My Yoga Empire

Random Feed wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
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 faith since the physical part was a component of yoga practice as a whole. He said there were three stages to yoga practice, which originated from the Hindus

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