In a video of a television programme acquaint online, Grand Accouterment Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh appears absolute if asked about the lath bold in Islam.
"Chess is prohibited. It is gambling," said Sheikh, insisting that it was a "waste of time and money and a could cause for acrimony amid players".
The video was originally recorded about a ages ago but has resurfaced online, breeding able reactions on amusing media in contempo days.Among those who accept accursed the fatwa is Russian above apple chess best Garry Kasparov.
"Saudi Arabia aggravating to ban chess is stupid, but we should be added anxious about their bans on animal rights and democracy," Kasparov wrote on his Twitter account.Lebanese television ambassador Nasser Fakih tweeted: "Saudi accouterment has declared chess haram. Apparently this bold makes you use your brain, and this is haram!"
And Twitter user @RaKaN4you said: "Ok, how about PlayStation and Xbox, halal or haram?"
But abounding tweets were aswell admiring of the cleric's accommodation to affair the fatwa.
Saudi Arabia applies a austere estimation of Sunni Islam, which imposes abounding restrictions, including the allegory amid men and women in public, and reinforces a ban on women driving.
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