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South Bend, Indiana is not necessarily the first city that comes to mind when someone mentions the word “yoga” despite the word “bend” in its name. South Bend, after all, is better known for its predo…

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is expected to adopt the National Fatwa Council’s edict on the ban for Muslims to practise yoga.

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Council of Ulama (MUI) will investigate the practice of yoga in the country, which has the largest Muslim population in the world, before issuing an edict on it. MUI’s investigation, which will begin this week, was triggered …

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Nov. 22) — Malaysia’s top Islamic body, fresh from banning tomboys, issued an edict Saturday that prohibits Muslims from practicing yoga, saying that elements of Hinduism in the ancient Indian exercise could corrupt them …

Nikita, who was in Delhi recently to attend a yoga session, talked about her fitness fundas. “Since I joined films, I have learnt that being in shape is a prerequisite. People look up to you and want to be like you. Actors can’t get away with …

A Filipino-American and an Israeli were proclaimed the winners of the first ever yoga competition in the Philippines held last Monday in Makati City. Aljarreau Galang finished first in the men’s division of the Philippine Yoga Asana Championship …

Jakarta/Kuala Lumpur, Nov.27 : The Indonesian Council of Ulama (MUI) has said that it will investigate the practice of yoga in Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, before issuing an edict on it.

What has aroused the angry reaction of Malaysian Muslims in the case of this fatwa is the fact that it was issued unilaterally without any consultation with society. And this reflects the extent to which the Fatwa Council is in fact a body that is …

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Malaysia’s leader has assured Muslims that they can perform yoga if they do not chant religious mantras – an apparent effort to assuage public anger over an Islamic body’s ban on the ancient Indian practice. Last week, the …