If They Only Knew Islam’s Simplicity An interesting article published in Al-Watan newspaper last week mentioned a fatwa (religious edict) from a sheikh here that had been published on the Internet. It said that playing soccer was sinful in Islam if it did not abide by certain rules. The rules it specified were as follows: 1. That players should not wear T-shirts with numbers on them, trousers, or shorts, and only play with their sleeping clothes, as wearing the previously mentioned items would be copying the infidels. 2. That there be three periods instead of two, so that it would not comply with the international standards of soccer set by the infidels. 3. That players should spit in the face of the striker if he rejoices in scoring a goal in the opposing team’s net, as the purpose of the game is to be fit only, not for rejoicing in scoring. 4. The utterance of all words such as “foul”, “penalty”, “out”, and others is sinful since they are made up by the infidels who set soccer rules. There should also not be a crowd watching or cheering the game. The fatwa goes on, but I think I will stop here. According to press reports, three Saudi players of a local football club in Taif named “Al-Rasheed” left their team because of the fatwa, and also left the country to join the jihadists in Iraq.
At last I find some common ground with those ********ers. I am sure Jose Luis Chilavert will enthusiastically endorse this rule. And 'Chino' Benitez too.
I'm sure that this "fatwa" will be obeyed by Moslems about as much as the prohibition on artificial birth control is being obeyed by Roman Catholics.
On a side note, sort of a related topic, I was wondering: How do people who wear turbans play soccer? Do they take it off to play? Because I'd think if they head the ball, wouldn't the turban sort of fall apart? Not to mention making it difficult to effectively aim for the goal.
In his defense, Frank didn't spit on Voller because he scored. No, he simply was adding "gel" to Rudi's German mullet.
Let's give Frank more credit then spit. It was multiple spitting. He caught him at least three time in the back of Vollers head.
I dunno... I just watched Asian Soccer Highlights on FSC and there sure were a lot of people in the stadiums in Qatar and UAE. Me thinks about as many people pay attention to these nutjobs in that part of the globe as we pay attention to the likes of Fred "boy will he be suprised in the afterlife" Phelps.