muslim,double standards on deal or no deal.

[NORMANTHEDOG]

i noticed the other day,the young muslim girl on the programme,wearing a veil, is it a rule of theirs not to gamble,or am i wrong.

[bimbo123456]

Strictly speaking the person taking part in the game hasn't put any money at risk. So is it still gambling? Dodgy one this.

[Ethel]

I wouldn't call DOND gambling - there is no risk whatsover to money or possessions of your own.

But yes, gambling is prohibited in the Islamic faith.

[Ethel]

Further, the playboy Agha Khan Prince Aly Khan was a racehorse owner and head of the Ismaili Muslims.

Now, he was famous for his gambling and playboy lifestyle, but it didn't seem to stop him being high up the Muslim hierarchy.

[NORMANTHEDOG]

as i said,a rule for one,but not all.

[Pippa68]

I did wonder..

I also noticed that when asked if she would deal, she always says she would. Even a small amount.

Her game will be interesting.

[Skreecheeboy]

How many gay priests are there then?

[beryllium]

Having worked in high rolling casinos? Of course muslims gamble!!!
Ramadan??? and we were quietish....

[jake-the-peg]

Mind you Prince Charles will doubtlessly become head of the Church of England despite marrying a divorcee.

Is that not just as much a case of double standards?

[Pippa68]

I have never understood that one, Jake.

Wasn't the CofE invented for the inclusion of divorce?

[funkymoped]

i think a gamble would be, if you are offered something but wanted more than the offer, you would take the risk of loosing everything or improving on the original offer !!!
that to me is 100% GAMBLE.
there are so many religious rule breakers....
one of the most important rules of any religion, but perhaps more so the Muslim religion, is "one muslim must not take the life of another muslim."
need i say more.
sikhs on the other hand SHOULDNT cut their hair. how many choose to ignore this rule ?
religion is religion. rules are rules.
:-)

[funkymoped]

C of E was started by Henry VIII.
married, didnt want to be. couldnt be cutting every womans head off that he didnt want to be with anymore, so start a new religion !
(i think)

[Pippa68]

That's what I thought, funky!

So why is marrying a divorcee so frowned upon? and marrying a Catholic is deemed worse...I don't get it!