Outraged Malaysians were told by the country's top Islamic council Saturday to avoid yoga because it uses Hindu prayers and encourages a union with God that is blasphemous.
"Yoga is forbidden for Muslims. The practice will erode their faith in the religion," Chairman of the government-backed National Fatwa Council, told Yoga is forbidden for Muslims. The practice will erode their faith in the religion.
Yoga, an ancient Indian aid to meditation dating back thousands of years, is a popular stress-buster in Kuala Lumpur.
The government claims that yoga involved physical and religious elements of Hinduism including the recitation of mantras.
Yoga can destroy a Muslim's faith. But this is not a matter for the non-Muslims to be concerned about because it's not imposed on them.
Islam is the official religion of Malaysia, where more than 60 percent of the population of 27 million are Muslim Malays who practice a conservative brand of the religion.
The new ruling comes hot on the heels of another edict against young Muslim women wearing trousers after the council said that by wearing trousers, girls risked becoming sexually active "tomboys."
Malaysians outraged
I wonder what's going to happen to the health clubs here in Malaysia... will they be forced to put up a 'No Muslims allowed' sign during their yoga classes?
Malaysians have expressed outrage in blogs and letters to the editor since the council first announced a few weeks ago it was considering a fatwa against yoga.
"I wonder what's going to happen to the health clubs here in Malaysia... will they be forced to put up a 'No Muslims allowed' sign during their yoga classes?", said a posting at a popular Malaysian fitness blog,
"What endangers a society more... corrupt citizens and leaders, or yoga practitioners and females who dress in a masculine fashion?"
"Yet there are so many of us who are unwilling to trust our own conscience and would prefer to trust the robed and the turbaned to make rulings on things which we should be able to judge on our own," she said.
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In Malaysian, every day we read yet another fanatical prohibition by Islamic bosses to keep their poor, suffering people living in the dark ages! Muslim ignorance and fanaticism boggles the mind! A Muslim who can think for himself is obviously too risky for the imams and mullahs!
if Malaysian Muslims belief this and still continues like this i can assure you that the Muslim people will never advance ! and Malaysia will never advanced !! this is the 21 century people used some common sense ! if Malaysia still like this i can assure that by the year 2020 it wont be any different from now what i see.
Honestly, religion should just vanish!
"Yoga is forbidden for Muslims. The practice will erode their faith in the religion," Chairman of the government-backed National Fatwa Council, told Yoga is forbidden for Muslims. The practice will erode their faith in the religion.
Yoga, an ancient Indian aid to meditation dating back thousands of years, is a popular stress-buster in Kuala Lumpur.
The government claims that yoga involved physical and religious elements of Hinduism including the recitation of mantras.
Yoga can destroy a Muslim's faith. But this is not a matter for the non-Muslims to be concerned about because it's not imposed on them.
Islam is the official religion of Malaysia, where more than 60 percent of the population of 27 million are Muslim Malays who practice a conservative brand of the religion.
The new ruling comes hot on the heels of another edict against young Muslim women wearing trousers after the council said that by wearing trousers, girls risked becoming sexually active "tomboys."
Malaysians outraged
I wonder what's going to happen to the health clubs here in Malaysia... will they be forced to put up a 'No Muslims allowed' sign during their yoga classes?
Malaysians have expressed outrage in blogs and letters to the editor since the council first announced a few weeks ago it was considering a fatwa against yoga.
"I wonder what's going to happen to the health clubs here in Malaysia... will they be forced to put up a 'No Muslims allowed' sign during their yoga classes?", said a posting at a popular Malaysian fitness blog,
"What endangers a society more... corrupt citizens and leaders, or yoga practitioners and females who dress in a masculine fashion?"
"Yet there are so many of us who are unwilling to trust our own conscience and would prefer to trust the robed and the turbaned to make rulings on things which we should be able to judge on our own," she said.
Comments
In Malaysian, every day we read yet another fanatical prohibition by Islamic bosses to keep their poor, suffering people living in the dark ages! Muslim ignorance and fanaticism boggles the mind! A Muslim who can think for himself is obviously too risky for the imams and mullahs!
if Malaysian Muslims belief this and still continues like this i can assure you that the Muslim people will never advance ! and Malaysia will never advanced !! this is the 21 century people used some common sense ! if Malaysia still like this i can assure that by the year 2020 it wont be any different from now what i see.
Honestly, religion should just vanish!
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