Its amazing how there exist a group of people in this world who claim to be “Muslims” and yet oppose any attempts to make clear issues concerning the aqidah of the Muslims. Such people, whom I should refer to their disease as “Munafik-titis“, will find fault with anything involving the ulama or any fatwa (religious edict) which they think violates their “understanding” of Islam. It does not matter if these people never had any formal religious training in the first place. They still feel that they are qualifed to be the Law, the Judge and the Executioner….and all at once.
And I seriously doubt that they practiced yoga at any point in their lives either.
Now coming back to the issue of yoga and Islam, what the National Fatwa Council is planning to do is nothing novel nor are they the first to issue an edict on the matter. It is interesting that I happen to come across Islamonline.net and their collection of edicts, where they have made mention of yoga. I reproduce the following from the site mentioned.
As I see how things are playing out, I think it would just be a matter of time before Najib Razak is declared to be the Prime Minister of Malaysia, and definitely it would be before 2010. I am not sure whether I am too comfortable with the idea, though, due to the alleged murder links and there is also the issue of his religious convictions.
I certainly do not want a Hindu as my Prime Minister. But let us see how this plays out, too early to tell at the moment.
Hindu terrorism. This is what exactly will happen to this country if Hindraf had their way:
Hindu extremists attacked Christians celebrating Christmas in eastern India, ransacking and burning at least six village churches, officials said Wednesday. One person was killed in the violence.
Authorities in the remote district where the churches, most nothing more than mud and thatch houses, were attacked have deployed 450 police to quell the violence, which had tapered off by Wednesday, said Bahugrahi Mahapatra, a government official.
Or to be more accurate, I most certainly support the idea of putting these racist, seditious folks behind bars by going through proper procedures of getting a warrant, having them arrested and let them be charged and go through a proper trial in court under the charge of sedition and an attempt to wage war against His Majesty, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (because this is what they are precisely trying to do).
But not by using the ISA on them. The ISA is an archaic law which should have been repealed a long time ago and worse, it just gives a moral victory to these people. It will further vindicate their position and turn them into undeserved heroes and martyrs.
Kudos goes to PEMBELA (Muslim Organisations in Defence of Islam) for their unequivocal and strongly-worded media statement on the issue of the clear and present danger within our midst, the Hindu kar sevaks that make up this terrorist coalition called the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf). If you want an idea of what Hindraf will do to this country if given the chance, look at the following video.
They are going to find that they are not going to be able to export their brand of Sri Lankan terrorism into this country, insha’allah.