for women in sport and increasing resistance among growing numbers of Iranian women to their country's compulsory Islamic dress code.