Category: Yoga News

A month remains in the semester. Papers need to be written, quizzes and tests monopolize our schedule, projects and presentations have to be completed and finals are creeping up. Stress is mounting. This is a crucial time to take care of mental and physical health; maybe gentle yoga can help.

MIC president Datuk Seri Samy Vellu said he would meet Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to discuss the recent National Fatwa Council’s ruling on the practice of yoga for Muslims.

SHAH ALAM: The National Fatwa Council’s edict that yoga is haram (prohibited) for Muslims has yet to be implemented in Selangor as the state Fatwa Committee has yet to meet over the matter.

Malaysia’s top Islamic body has issued an edict that prohibits Muslims from practising yoga. The National Fatwa Council says that elements of Hinduism in the ancient Indian exercise could corrupt them.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 (Bernama) — MIC president Datuk Seri Samy Vellu said he would meet Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to discuss the recent National Fatwa Council’s ruling on the practice of yoga for Muslims.

Malaysia’s top Islamic body fresh from banning tomboys has issued an edict that prohibits Muslims from practicing yoga, saying that elements of Hinduism in the ancient Indian exercise could corrupt them.

First it was the insidious habit of young women wearing trousers. Now Malaysia’s Muslims have been warned off the perils of practising yoga. The country’s leading Islamic council has issued an edict prohibiting people indulging in the exercise …

The State of Washington has decided that a controversial plan to charge a sales tax on yoga was too much of a stretch.

PETALING JAYA: Many Muslim cancer survivors who practise yoga to promote general wellbeing are disappointed and confused over the National Fatwa Council’s edict on the ancient form of exercise.

IPOH: Muslims in Perak will be barred from practising yoga following the National Fatwa Council’s edict that the practice is haram (prohibited). Perak Religious Department director Datuk Jamry Sury said the state would abide by the decision of the council to disallow Muslims from practising yoga.