i beg your pardon?
Posted: October 29th, 2008 | Author: jennihsurf | Filed under: Funny | Tags: fatwa on yoga, fatwa on yoga in malaysia, views of fatwa on yoga | 2 Comments »Fatwa on yoga out soon
PENANG: The National Fatwa Council will come out with a ruling relating to yoga exercise soon.The announcement would be made by the council’s chairman, Prof Datuk Dr Abdul Shukor Husin, said Deputy Director-General (Operations) of the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) Othman Mustapha.
He told reporters this Wednesday after opening the two-day seminar on Islamic Jurisprudence and Eternal Islamic Thinking at Universiti Sains Malaysia jointly organised by the Islamic Studies Division of the university’s Human Knowledge Study Centre and Jakim here.
On Tuesday, lecturer Prof Zakaria Stapa of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s Islamic Studies Centre advised Muslims who have taken up yoga to stop practising it for fear that it could deviate their belief. – Bernama
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O_o ….
no offence, i wonder whether these people know that when they actually pray.. they are sitted/standing in a yoga position.
Most people practice yoga for health reasons and at most it is something spiritual towards the mind and soul. Of course, the root goes way back tp HInduism but isnt all sort of exercise/martialarts/dance/ anything at all wtf have a history to it or something? dont tell me they are going to ban kung fu or capoeira or taichi wtf. but YOGA of all things…. ? Something that makes people HEALTHY?
this doesnt really affect me, but im still in a state of disbelief. i dont know whether i should laugh or cry at that very statement. tsk tsk tsk …
-J
Malaysia is full of dimwit Muslim extremists that always take things too far. These attention seeking mofos love to make life difficult for everyone. They see things from the most narrow perspective when possible. I really doubt my Muslim friends will take Prof Zakaria Stapa’s idiotic statements seriously. I mean, DUH????????????
Hi (n_n)
I am muslim. Actually there is one major issue behind this issue.
The main problem of of this hold issue is most of us ignorance + have lack of knowledge on how the principles and rules in Islam works + concept.
There is a concept of in Malay – Niat tidak menghalalkan cara which means your intentions not the fee tickets to do what ever you like. Something like that.
For example, like Robin Hood. It is still wrong to steal although for good of others. Or not such thing as white lies (n_n). So what is your opnion? can you steal stuff which not belongs to you for sake of other people?
So, in this issue, the main factor is due to this concept. The action is still wrong although it is for health. From what I heard, those people need to say ‘um’ – something like that…hehhehe which is from hinduism.
Therefore is relates to theological aspect of ISlam.
There is still a lot of ways to be healthy right? Do you agree?
For muslim, solat is also some kind exercise (n_n).
Interested? So, you may have better understanding on Islam (n_n).
http://isuhagat1.blogspot.com/2008/10/solat-dari-kajian-sains.html
but there is still people sick? yaah.I agree. But there is more about how it is done. Need much longer explanation…hehheheh
http://www.islamreligion.com/
You should read this as this will give you more info to write review on Fatwa later on..The reason and the impact of the fatwa. Have a nice day!
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Sorry for the lengthy comment….
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