Yoga - No Ban

A pleasant news for everyone. Thanks to PM. Majlis Fatwa must get an advice from their superior such as PM, DPM, Malay Rulers before issuing any statement.

Source : malaysiakini.com

Muslims can continue practising yoga as long as there are no elements of worship or mantras involved, said Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today.
Furthermore, the premier underscored the fact that yoga is good for health."I want to stress that any physical practice without the elements of worship can be continued, this means it is not haram (prohibited under Islam)," he told Bernama.

Abdullah was asked to respond on the controversy surrounding the National Fatwa Council's decision to ban Muslims from practising yoga .

Dilemma Pengharaman YOGA

Majlis Fatwa Malaysia telah mengharamkan Yoga pada beberapa hari yang lalu. Ia mendapat pelbagai reaksi daripada pelbagai badan bukan kerajaan dan individu. Antara yang tidak sehaluan pendapat dengan Majlis Fatwa Malaysia ialah, Sisters In Islam dan Malaysia Hindu Sangam.

Masing-masing berpendapat, dalam mempraktikan Yoga, tidak ada sebarang insiden yang menyatakan seseorang yang beragama Islam akan memeluk agama Hindu. Yoga adalah sejenis senaman untuk kesihatan. Majlis Fatwa seharusnya merujuk kepada Malaysia Hindu Sangam untuk penjelasan yang terperinci tentang Yoga, bukannya mengambil keputusan secara begitu sahaja.

Agama Hindu juga tiada sebarang peruntukan undang-undang untuk sesiapa untuk memeluk agama Hindu. Yoga tidak mempunyai unsur-unsur menyebarkan agama. Yoga juga diamalkan oleh masyarakat Timur Tengah (negara-negara Arab).

Harus diingat, perkara yang baik untuk semua haruslah diterima dan diserap dengan cara yang baik. Pemikiran positif penentu hidup manusia. Selagi ada pemikiran kolot dan sempit, integriti tidak mungkin akan tercapai di negara yang terdiri daripada pelbagai kaum dan agama.

MIC Youth Protest Over Sri Lankan Killings

5th November 2008

Submission of memorandum over Sri Lankan killings by the army (Gov.Of Sri Lanka)...

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STOP KILLING OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!!

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THEIR PRODUCTS

MIC YOUTH SEEKS 10 PER CENT LOCAL COUNCIL CONTRACTS FOR INDIANS‏

MIC Youth today asked the government to allocate at least 10 per cent of local council contract jobs such as maintenance and landscaping to Indian contractors.
MIC Youth chief T. Mohan also said the wing proposed that the government create another class of contractors, similar to the Class F contractor for Bumiputeras, for the Indian community.
MIC Youth would write to the government on the matter next week, he told reporters after a meeting of the MIC Youth supreme council at the party headquarters here.
Mohan said these measures, when implemented, would help raise the living standard and equity ownership of the Indian community.
"These measures will help raise the income of the Indians and increase the purchasing power of the community," he said.
Mohan also said MIC Youth supported the statement by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak that he was working towards the gradual liberalisation of the New Economic Policy, which was replaced by the National Development Policy in 1991.