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Muslims can very well do yoga, says Darul Uloom
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Going against Indonesia's ban on Muslims practicing yoga, India's best known Islamic seminary says there is nothing wrong with any exercise done for health reasons.Comment on Article Mentions: Pakistan Ulema Council Swami Ramdev
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Yoga forbidden for Muslims in Malaysia
Explore Article malaysianindian1.blogspot.com (Nov 22 2008) Human Rights , Yoga
November 25th is a day no ethnic Indian in Malaysia would ever choose to forget for it reminds them of the struggle of these marginalized community against the state which came hard to suppress the legitimate voice of democracy. No Indian would forget the fact that a peaceful gathering correctly exercised under Article 10 of the Malaysian Federal Constitution and Article 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 ...Comment on Article Mentions: Kuala Lumpur Malaysia P. Waythamoorthy
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In One Section of Beth Israel Hospital, Some Patients Are Saying ‘Om,’ Not ‘Ah’
Explore Article The New York Times (Oct 31 2008) Yoga
A foundation run by Donna Karan has donated $850,000 for a yearlong experiment combining Eastern and Western healing methods at Beth Israel Medical Center.
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Malaysia clerics issue yoga fatwa
Explore Article BBC NEWS (Nov 24 2008) Yoga
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.
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Long time Muslim yoga instructor expresses shock
Explore Article malaysianindian1.blogspot.com (Oct 30 2008) Yoga
Long time Muslim yoga instructor expresses shock over UKM lecturer's statement GEORGE TOWN, PENANG: A long-time yoga instructor has expressed shock and dismay over statement by a Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) lecturer who said that practising yoga could cause Muslims to deviate from the teachings of Islam. Datin Suleiha Merican, 56, who has been practising yoga for 40 years, said the meditation technique is a science of health and had ...Comment on Article Mentions: Penang United Kingdom
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Yoga Retreats With Chores Attract the Weary and Unemployed
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Yoga retreats with chores attract the weary and unemployed.Comment on Article Mentions: Congress
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Is yoga a religious discipline?
Explore Article My Yoga Empire (Oct 5 2008) Yoga
Comment "Do Yoga Without Losing Your Dignity The following comments can be found at http://vasugokaraju.blogspot.com/2009/12/do-yoga-without-losing-your-dignity.html Comments: If you have the root ..." - Vasu Gokaraju
Posted by: in Yoga Exercises, tags: Advocacy Group, American Foundation, Excerpt, Hindu, Hinduism, News Stories, Random, Religious Discipline, United States, Yoga Random Feed wrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt Of the many mailing lists I’m on, the Hindu American Foundation’s is one of the more interesting. An advocacy group, they send out regular emails with news stories relating to Hinduism. One of the regular topics is ...1 Comment Mentions: Hindu American Foundation
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Malaysia's Anti-Yoga Fatwa Raises Controversy
Explore Article Religion Clause (Nov 27 2008) Yoga
A controversial ruling issued last week by Malaysia's National Fatwa Council is now creating a jurisdictional controversy in the country. Yesterday's Red Orbit and today's Malaysian Insider report on developments. The focus is a ruling telling Muslims to stop practicing yoga, out of fear that it could lead them to deviate from Islamic teachings. (See prior posting.) However, Malaysia's Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi stepped in and told his ...Comment on Article Mentions: Malaysia National Fatwa Council
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Malaysian Islamic body bans yoga for Muslims
Explore Article news.yahoo.com (Nov 22 2008) Yoga
Malaysia's top Islamic body fresh from banning tomboys issued an edict Saturday that prohibits Muslims from practicing yoga, saying that elements of Hinduism in the ancient Indian exercise could corrupt them.Comment on Article Mentions: New Delhi Muneeza Naqvi National Council
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Yoga guru Ramdev slams conversions
Explore Article Welcome to rediff.com (Oct 21 2008) Proselytization , Yoga
Yoga guru Swami Ramdev has criticised religious conversion by inducement and said he would work to build a healthy and stronger India by taking the benefits of yoga and ayurveda to more than six lakh villages in two years.Comment on Article Mentions: Swami Ramdev India
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Muis on when yoga is okay
Explore Article The Straits Times (Nov 28 2008) Yoga
Muis on when yoga is okayStraits Times, Singapore - 6 hours agoYoga centres are flourishing in more orthodox Muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. In Iran, yoga is so popular that classes ...Comment on Article Mentions: Malaysia National Fatwa Council Abdul Shukor Husin
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Muslim leaders here say yoga is okay
Explore Article The Straits Times (Nov 8 2008) Yoga
Muslim leaders here say yoga is okayStraits Times, Singapore - 13 hours agoYoga centres are flourishing in more orthodox Muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. In Iran, yoga is so popular that there are ...Comment on Article Mentions: University Kebangsaan Malaysia Singapore Pasuni Maulan
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New York school allows yoga by another name
Explore Article International Herald Tribune (Oct 20 2008) Yoga
A high school in the state of New York has won approval to offer students a voluntary yoga program — as long as it's not called yoga.
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Malaysia About To Bar Muslims From Practicing Yoga
Explore Article Religion Clause (Nov 2 2008) Yoga
According to today's Brunei News, on Friday Malaysia's National Fatwa Council will issue a ruling barring Muslims in the country from practicing or teaching yoga. The country's Department of Islamic Development undertook a 6-month study of the practice after Zakaria Stapa of Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia's Islamic Studies Centre, said yoga could lead Muslims to deviate from Islamic teachings. Supporters of yoga, which has Hindu origins, say it can be practiced ...Comment on Article Mentions: Malaysia
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Singapore’s Muslim experts say yoga is okay
Explore Article The Star Online (Nov 9 2008) Yoga
SINGAPORE: A Muslim cleric in Malaysia has called on Muslims to stop doing yoga exercises, but some religious experts in Singapore do not share that sentiment.Comment on Article Mentions: University Kebangsaan Malaysia Singapore Malaysia








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