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POPSGoing to Try Chess Boxing? Getting a lot of publicity today. What other mad combinations of sport can we invent? Part of our 'Dinner Party Digest' series. Things that you should really know about if you want to join the conversation at tonights dinner party, gastro pub, business dinner or night down the pub! It's your turn to be centre of attention!
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POPSBoxing & Chess vs Islam = FIGHT! So it turns out that edicts issued by scholars of my religion, Islam, condemn my twin interests, that of boxing and chess, as ‘haraam’ (forbidden). After long discussion on one particular forum, someone concluded that the Prophet himself condemned any ‘sport’ which involved hitting the face, but endorsed wrestling. My comments asking for further clarification re: the rules of and reasons behind wrestling have received no response. Almost a week later. Hmmm… (“Things that make you go—”)