Thursday, December 11, 2008
Millions of people in Malaysia have been banned from doing yoga because of fears it could corrupt Muslims.
The Islamic authorities of Malaysia have issued a ruling, known as a fatwa, instructing the country's Muslims to avoid yoga because of its Hindu roots.
To most people yoga is simply a sport - a stress-busting start to the day.
Malaysia's National Fatwa Council said it goes further than that and that elements of the Indian religion are inherent in yoga.
Announcing the decision, the council chairman said practices like chanting and what he called worshipping were inappropriate and they could "destroy the faith of a Muslim".
Malam semalam, rancangan Detik di saluran Suria juga ada menyentuh tentang Yoga serta kekecohan di Malaysia yang dikatakan mungkin boleh merosakkan akidah orang-orang Islam disana. Detik telah menemuramah seorang Ustaz dari Masjid Sultan yang mengatakan selagi yoga yang dilakukan oleh orang-orang Islam hanya bertujuan untuk kesihatan serta ketenangan, tanpa diikuti dengan sembarang jenis pemujaan , ia dibolehkan dalam Islam.
Ustaz juga menambah, ada perkara yang lebih penting untuk menjadi seorang Muslim sempurna, Insya Allah, daripada perkara remeh-temeh seperti yoga.
Saya setuju 100%!
Many wondered, me included, whether the energy the council, in Malaysia, expended on banning yoga could have been used to tackle BIGGER and more pressing issues, such as corruption and poverty!!!
Homeless due to the flood that happens every year without fail..looting after landslide in Bukit Antarabangsa..etc.etc..i rest my case!
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