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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – Indonesia’s top Islamic body says it will consider banning Muslims from practicing yoga. Cleric Ma’ruf Amin said Thursday the Ulema Council was trying to determine if the ancient Indian exercise could corrupt the faith of …

Indonesia’s top Islamic body says it will consider banning Muslims from practicing yoga.

Indonesia’s top Islamic body says it will consider banning Muslims from practicing yoga.

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia’s top Islamic body says it will consider banning Muslims from practicing yoga. Cleric Ma’ruf Amin said Thursday the Ulema Council was trying to determine if the ancient Indian exercise could corrupt the faith of …

SO the National Fatwa Council has ruled against yoga for Muslims (“Yoga ban” — New Sunday Times, Nov 23). The reasons seem clear. Perhaps we should also look into tai chi. It may have hidden religious elements, perhaps borrowed from the rites of Shaolin monks?

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has urged all quarters to understand the content of the yoga fatwa issued by the National Fatwa Council and not twist facts which could cause confusion among the public. He said Muslims …

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has waded into a row over a ban on yoga for Muslims, saying they could practise the exercise as long as it had no spiritual elements. Malaysia’s highest Islamic body, the National Fatwa Council, on …

I DON’T like yoga. With all due respect to yoga practitioners out there, I always found it a little wimpy. I mean, yeah, it’s a great party trick to be able to bend over backwards and look like Linda Blair in The Exorcist but, really, is that going to help me lug two suitcases up four flights of steps?

THE Indonesian Council of Ulama (MUI) will investigate the practice of yoga in Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, before issuing an edict on it.

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has urged all quarters to understand the content of the yoga fatwa issued by the National Fatwa Council and not twist facts which could cause confusion among the public.