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KUCHING: Sarawak has ruled that yoga is haram (forbidden) for Muslims in the state in line with the fatwa issued by the National Fatwa Council on yoga exercises, last month.

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(RTTNews) – Malaysia’s southern state of Johor is likely to implement a ban on Muslims from practising yoga in the wake of a decree from the National Fatwa Council that recently declared the ancient Indian physical exercise as ‘haram’ (prohibited) in Islam, media reports said.

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(RTTNews) – Malaysia’s southern state of Johor is likely to implement a ban on Muslims from practising yoga in the wake of a decree from the National Fatwa Council that recently declared the ancient Indian physical exercise as ‘haram’ (prohibited) in Islam, media reports said.

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Colgate has a new commercial. It is promoting their recent qualification for Malaysia’s Halal certification. In the Islamic world, this is an admirable achievement. Outside of that world, people are probably less sure of the benefits. Does this certificate guarantee cleaner teeth? In the earlier post Malaysians no longer allowed to practice Yoga, we talked about the term haram, which means forbidden for Muslims. The term halal is the direct opposite, being used to describe (mostly food) items

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Amidst the polemics over the yoga fatwa, Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak said he was simply not interested in the yoga issue and left it to the state Mufti to make a decision. “I don’t know what yoga is. I’m not interested to know about it. If people want to sit cross-legged and think deep like Gandhi, it’s their business,” he said when asked to comment on the National Fatwa Council’s ruling of yoga as “haram” (forbidden) for Muslims. Last Saturday, the National Fatwa Council

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