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If only the rest of the world were as smart. lol



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sigh....

that said there are many Christian groups that "boycott" it for similiar reasons. However, the difference is their stance has 0 effect on those who want to play it.



psn- tokila

add me, the more the merrier.

Maybe they should have put in a Pokemon with a Hijab.



LurkerJ said:

I am not surprised at all.

Similar fatwas were issued years ago (or decades ago?) during the initial Pokemon boom.

And if someone is gonna come in here and tell me this is extreme Wahabi teachings only, read the OP again. This is coming from Al-Azhar, an institution that is well-known for its "moderate" views among Muslims, not only that, actually a lot of Muslims criticises Al-Azhar for being "too moderate".

Moderate Islam just doesn't exist period.

I presume you're not from the west? Most of the western population of Muslims (especially the younger generation) are moderate.

It should come as no surprise that countries where law is still dictated by faith are not exactly moderate.



teigaga said:
LurkerJ said:

I am not surprised at all.

Similar fatwas were issued years ago (or decades ago?) during the initial Pokemon boom.

And if someone is gonna come in here and tell me this is extreme Wahabi teachings only, read the OP again. This is coming from Al-Azhar, an institution that is well-known for its "moderate" views among Muslims, not only that, actually a lot of Muslims criticises Al-Azhar for being "too moderate".

Moderate Islam just doesn't exist period.

I presume you're not from the west? Most of the western population of Muslims (especially the younger generation) are moderate.

It should come as no surprise that countries where law is still dictated by faith are not exactly moderate.

I said "there is no moderate Islam".

I did NOT say "there is no moderate Muslims".

There is a big difference.

Of course there are moderate (I prefer to call them lazy) Muslims who choose to choose not to practice a lot of extreme Islamic teachings, but there are those who do, even in the west, and there lies the problem. 



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Crazy muslims.... pokemon is dangerous? okaaaay then....



everyone should be free in his decission as long he is not hurting the rights from others.



I don't want my made-up stuff competing with your made up stuff. Fundamentalism in any religion is a sad thing to see. They went after Harry Potter,D&D and even the Teletubbies. " Pokemon go is bringing digital demons into our churches,our homes and our parks." At least in America for the most part we can mock these buffoons.



"promoting zionism", these people can't not blame Jews for the smallest thing



Crazy!



Switch!!!