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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters Life!) – Not content with banning women from wearing trousers, Malaysia’s top Islamic council now wants a ban on yoga, according to a report on state news agency Bernama. The National Fatwa Council’s Deputy Director-General …

KUALA LUMPUR – MUSLIMS in Malaysia may be barred from the ancient practice of yoga if they engage in Hindu ‘religious elements’ during the exercise, a top Islamic cleric said on Wednesday. Mr Harussani Zakaria, a controversial cleric from the …

Muslims in Malaysia may be barred from the ancient practice of yoga if they engage in Hindu “religious elements” during the exercise, a top Islamic cleric said Wednesday.

Muslims in Malaysia may be barred from the ancient practice of yoga if they engage in Hindu “religious elements” during the exercise, a top Islamic cleric said Wednesday.

Muslims in Malaysia may be barred from the ancient practice of yoga if they engage in Hindu “religious elements” during the exercise, a top Islamic cleric said Wednesday. Harussani Zakaria, a controversial cleric from the northern Perak state, said …

Yoga may soon be outlawed in Malaysia, if a prominent body of clerics which is planning to issue a fatwa on the practice, has its way. Malaysia’s National Fatwa Council is going to impose a Fatwa on Yoga after Zakaria Stapa, a lecturer at the …

Kuala Lumpur: Yoga may soon be outlawed in Malaysia, if a prominent body of clerics which is planning to issue a fatwa on the practice, has its way. Malaysia’s National Fatwa Council is going to impose Fatwa on Yoga after Zakaria Stapa, a lecturer of …

Yoga may soon be outlawed in Malaysia, if a prominent body of clerics which is planning to issue a fatwa on the practice, has its way.

A prominent body of clerics is planning to issue a fatwa against Yoga in the country.