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Muslim cleric says Pokemon Go is un-Islamic

Jul 18, 2016 6:50 pm By Robert Spencer

“Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam. There can be no fun and joy in whatever is serious.” — Ayatollah Khomeini

Abbas Shuman

“Pokemon Go is ‘un-Islamic’, Muslim cleric says,” by Harry Readhead, Metro.co.uk, July 16, 2016:

A Muslim scholar has suggested that the hugely popular Pokemon go is prohibited by Islam.

Abbas Shuman, who is deputy head of the Al-Azhar Islamic institution, said the game was a ‘harmful mania’ which was similar to drinking alcohol.

Gulf News reports that the Egyptian cleric said the game ‘makes people look like drunkards.’

‘This game makes people look like drunkards in the streets and on the roads while their eyes are glued to the mobile screens leading them to the location of the imaginary Pokemon in the hope of catching it,’ he said.

‘If such a game can deceive youngsters, I do not know where have gone the minds of adults, who can be hit by a car while being busy searching for Pokemon.’

The augmented reality game has already led people to chase Pokemon in Auschwitz and to turn up at the homes of complete strangers.

Mr Shuman asked if people would ‘neglect their work and earnining their living and devote themselves instead to hunting for Pokemon.’

‘Will we find some lunatics walk into mosques, churches, prisons and military units in search of the missing [Pokemon]?’ he added….

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  1. TheOldOligarch says

    Jul 18, 2016 at 6:59 pm

    Imagining crazed Muslim clerics ranting about Pokémon and how un-Islamic they are is hilarious to me. It’s not often one gets a laugh off this site.

    • Jaladhi says

      Jul 18, 2016 at 7:28 pm

      Shall we say Muslim clerics regale us with their wisdom and logic!!

  2. Richard says

    Jul 18, 2016 at 6:59 pm

    THAT must be what the 17 year old Afghan kid was really doing on that German train! Hunting Pokemon! But he misunderstood the game and thought the object was “Gotta kill ’em all!” But he missed Pikachu and whacked a few commuters instead…

    • Westman says

      Jul 18, 2016 at 9:14 pm

      It’s easy to perceive that you are not Muslim. Humor and games are an unmistakable sign of intelligence.

  3. Mak says

    Jul 18, 2016 at 7:09 pm

    Do we have a Jihadu pokemon? Maybe his special power is he explodes at the sight of infidels? Don’t catch that one!

    • Jaladhi says

      Jul 18, 2016 at 7:26 pm

      I think Pokeman needs a beard and a skull cap to make him Islamic! Ha, ha,…Moronic Islamic logic!

    • jr says

      Jul 18, 2016 at 7:27 pm

      Jihadu is a rare pokemon

      • Mak says

        Jul 18, 2016 at 8:15 pm

        Jihadu isn’t that rare! There was a sighting in Germany today. France a few days ago. Someone caught one in the Istanbul airport. Oh, and he was in the gym at the Brussels airport. He may also have made an appearance in a French thearter, an American marathon, several places in Israel.

        He’s actually not that rare of a pokemon if you avoid liberal lefty media. 🙂

        Oh, and I almost forgot. You can always see him by the Whitehouse.

      • Jeremy says

        Jul 19, 2016 at 7:12 am

        Yes, they are rare! One can only find those in Islamic states!

        • gravenimage says

          Jul 19, 2016 at 10:13 am

          I wish! Increasingly, they can be spotted in the West…

    • Angemon says

      Jul 18, 2016 at 8:42 pm

      • LR says

        Jul 20, 2016 at 2:53 am

        Hey Shuman,

        You look kind of like a mean drunkard without even playing Pokemon..

        I’ll take a stupid drunkard any day before a boring dullard asshole like you.

  4. biff says

    Jul 18, 2016 at 7:20 pm

    I’ve never wanted to play the game more.

    Un-Islamic? Sign me up!

  5. Jaladhi says

    Jul 18, 2016 at 7:25 pm

    These screwballs have nothing else to do but to declare what is Islamic or not. Pokeman didn’t exist in Mo’s time so how would he know Pokeman is Islamic or not. This cleric must have a direct line to Mo/allah who sends him all the Islamic instructions!1 Moron!

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 18, 2016 at 9:50 pm

      By its very nature, Pokemon is Bi’da–innovation–and that is Haram.

      Muslims only seem to make exceptions for weapons of death. You won’t find an Imam declaring Kalashnikovs or IEDs “un-Islamic”.

  6. jr says

    Jul 18, 2016 at 7:25 pm

    I caught a pokemon in an Islamic Center near my house. It was a pikachu 🙂

    • biff says

      Jul 18, 2016 at 7:31 pm

      Pikachu named Mohammed Muhammed Mahammed.

      • gravenimage says

        Jul 19, 2016 at 10:14 am

        Pikachu is too nice to have a name like that…

  7. D.C. Watson says

    Jul 18, 2016 at 7:42 pm

    This game makes people look like drunkards in the streets and on the roads while their eyes are glued to the mobile screens leading them to the location of the imaginary Pokemon in the hope of catching it,’

    Better than looking like mangy, sex-starved rapist dogs sexually attacking non-Muslim women and little kids in the streets of the West like so many of his co-religionists do. He should STFU.

  8. Angemon says

    Jul 18, 2016 at 7:48 pm

    A Muslim scholar has suggested that the hugely popular Pokemon go is prohibited by Islam.

    This just might be the push I need to get a newer cellphone.

    Mr Shuman asked if people would ‘neglect their work and earnining their living and devote themselves instead to hunting for Pokemon.’

    Oh, trust me, that’s not a problem for most muslims in Europe – they’re either on the dole or have a lot of free time in-between committing crimes.

    • Mak says

      Jul 18, 2016 at 8:17 pm

      Yeah, same here. Seems my S4 can’t play it. I can play Ingress (Pokemon Go’s predecessor) just fine. And there are portals with Arabic names in my area! WTF!

      • Geoarrge says

        Jul 18, 2016 at 10:09 pm

        Ingress, however, is kind of a simulated espionage/warfare game, so it’s probably been declared permissible as a jihad training exercise.

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 18, 2016 at 10:00 pm

      Muslims should use that free time to watch beheading videos and plot new Jihad! If they want to have fun, they should be looking up goat porn!

  9. aDhimmiSaysWhat? says

    Jul 18, 2016 at 7:58 pm

    This headline absolutely made my day!

  10. Norwegian says

    Jul 18, 2016 at 8:13 pm

    After years of anti-muslim activity…

    I have to ask…what is it muslims like? There has to be something they enjoy other than killing, raping, torturing, stoning, putting their ass in the air and snorting sand, beating up their wives…and going around screaming like demented apes?……

    ????

    • Mak says

      Jul 18, 2016 at 8:18 pm

      You forgot beheading. They like that one a lot recently! Aloha Snackbar!

      • Norwegian says

        Jul 18, 2016 at 8:21 pm

        Yes, but…

        I was kind of looking for something joyfull…like in…things we westeners would define as joy. Like playing a instrument, dancing, flying model airplanes…or things like that..

        • gravenimage says

          Jul 18, 2016 at 10:03 pm

          I don’t think their playing with their child brides counts…

  11. Guy Jones says

    Jul 18, 2016 at 9:17 pm

    Or, as the renowned imam, Sheik Yerbouti, once stated, “Allah did not create man to have fun. He created man so that man could kill and subjugate other men who did not believe as he did. And, of course, revel in sadistic and cruel fun while doing so.”

  12. Carmel says

    Jul 18, 2016 at 9:24 pm

    Well, we already knew there is no fun in Islam . So . pokemon go ……

  13. gravenimage says

    Jul 18, 2016 at 9:45 pm

    Muslim cleric says Pokemon Go is un-Islamic
    ………………………..

    Yes–the real problem is that Muslims may play Pokemon Go.

    But there is no issue with their marrying little girls, raping Infidels, keeping sex slaves, and mass-slaughtering unbelievers.

    God, I hate Islam.

    • biff says

      Jul 18, 2016 at 10:02 pm

      The problem is Western Society has so narrowly defined religion vs Islam.

      If they had Islam 10.0 (there have been a lot of failures) that rejected Sharia law, killing infidels and the rest of the middle ages practices it would be fine.

      I don’t care what the Moonies do
      I don’t care what the Raeleans do
      Insert random cult here

      They are not killing people weekly.

      • gravenimage says

        Jul 18, 2016 at 10:06 pm

        Yes.

  14. Rebecca says

    Jul 18, 2016 at 10:10 pm

    LOL…….
    I actually agree with the muslim cleric on this one….

  15. Guest says

    Jul 18, 2016 at 10:18 pm

    I should have known the ugly Islamists would try to ban something beautiful like Pokemon.

  16. Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says

    Jul 18, 2016 at 10:36 pm

    Pokemon Go is a kafir version of a game the Prophet (pbuh) invented centuries ago. Just look it up in Sahih Muslim, chapter 35, book 026, numbers 5560-66:
    http://www.iupui.edu/~msaiupui/026.smt.html
    If you kill a gecko with a single hit, you earn 100 _hasanat_ (Pokemon points).
    Here’s what a gecko looks like:
    http://izmirliinsurance.com/media/2014/01/gecko-mascot.jpg

    • ffrain says

      Jul 19, 2016 at 9:45 am

      Are you retarded or being sarcastic?

      What’s next? Mohammed invented Halo, My Little Pony and Deus Ex?

      • Robert Chip Korngiebel says

        Jul 19, 2016 at 7:00 pm

        Yes to distract us from what is truly happening around us…………

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 19, 2016 at 10:16 am

      Grimly hilarious.

  17. sham says

    Jul 19, 2016 at 12:16 am

    ISLAM PROHIBITED OVER ENJOY/OVER LUXURY/
    25: 67. And those, who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor niggardly, but hold a medium (way) between those (extremes).
    6:…….. 141waste not by extravagance. Verily, He likes not Al—Musrifûn
    7:31,
    56: 45. Verily, before that, they indulged in luxury,
    Islamic way of life simple
    22: 78. And strive hard in Allâh’s Cause as you ought to strive (with sincerity and with all your efforts that His Name should be superior). He has chosen you (to convey His Message of Islâmic Monotheism to mankind by inviting them to His religion, Islâm), and has not laid upon you in religion any hardship, it is the religion of your father Ibrahim (Abraham) (Islâmic Monotheism). It is He (Allâh) Who has named you Muslims both before and in this (the Qur’ân), that the Messenger (Muhammad SAW) may be a witness over you and you be witnesses over mankind! So perform As¬Salât (Iqamat-as-Salât), give Zakât and hold fast to Allâh [i.e. have confidence in Allâh, and depend upon Him in all your affairs] He is your Maula (Patron, Lord, etc.), what an Excellent Maula (Patron, Lord, etc.) and what an Excellent Helper!
    2: 286. Allâh burdens not a person beyond his scope. He gets reward for that (good) which he has earned, and he is punished for that (evil) which he has earned. “Our Lord! Punish us not if we forget or fall into error, our Lord! Lay not on us a burden like that which You did lay on those before us (Jews and Christians); our Lord! Put not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Pardon us and grant us Forgiveness. Have mercy on us. You are our Maulâ (Patron, Suppor-ter and Protector, etc.) and give us victory over the disbelieving people.”
    FOR MOCKERS:
    83: 29. Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those
    who believed.
    30. And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive
    glances.
    31. And when they returned to their people, they would return
    jesting.
    32. And when they saw them, they would say, “Indeed, those are
    truly lost.”
    33. But they had not been sent as guardians over them.
    34. So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,
    35. On adorned couches, observing.
    36. Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what
    they used to do?
    88: 17. Do they not look at the camels, how they are created?
    18. And at the heaven, how it is raised?
    19. And at the mountains, how they are rooted and fixed firm?
    20. And at the earth, how it is spread out?
    21. So remind them (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)), you are only a one who reminds.
    22. You are not a dictator over them.
    23. Save the one who turns away and disbelieves
    24. Then Allâh will punish him with the greatest punishment.
    25. Verily, to Us will be their return;
    26. Then verily, for Us will be their reckoning.

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 19, 2016 at 12:27 am

      The spammer sham wrote:

      ISLAM PROHIBITED OVER ENJOY/OVER LUXURY/
      ………………………

      Pokemon Go–a child’s game–is too “luxurious”, but taking millions in ransom and keeping sex slaves is just fine.

      More:

      22: 78. And strive hard in Allâh’s Cause as you ought to strive
      ………………………

      “Allah’s Cause”–that would be violent Jihad. In other words, you should be out slaughtering Infidels, not playing innocent games.

      • duh swami says

        Jul 19, 2016 at 8:59 am

        Shan is Shabeer,,,posting reams of nonsense is what he does…

  18. TH says

    Jul 19, 2016 at 2:15 am

    Prayer for them is mindless repetition of words they don’t understand and banging their foreheads off the pavement. No wonder such a ridiculous and stupid god like Allah, who is totally arbitrary and contradicts himself, would want them to call this crazy activity “prayer”. It is an affront to rationality The ridiculous things Muslims do and say provoke laughter among normal people. In fact, the etymology of . “ridiculous” is “provoking laughter”. Allah is obviously stupid as, according to the Koran, he has created a large part of humanity for hell and hates it because, despite, the fact that man has free will,they are destined for hell. Of course, most of those who dwell in hell are women. If he weren’t stupid, why would be have created human beings with free will and then not allow them to act upon it? Islam is an enemy of humanity. It contradicts the principle of non contradiction, which is the first principle of rationality.

  19. François Gravel says

    Jul 19, 2016 at 4:22 am

    Nothing new there:
    – Saudi Arabia bans Pokemon (BBC News, March 26, 2001): http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1243307.stm
    – Pokemon faced with fatwa in the UAE (BBC News, April 9, 2001): http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1269050.stm
    To be fair, Christian pastors have also been railing against the evil nature of Pikachu and his friends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmNb3xJFzkc
    – And this, from the Christian TV station Watchmen Broadcasting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtmWU0Mwe7E

  20. louise says

    Jul 19, 2016 at 5:46 am

    So that would mean sex for the male is no fun either they do that even with animals

  21. Kevina says

    Jul 19, 2016 at 6:04 am

    So don’t play it , simple.

  22. Nigel GFF says

    Jul 19, 2016 at 8:49 am

    “…I do not know where have gone the minds of adults, who can be hit by a car while being busy searching for Pokemon.’…

    Islam Go. We don’t need games to hit people with cars, just ask the folk of Nice.

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 19, 2016 at 10:18 am

      Spot on. I’d rather deal with a distracted Pokemon Go player any day of the week than a committed Jihadist.

  23. duh swami says

    Jul 19, 2016 at 9:15 am

    The only game Allah approves of is Islamic Monopoly…The rules, and how to play, can be found in Quran…

  24. Mark says

    Jul 19, 2016 at 10:45 pm

    Muslems don’t believe in fun? That means they don’t rape??????????

  25. Champ says

    Jul 20, 2016 at 3:07 am

    Oh please! …islam is the most “harmful” thing known to man!

  26. citycat says

    Jul 20, 2016 at 11:30 am

    Pokemon- attention stealer, mind director, vision diverter, momentum thief, propensity fracturer, direction changer into the shit-sell flow of cults peddling nightmare dream worship, the fame virus, the ego scream for glamour, attention, peer approval, look at me, love me, love me, love me.
    One gets nothing for nothing.
    One’s consciousness is being stolen, channelled, wasted by the f—wit nameless ones, on top of the war that’s on, that attention is diverted from in the west, and the ostrichism of infidels that is not helped by focusing on sex drugs and alcohol.

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