NATIONAL FATWA COUNCIL RULES YOGA TO BE ‘HARAM’ (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 22 (Bernama) — The National Fatwa Council has ruled that yoga is ‘haram” for Muslims. Its chairman, Datuk Dr Abdul Shukor Husin said only the physical aspect of yoga without the mantras and elements of worshipping outwardly was not wrong (in Islam). However, he said, yoga was not to be encouraged among Muslims for fear that it could erode their Islamic …d.getElementsByTagName(‘head’)[0].appendChild(s);