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 yoga is "haram' says Azhar
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salam all.... i just read this and would like to knw what you think... yoga being haram that is
SEPT 21, 2004
Yoga forbidden by Islam, say Egyptian clerics
CAIRO - A religious edict saps the energy out of yoga enthusiasts in Egypt, where clerics say the 5,000-year-old practice violates Islamic law.
Egypt's highest theological authority called yoga an 'ascetic Hindu practice that should not be used in any manner of exercise or worship'.
The undated but recent edict was signed by the mufti, Ali Gomoa.
The edict, published in the pan-Arab daily newspaper Al-Hayat, called the practice of yoga 'an aberration' and said mimicking it is 'forbidden religiously'.
Yoga is a collection of spiritual techniques and practices, aimed at integrating mind, body and spirit. In recent years, classes have started at gyms and in dedicated yoga centres. Tourist trips to Red Sea mountains and beaches also are arranged around yoga classes.
The religious edict said yoga could distort Islamic beliefs, relying on a saying from Islam's founding Prophet Muhammad about how if Muslims hold on to what he has instilled, they will never stray from God's book or the Prophet's teaching.
To Mukesh Kumar, a yoga instructor in Egypt for three years and diplomat at the Indian Embassy in Cairo, considering yoga an aberrant faith is a stretch.
'It is neither a religion nor claims to be a substitute for any religion in the world,' he said. 'I am amazed and wonder why this kind of statement is coming.'
Mr Kumar said the Indian Cultural Centre in Cairo introduced yoga classes in 1992 and the centre is now operating at maximum capacity - 120 registered participants. Eighty per cent of them, he said, are Egyptian.
Egyptian officials and diplomats are among those enrolled in his classes, he said.
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