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Malaysia clerics issue yoga fatwa

Millions of people in Malaysia have been banned from doing yoga because of fears it could corrupt Muslims. The Islamic authorities have issued a ruling, known as a fatwa, instructing the country's Muslims to avoid yoga because of its Hindu roots.

To most people yoga is simply a sport - a stress-busting start to the day.
Malaysia's National Fatwa Council said it goes further than that and that elements of the Indian religion are inherent in yoga. Announcing the decision, the council chairman Abdul Shukor Husin said practices like chanting and what he called worshipping were inappropriate and they could "destroy the faith of a Muslim".

The ruling is not legally binding but many of Malaysia's Muslims abide by fatwas.
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Complete story here.
 
Some Christian churches are unhappy with some aspects of yoga - not the physical exercises - but the philosophy associated with yoga.

They can also be concerned with some aspects of martial arts that teach "the way of the spirit".

I don't know of any church that has banned its members from practising yoga but there have been statements about the quasi-religious search for nirvana.

A UK church did refuse to accept a booking from a yoga-like group who wanted to hire a church hall but the particular group was definitely preaching an alternative religion, not just physical well-being. The publicity was about banning "yoga" but what was being taught was not yoga. The group were recruiting for an exclusive sect that was not Christian.

Og
 
I think they're right. Some of those positions could only have been dreamed up by Satan!
 
:rolleyes:

Yeah, I can totally see how the ten traditional yamas could be destructive to their faith.


Ahimsa: Nonviolence. Abstinence from injury, or harm to any living creature in thought, word, or deed. This is the "main" Yama. The other nine are there in support of its accomplishment.

Satya: Truthfulness in word and thought (in conformity with the facts).

Asteya: No stealing, no coveting, no entering into debt.

Brahmacharya: Divine conduct, continence, celibate when single, faithful when married.

Kshama: Patience, releasing time, functioning in the now.

Dhriti: Steadfastness, overcoming non-perseverance, fear, and indecision; seeing each task through to completion.

Daya: Compassion; conquering callous, cruel and insensitive feelings toward all beings.

Arjava: Honesty, straightforwardness, renouncing deception and wrongdoing.

Mitahara: Moderate appetite, neither eating too much nor too little; nor consuming meat, fish, shellfish, fowl or eggs.

Shaucha: Purity, avoidance of impurity in body, mind and speech.
 
oggbashan said:
Some Christian churches are unhappy with some aspects of yoga - not the physical exercises - but the philosophy associated with yoga.
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Well, as you can see from the rest of the article, this mainly had to do with exercise, not religion. But hey, I'm an equal opportunity hater of religious fanaticism and dogma. I've no doubt in the least that there are Christians as bias against yoga as these Muslims. And I'm happy to feel the same disdain for them if they order their congregants not to do yoga as I do for these folk.

My amusement with this had to do with the fact that yoga could "destroy" the faith. I mean, is it really that fragile? If so, then it has worse troubles than yoga.
 
3113 said:
Well, as you can see from the rest of the article, this mainly had to do with exercise, not religion. But hey, I'm an equal opportunity hater of religious fanaticism and dogma. I've no doubt in the least that there are Christians as bias against yoga as these Muslims. And I'm happy to feel the same disdain for them if they order their congregants not to do yoga as I do for these folk.

My amusement with this had to do with the fact that yoga could "destroy" the faith. I mean, is it really that fragile? If so, then it has worse troubles than yoga.
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It's another one of those slippery slope things for religions. If people enjoy yoga, what's next? Yota, the little green guy? Yogi the Bear? (I COULD understand a Fatwa on Yogi - that bastard stole my picinic basket!)
 
Sandy_Fox said:
It's another one of those slippery slope things for religions. If people enjoy yoga, what's next? Yota, the little green guy? Yogi the Bear? (I COULD understand a Fatwa on Yogi - that bastard stole my picinic basket!)
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*sparkling water spew*

:D
 
Sandy_Fox said:
It's another one of those slippery slope things for religions. If people enjoy yoga, what's next? Yota, the little green guy? Yogi the Bear? (I COULD understand a Fatwa on Yogi - that bastard stole my picinic basket!)
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Hey Boo-boo...I think that lady with the veil on her face is mad at you!

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Now that's an odd thought, and I don't mean to be too disrespectful here...but how does that work?

Burkas and Spandex?
 
Sandy_Fox said:
It's another one of those slippery slope things for religions. If people enjoy yoga, what's next? Yota, the little green guy? Yogi the Bear? (I COULD understand a Fatwa on Yogi - that bastard stole my picinic basket!)
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Exactly. Why don't Baptists have sex standing up? It's too much like dancing. Allah only knows what sorts of perversions yoga could lead to. For example, Carl probably didn't intend for Jean to take his "Fuck me, this yoga is hard!" quite so literally.

http://www.aolcdn.com/aol-body/partner-yoga-downward-dog296wy0807.jpg
 
I agree. Yoga is way too sexy and suggestive. I'm taking up tai chi.
 
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jomar said:
I agree. Yoga is way too sexy and suggestive. I'm taking up tai chi.
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I can't wait to get into the tai chi portion of my martial arts training. It should compliment the shaolin side quite nicely.
 
A while ago, somebody pooh-poohed the idea of Muslims wanting to force their religious dogma on others, or get special consideration. :mad:
 
Boxlicker101 said:
A while ago, somebody pooh-poohed the idea of Muslims wanting to force their religious dogma on others, or get special consideration. :mad:
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Nonsense, the ROP only has your best interests at heart...saving you from corrupting influences like bacon, women's rights, freedom to marry whom you choose and using toilet paper. :D
 
Sandy_Fox said:
It's another one of those slippery slope things for religions. If people enjoy yoga, what's next? Yota, the little green guy? Yogi the Bear? (I COULD understand a Fatwa on Yogi - that bastard stole my picinic basket!)
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Stole your pikinik basket? Stole your pikinik basket? I don't think so. It was sitting there on a table, all alone with no one watching over it and no name tag to tell me who to send it to. I just took the poor thing in and gave it a good home!
 
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