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MANY applauded when PAS Member of Parliament (MP) for Shah Alam, Khalid Samad, stepped into the Catholic Church of the Divine Mercy after his 8 March 2008 general election victory.In this second and final part of an exclusive interview with The Nut Graph, Khalid responds to the recent fatwas banning tomboys and yoga, and examines what an Islamic state means.TNG: On 22 Nov 2008, the National Fatwa Council announced a ban on yoga practice among Muslims. A few weeks prior to that, it announced a ba

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Fatwas or edicts by the Fatwa Council have been quite the hot news lately. The PM said something yesterday, even thought he ain’t in the Fatwa Council. Malaysians have seen fatwas being issues on tomboys and now, yoga. It’s disheartening to see that a simple issue such as a fatwa having so much effect on the society. Debates springing up like mushrooms in the blogosphere. Name callings, finger pointings and written warnings are issued by Tom, Dick and Harry in order to defend their respective r

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by Norman Vasu* Here is a brief report on two recent Fatwas from Malaysia that are raising some eyebrows. The first one was issued on October 23, 2008. Malaysia’s National Fatwa Council released an edict banning “tomboys” in the Muslim-majority country. The mufti of Malaysian state of Perak, Harussani Idris Zakaria, maintained that the Council was concerned that an increasing number of Muslim girls are behaving like tomboys and some of them engage in homosexuality. Under the edict, girls are

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The implementation of the fatwa (edicts) on yoga and tomboys by the National Fatwa Council are on hold pending approval from the Council of Rulers.

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WTF!, “Malaysia’s top Islamic body fresh from banning tomboys has issued an edict that prohibits Muslims from practicing yoga, saying that elements of Hinduism in the ancient Indian exercise could corrupt them.”

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