Malaysia to impose Fatwa on Yoga

Kuala Lumpur, Oct 29 (PTI) Yoga may soon be outlawed in
Malaysia, if a prominent body of clerics which is planning to
issue a fatwa on the practice, has its way.

Malaysia's National Fatwa Council is going to impose
Fatwa on Yoga after Zakaria Stapa, a lecturer of University of
Kebangsaan's Islamic Studies Centre, Tuesday advised Muslims
who have taken up Yoga to stop practising it fearing that it
could deviate their belief, local news reports said here
Wednesday.

"A ruling would be made by the council's Chairman, Abdul
Shukor Husin, in this regard," Deputy Director-General of the
Department of Islamic Development Malaysia, Othman Mustapha,
quoted as saying by New Straits Times online edition.