Pro@programming.devdeleted by creator to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe Taliban has banned a lot of things ... but chess?www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down14
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-linkThe Taliban has banned a lot of things ... but chess?www.npr.orgPro@programming.devdeleted by creator to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square22linkfedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI could see chess being a problem for the Taliban a couple of different ways… First, as in the article, gambling. “Buh, buh, chess isn’t gambling!” Tell that to any number of street chess hustlers in the US, and there are LOTS of them. https://www.chess.com/blog/Rodgy/i-flew-to-new-york-to-play-hustlers Second, graven images. The Taliban takes that seriously, to the point of blowing up Buddha statues.
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIn stricter Muslim countries, the chess pieces are more abstract-looking. That’s not really the issue. The real issue is that they hate anything that makes life enjoyable.
I could see chess being a problem for the Taliban a couple of different ways…
First, as in the article, gambling.
“Buh, buh, chess isn’t gambling!” Tell that to any number of street chess hustlers in the US, and there are LOTS of them.
https://www.chess.com/blog/Rodgy/i-flew-to-new-york-to-play-hustlers
Second, graven images. The Taliban takes that seriously, to the point of blowing up Buddha statues.
In stricter Muslim countries, the chess pieces are more abstract-looking. That’s not really the issue.
The real issue is that they hate anything that makes life enjoyable.