Are the figurines beheaded in the public square?
Via ABNA 24
A fatwa issued by the so-called Islamic State (Isis) allows militants to play table football in their free time, provided that the figures are decapitated.
The religious edict, translated and shared by British analyst Aymenn J. al-Tamimi and published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, is part of a stack of IS administrative documents focusing on education, public services and religious life. It was issued by the IS al-Buhuth wa al-Eftaa committee, which provides religious backing for the jihadists’ strict policies.
As far as table football is concerned, IS fighters can enjoy the game as long as “the head is cut off from the original part of the game [i.e. the head is cut off from the figurines so they don’t look like statues]”.[…]
The edict follows a similar ruling on billiards, with IS militants banned from betting as well as “blasphemy, cursing, scorn, resentment, hatred”.