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Muslim ban on Pokemon Go
July 16, 2016 at 1:08 am
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/egy...okemon-go/
Quote: Abbas Shouman, the Deputy Chief of the Al-Azhar Islamic School, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) during an interview on Thursday that the mobile phone game “Pokemon Go” is prohibited by Islamic law.
Shouman claimed playing the game is equivalent to drinking alcohol, which is also forbidden by Islam.
“It negatively influences the mind and harms the player or others without being aware of that,” Shouman told the DPA on Thursday.
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Al-Azhar School is considered one of the most prestigious scholastic facilities for Islamic studies in Egypt; it is also located near the historical Al-Azhar Mosque.
The Deputy Chief of this school said that playing this game is a sin, citing its obsessive nature as the primary reason for its ban.
Pokemon Go is not yet available in Egypt.
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RE: Muslim ban on Pokemon Go
July 16, 2016 at 1:09 am
(This post was last modified: July 16, 2016 at 1:10 am by Silver.)
Well, at least they did something right even if their reasoning for banning it is skewed.
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RE: Muslim ban on Pokemon Go
July 16, 2016 at 1:34 am
Wow, I can't wait till I get to that bit in the Quran with Hugo and Jake. Imagine God trying to get peoples' attention with everyone fiddling on their phones.
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RE: Muslim ban on Pokemon Go
July 16, 2016 at 9:01 am
(This post was last modified: July 16, 2016 at 9:02 am by The Grand Nudger.)
It wouldn't surprise me in the least if the next revealed religion -came- from our phones. The market is there.
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RE: Muslim ban on Pokemon Go
July 16, 2016 at 9:15 am
So Islamic law forbids anything that "negatively influences the mind and harms the [individual] or others without being aware of that"?
That's Islam fucked then.
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RE: Muslim ban on Pokemon Go
July 16, 2016 at 9:49 am
Muslim ban. Such a grand word for such a small matter, since it's only one head of one religious school.
Btw, just this morning I read some story about a pastor warning against online demons from pokemon Go. Was good for a chuckle. Didn't bookmark it or something. So it's obviously a christian ban also, isn't it?
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RE: Muslim ban on Pokemon Go
July 16, 2016 at 9:51 am
(July 16, 2016 at 9:49 am)abaris Wrote: Muslim ban. Such a grand word for such a small matter, since it's only one head of one religious school.
Btw, just this morning I read some story about a pastor warning against online demons from pokemon Go. Was good for a chuckle. Didn't bookmark it or something. So it's obviously a christian ban also, isn't it?
Yes, it is. Feel free to create a thread for it.
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RE: Muslim ban on Pokemon Go
July 16, 2016 at 9:53 am
Nintendo suddenly making billions and people wandering into traffic and getting splattered is the kinda thing that needs a little reining in.
(NOT endorsing Islam, love that ruling since it also seems to say Islamic Law therefore prohibits Islam as it is also a negative influence on the mind and harms far more individuals than pokemon . . . )
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RE: Muslim ban on Pokemon Go
July 16, 2016 at 10:07 am
Are there any instances of people getting hit by traffic though?
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RE: Muslim ban on Pokemon Go
July 16, 2016 at 10:16 am
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(July 16, 2016 at 9:15 am)Stimbo Wrote: So Islamic law forbids anything that "negatively influences the mind and harms the [individual] or others without being aware of that"?
That's Islam fucked then.
The Kirk Manoeuvre played for keeps.
No Stimbo, here's your quote in the correct form:
Quote:So (Al Azhar/Sunni/Shiite/Wahhabi/Salafi/...etc) law forbids anything that "negatively influences the mind and harms the [individual] or others without being aware of that"?
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