Friday, January 22, 2016

The age-old war between Muslim clerics and chess-players

The age-old war between Muslim clerics and chess-players

The top religious cleric in Saudi Arabia denounced the sport of chess, declaring it "a waste of time" and reiterating reasons why it should be forbidden. Sheik Abdulaziz bin Abdullah, Saudi Arabia's grand mufti, was responding to viewer questions on his regular television show when he made the comments, a video of which circulated on social media this […]











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