From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
   In <10lbg30$r3sc$1@solani.org> suzeeq  writes:   
      
   >On 1/27/2026 2:51 PM, rhino wrote:   
   >>   
   >> A British teacher has discovered that it is Islamaphobic to teach his   
   students to play chess. It may cost him his job:   
   >>   
   >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRprC8BtH8Q [6 minutes]   
   >>   
   >I thought chess was invented by the Arabs. Or its basic format.   
      
   "Arab" is *NOT* synonomous with Islam (and vice versa).   
      
   Lots of overlap, to be sure.   
      
   But calling a resident of Tehran an Arab is as   
   dangerous to your health as callin a Kzin "cute".   
      
      
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