!!الجنجفة حرام
The other day at work, we met with a company that specializes in quick and inexpensive giveaways for an upcoming exhibition that we're participating in next October. Among the many things we ordered were playing cards sets with the company logo on them. Ho-hum, big deal, routine purchase, right? WRONG!!
The company rep urged us to order soon to get the order of cards to arrive before October 1st. Why, I hear you ask? You won't believe this but apparently there's an order from airport customs banning the importing of playing cards as of October and throughout Ramadan because playing cards are حرام!!
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. My head started pounding, I thought I was going to pass out. But Mad M tells me it's been this way since the 1990's! Playing cards are banned year round because they're afraid of Playboy bunny cards or Tarot cards being imported into Kuwait. Go figure...
Most of you will only snicker and laugh at this story, and that's what pisses me off the most. I, for one, am not taking this matter lightly at all, and I asked the company rep for a copy of the letter he got from customs and I'm going to send it to the papers and make a big noise about it!
11 Comments:
yes I like a fight.
29/8/04 8:21 PM
Is that why they stopped giving them out on Airplanes? How Ridiculously Trivial!
Go For It Z! It's always the small stuff first.. and then... it gets bigger and bigger.. and Resistance Becomes Futile.
29/8/04 9:24 PM
There are local manufacturers for playing cards that can put your logo onto it. What's the big deal?
قبل لا تشتري إسأل فيه منتج كويتي ؟ :)
FYI playing cards without pictures are NOT حرام
29/8/04 10:19 PM
The paper quality we wanted isn't available here.
Does ANYONE make playing cards without pictures? And how are playing cards with pictures حرام? Please explain
29/8/04 10:22 PM
Why have pics when you can have blank cards that say:
"I am a Queen"
"I am a King"
"I am a Jack"
and leave it up to ppl's imagination..
29/8/04 10:31 PM
I think this ban is due to the pokemon and the other variants that kids are playing these days. Those card games have been assocaited with jews, magic, gambling, stealing, drugs and teenage sex.
But wait didn't they release those Saddam playing card to Kuwait public, shouldn't those be حرام as well since they have faces on them?
29/8/04 10:38 PM
Zaydoun,
I'm no religious scholar, so I'd rather not explain. U can always go to a scholar u trust and ask.
sorry u didn't find the quality u wanted.
Good luck with both!
(the cards & a trustworthy scholar...that is)
29/8/04 10:57 PM
And therein lies the problem... there aren't any religious scholars that I trust. Not here anyway.
29/8/04 10:58 PM
My Dear Zaydoun,
I personally ordered 24 sets of the " saddam and his fellow @$#%#$% " playing cardsnfrom the net, and they got here UNTOUCHED via ARAMEX. So ur company must sign up with them so that the cards get here safly, and do me a favour pls...... order a set for me with the faces of all the F-uped religious figures here in our beloved q8 !!!!!
29/8/04 11:50 PM
strange , i have ordered saddam cards and they reached here without any problem ( via normal mail ) , also i never heard that it was haram or that you can't import it , pokoman and yo-gi-oh card are every where , bookshops , muthana complex
and everyone import it normaly
if you ask me , the company guy just want you to rush your order
30/8/04 1:24 AM
I never heard that cards Haram
even with pictures !
30/8/04 9:47 AM
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