Interpreters of religious law in Iraq seem to have a steady business.
A MIRRORED ceiling in your bedroom is fine, as is driving an American car or having a facelift. Eating caviare [sic], however, is forbidden, as is a quiet chess game.
Chess?
...chess is forbidden because the act of checkmate is one that only Allah can bring about.
Some are afraid these opinions may wind up being enforced by law.
Yet with Iraq’s newly-elected government likely to be dominated by Shi’ite religious parties, the website highlights fears that such edicts may no longer just apply to a section of the population.
I find it reassuring, though, that large sections of the population harbor, and express, such concerns.
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