(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - A Saudi Arabian mufti has issued a religious degree (fatwa) prohibiting soccer for Muslim youth because it has been invented by Jews, Christians, infidels, the US, Russia, France and their lackeys.
Abdullah al-Najdi advised Muslim youth to avoid playing soccer unless under specific conditions.
He added that if Muslim youth wish to play soccer aspects of the game must be changed so that it does not resemble the game played by the infidels.
Based on the decree terms such as “foul,” “penalty,” “corner,” and “out” which have been invented by infidels should not be used in the game.
Al-Najdi said soccer players in a team should be more or less than 11 to avoid resemblance to infidels and they must play the game in every day clothes or nightgown because regular soccer uniforms are not befitting for the Muslim youth.
He further said that soccer games do not need referees after technicalities such as penalty, foul, out, and corner have been crossed out.
“If one of you scored a goal, don't run toward him and hug or kiss him and don't rejoice because these are what the Americans and the French do. Basically, you don't need these things because your goal is clear,” Al-Najdi
He added that no specific player should be designated as substitute, but players should change position when one of them is tired.
Wahhabism is an extremely intolerant interpretation of Islam practiced in Saudi Arabia, which gained momentum after the discovery of oil in the kingdom in 1938.
Their "oil money" helped finance a large-scale program of assistance to the Afghan mujahedeen, some of whom later joined the Taliban.
Saudi muftis have a long history of issuing strange decrees which defy common sense. Authorizing the murder of the owners of television networks broadcasting allegedly immoral content, calling for the destruction of holy Shia site in Iraq, prohibiting the construction of structures over graves and demanding the demolition of the Prophet's shrine in Medina are but a few examples.
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10 October 2011 - 20:30
News ID: 271050
A Saudi Arabian mufti has issued a religious degree (fatwa) prohibiting soccer for Muslim youth because it has been invented by Jews, Christians, infidels, the US, Russia, France and their lackeys.
