KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 — The announcement of the ruling on yoga exercise for Muslims, which was to have been made today, has been postponed to a date to be fixed.
Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) director-general Datuk Wan Mohamad Sheikh Abdul Aziz said this was because the National Fatwa Council chairman, Datuk Abdul Shukor Husin, was overseas on official business.
"A news conference will be held to make the announcement and the date will announced later," he told Bernama.
It was reported that the council would issue a fatwa on the matter today.
A lecturer of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia's Faculty of Islamic Studies, Prof Zakaria Stapa, said recently that yoga, which is based on Hindu elements, could affect the faith of Muslims practising it. — Bernama
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