Yoga is out, the Fatwa is in!

Now its YOGA!

Anything else Mr. Religious Authority? I mean it was fork and spoon then plates. Then it was raiding in people's private homes. Next it was films. And now its Yoga.

What next Qipao?

Seriously, what is so wrong in learning an exercise that helps maintain many of your body organs to function properly and allows you to live longer healthyly? I mean its not like we have a statue of a certain God, neither are we saying any words or chanting any rhymes as we do it. The positions have been practised since 3000BC, regardless whether it was under the Hindu concept or not. I find the practice very important in once life to built stronger bones so that you dont wilt as you age and it allows you to control your breathing, which most TCM and now MP(Medical Practioners a.k.a Doctor)tells you to do. Yoga has many advantages and if I were to list it out, my blog might not end. Every organ, bone, skin, veins, blood vessels are well represented in the moves of the yoga positions in order to obtain the upmost benefit of it.

Can this Fatwa people name me one person, just one person who has come out of the religion of Islam all after going for few Yoga classes. If so I would like to meet him/her and give him/her a mouthful. How in the world, does someone loose their "keimanan(faith)" in God all after some simple healthy exercises? Which person in the right frame of mind is like that? And if so by Hell's will someone of that low faith existed does so, how is it fair that the whole Muslim community shall now no longer practise it?

I know that as religious preacher and one that holds the higher authority, you are to borne the responsibility of shedding on good light to your fellow brothers and sisters about what is wrong and what is right. But in this global world and where everyone is getting smarter, you need to have concrete explanation on why you come up with such devastating idea. We want the reasons of doing so. Dont just give us the shit that 'because we said so'. Nobody lives in that self-reclude world anymore. People want answers, people want to know why. If you have solid reasons, sit down and talk and discuss like true Muslim bretherens. Pointing finger at one somethign and saying it should not be done as such without any reason at all, is not something I wish to follow. And I seincerely believe many others are of the same mind.

Last Sunday, the famous columnist who I have the upmost respect of Ms. Zainah Anwar had her say on this issue on her article dated 2/11/208. Here she said that we should sit down and discuss it and she does write on about how the Kulim MP puts his religion before anything else and that a Professor at IIUM said that Muslims are to easily swayded and this should be stop. For a Proffesor, he clearly seems delusional and not talking based on reality facts. For one who is given the term 'Proffessor' ois expected to carry that title with upmost respect and self expresses with sold proof of facts and are very far sighted. Apparently, this is not the case. Yes, he has the right to state his opinion, but please with logic. How is it that we are swayed? I would rather say, we are very receptive towards new culture. And the great beauty of Islam is it can be practised in whichever way we wish as long as it conforms to text in the Quran. And I dont belive the Quran said we cant do Yoga.

Anyways, rather then hindering healthy activites for their Muslim conuterparts, dont this Fatwa people have better things to do? Like prouncing on people's private property to nab solicit affairs or like going from one place to another nab youths who are making love then war. Dont this people have death, marriage and poverty issus to be busy with. And here are this wonderful people who takes taxpayers money to come up with some sod off plan to hinder healthy activites all because its not Islam based. How you want yoga to be practised by its people now? Where the 'purda' or 'burqa' and do it? Will that satisfy them? Or do they want the Muslims to just sleep around all day and continuously dream of a future that will not happen if they wake up and start doing something about it? If that is their sense of Yoga, then well Mr.Religious Authority, you are one screwed up person in a screwed up organisation.

I have few suggestions here for you:

1)Either the bunch of old man you all are better go reality check classes and know what is needed to be done actually when being in that organisation, rather then comming up with rubbish fatwas.

2)Hire the ex-Perlis Mufti to head your organisation. He has more sense of the current situation around the world and he has better knowledge and interpretation of the Quran than you bunch of narrow minded, rigid and incompetent people that you all are.

3)Read more and learn how to adapt to the current world system and be more careful when you choose your fatwas.

4)Oh yah! Try getting feedbacks from public(in public i mean the 27 million population of the country, not just your workers in your organisation) before doing anything ridiculous as this.

Surprise me for your next take. Actually, I dont know what else I can be surprised with. Stupidity never fails to discontinue.

(ps: Try reading Yoga for Dummies, it might help)