"Malaysians told yoga's too Hindu for Muslims"


Like maybe our Islamic brothers are on to something, huh?!

Want to bet that the lawyer - activist and author of The Hidden Danger of the Rainbow, Ms. Constance Cumbey (at least I think that was her name!) wouldn't have reason to agree with at least some of what our Muslim brothers are saying?

Adapted from Associated Press / The San Antonio EXPRESS - NEWS, Sunday, November 23, 2008.

"KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- This nation's top Islamic body fresh from banning tomboys, issued an edict Saturday that prohibits Muslims from practicing yoga, saying the elements of Hinduism in the ancient Indian exercise could corrupt them.

"The National Fatwa Council's chairman, Abdul Shukor Husin, said that many Muslims fail to understand [one might suspect as do many Christians!] that yoga's ultimate aim is to be one with a god of a different religion -- an explanation disputed by many practitioners who say yoga need not have a religious element.

"Abdul Shukor said, We are of the view that yoga, which originates from Hinduism, combines physical exercise, religious elements, chanting and worshiping for the purpose of achieving inner peace and ultmately to be one with god..."

Hummm ... well, .... o.k....... :)