Yes, you read correctly, today the Taliban has officially banned chess in Afghanistan, citing religious concerns.
According to the Taliban's Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, chess is considered "haram" (forbidden) under Islamic law due to its association with gambling and its potential to distract individuals from religious duties. The National Chess Federation of the country has been dissolved.
Let me also remind you that according to the Taliban-led government of Afghanistan, the country lives today at the year 1446.
Talibans ban Chess labelling it as gambling
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Horror and madness to the highest degree. The problem is that at the gate of Western civilization such an incarnation of baseness, which wants to destroy Reason, is somehow stopped and Kyiv is paying the price, saving us.
I recall Francisco Goya's warning circa 1799 - The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters:
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arbusers wrote: ↑Mon May 12, 2025 6:50 pmYes, you read correctly, today the Taliban has officially banned chess in Afghanistan, citing religious concerns.
According to the Taliban's Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, chess is considered "haram" (forbidden) under Islamic law due to its association with gambling and its potential to distract individuals from religious duties. The National Chess Federation of the country has been dissolved.
Let me also remind you that according to the Taliban-led government of Afghanistan, the country lives today at the year 1446.
Horror and madness to the highest degree. The problem is that at the gate of Western civilization such an incarnation of baseness, which wants to destroy Reason, is somehow stopped and Kyiv is paying the price, saving us.
I recall Francisco Goya's warning circa 1799 - The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters:
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I mean they are not completely wrong... in many ways they really do live in 1446arbusers wrote: ↑Mon May 12, 2025 6:50 pmYes, you read correctly, today the Taliban has officially banned chess in Afghanistan, citing religious concerns.
According to the Taliban's Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, chess is considered "haram" (forbidden) under Islamic law due to its association with gambling and its potential to distract individuals from religious duties. The National Chess Federation of the country has been dissolved.
Let me also remind you that according to the Taliban-led government of Afghanistan, the country lives today at the year 1446.
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brilliant artarb12 wrote: ↑Mon May 12, 2025 8:53 pmarbusers wrote: ↑Mon May 12, 2025 6:50 pmYes, you read correctly, today the Taliban has officially banned chess in Afghanistan, citing religious concerns.
According to the Taliban's Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, chess is considered "haram" (forbidden) under Islamic law due to its association with gambling and its potential to distract individuals from religious duties. The National Chess Federation of the country has been dissolved.
Let me also remind you that according to the Taliban-led government of Afghanistan, the country lives today at the year 1446.
Horror and madness to the highest degree. The problem is that at the gate of Western civilization such an incarnation of baseness, which wants to destroy Reason, is somehow stopped and Kyiv is paying the price, saving us.
I recall Francisco Goya's warning circa 1799 - The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters:
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