A British teacher has discovered that it is Islamaphobic to teach his students to play chess. It may cost him his job:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRprC8BtH8Q [6 minutes]
On 1/27/2026 2:51 PM, rhino wrote:
I thought chess was invented by the Arabs. Or its basic format.
A British teacher has discovered that it is Islamaphobic to teach his students to play chess. It may cost him his job:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRprC8BtH8Q [6 minutes]
In <10lbg30$r3sc$1@solani.org> suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com> writes:
On 1/27/2026 2:51 PM, rhino wrote:
I thought chess was invented by the Arabs. Or its basic format.
A British teacher has discovered that it is Islamaphobic to teach his students to play chess. It may cost him his job:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRprC8BtH8Q [6 minutes]
"Arab" is *NOT* synonomous with Islam (and vice versa).
Lots of overlap, to be sure.
But calling a resident of Tehran an Arab is as
dangerous to your health as callin a Kzin "cute".
A British teacher has discovered that it is Islamaphobic to teach his students to play chess. It may cost him his job:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRprC8BtH8Q [6 minutes]
On 1/27/2026 2:51 PM, rhino wrote:
A British teacher has discovered that it is Islamaphobic to teach his >>students to play chess. It may cost him his job:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRprC8BtH8Q [6 minutes]
I thought chess was invented by the Arabs. Or its basic format..
On Jan 27, 2026 at 2:51:41 PM PST, "rhino" <user3015@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
A British teacher has discovered that it is Islamaphobic to teach his students to play chess. It may cost him his job:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRprC8BtH8Q [6 minutes]
I love how the school management just assumes everyone should know how all the
common and mundane and normal aspects of British life will offend the Muzzies.
They act like it's obvious that teaching a Muzzie how to play chess is haram, haram I say!
Why would anyone know that? Are we all supposed to do a deep dive into researching every aspect of normal western life before engaging in it just in case it might offend a Muzzie? Why are these frakking people even in our countries if literally every single aspect of our culture is so offensive it sends them into paroxysms of rage? Why don't they go find some Islamic theocracy to live in where they'll never have to worry about being offended?
BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> posted:
Jan 27, 2026 at 2:51:41 PM PST, rhino <user3015@newsgrouper.org.invalid>:
A British teacher has discovered that it is Islamaphobic to teach his >>>students to play chess. It may cost him his job:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRprC8BtH8Q [6 minutes]
I love how the school management just assumes everyone should know
how all the common and mundane and normal aspects of British life will >>offend the Muzzies.
They act like it's obvious that teaching a Muzzie how to play chess is >>haram, haram I say!
The teacher apparently asked everyone if they were interested in
learning chess and none of them objected. It's only after they went home
and told their parents that the problems began.
Apparently, this is so obscure a sin that the kids didn't know about it
and only found out about it when the parents heard about it. Or maybe
the parents are inventing this outrage just because they seek an
opportunity to be outraged to force the school to acquiesce to them.
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rhino <user3015@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:It's a head-scratcher, isn't it? Again, it's hard not to think these
BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> posted:
Jan 27, 2026 at 2:51:41 PM PST, rhino <user3015@newsgrouper.org.invalid>:
A British teacher has discovered that it is Islamaphobic to teach his
students to play chess. It may cost him his job:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRprC8BtH8Q [6 minutes]
I love how the school management just assumes everyone should know
how all the common and mundane and normal aspects of British life will
offend the Muzzies.
They act like it's obvious that teaching a Muzzie how to play chess is
haram, haram I say!
The teacher apparently asked everyone if they were interested in
learning chess and none of them objected. It's only after they went home
and told their parents that the problems began.
Apparently, this is so obscure a sin that the kids didn't know about it
and only found out about it when the parents heard about it. Or maybe
the parents are inventing this outrage just because they seek an
opportunity to be outraged to force the school to acquiesce to them.
I'm so confused. Chess spread throughtout the Muslim world after the
Arabs conquered Persia, killing 10s of thousands, then forcibly
converted the population to Islam. Then the religion split into Sunni
and Shi'a. No one changes religion without war, and these wars
slaughtered millions over the centuries.
All that death is no sin, but playing chess is?
. . .
A British teacher has discovered that it is Islamaphobic to teach his >students to play chess. It may cost him his job:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRprC8BtH8Q [6 minutes]
On 1/27/2026 2:51 PM, rhino wrote:
I thought chess was invented by the Arabs. Or its basic format..
A British teacher has discovered that it is Islamaphobic to teach his
students to play chess. It may cost him his job:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRprC8BtH8Q [6 minutes]
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