[Branded Indian] Islamic Ban on Yoga

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whatever dude...yr accusations come from completely biased sources that have absolutely no credibility....why waste yr time sending me yr biased bs? it just shows yr ignorance. I present direct evidence re muslim intolerance on one hand and you have news reports based on allegations coming from prejudiced sources. I hope you are not a lawyer bcz you seem to have no understanding as to what reliable sources and evidence really mean. If it can stand up in a court of law it is proof. If it cant its merely hearsay. So pls reserve your hearsay for those who weant to hear it. send it to the group but not me...I personally spent a month in Orissa during the violence. where were you...so it is best you remain quiet re that which you have no knowledge. --- On Sun, 11/23/08, yeshu rathenam <yeshu2004 wrote:

 

 

 

 

Report: While Malaysia bans Yoga, Hindu Groups in India Offering Rewards to Kill Christians

 

Extremist Hindu groups offered money, food and alcohol to mobs to kill Christians and destroy their homes, according to Christian aid workers in the eastern India state of Orissa.A Christian organization that runs several orphanages in Orissa — one of India’s poorest regions — claims that Christian leaders are being targeted by Hindu militants and carry a price on their heads. "The going price to kill a pastor is $250," said the chairman of Good News India.A spokesman for the All-India Christian Council said: “People are being offered rewards to kill, and to destroy churches and Christian properties. They are being offered foreign liquor, chicken, mutton and weapons. They are given petrol and kerosene.”Ram Madhav, a spokesman for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the largest hardline Hindu group, denied the claims. “The accusation is absolutely false,” he said.Orissa has suffered a series of

murders and arson attacks in recent months, with at least 67 Christians killed, according to the Roman Catholic Church. Several thousand homes have been razed and hundreds of places of worship destroyed, and crops are now wasting in the fields.In recent weeks, the violence has subsided but at least 11,000 Christian refugees remain in camps in Kandhamal, the district worst affected. “They are too scared to go home. They know that if they return to their villages they will be forced to convert to Hinduism,” frightened Christians said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

--- On Sat, 11/22/08, Vrndavan Parker <vrnparker wrote:

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Jaish ree Balas ubram anian Kuala Lumpu r, Nov 22 ( PTI) A top Islam ic body in Malay sia today barre d Musli ms from pract icing Yoga, sayin g the ancie nt physi cal exerc ise was " haram " and prohi bited in Islam .Appre hensi ve that Musli ms could be swaye d by Yoga' s eleme nts of Hindu ism, Natio nal Fatwa Counc il ( NFC) issue d a relig ious decre e telli ng the commu nity, who compr ise two- third s of Malay sia' s 27 milli on popul ation , that pract ising Yoga was " haram " and prohi bited in the relig ion.Abdul Shuko r Husin , chair man of the gover nment - backe d NFC, opine d that pract icing Yoga will erode the

faith of

Musli ms in Islam and does not confo rm with the relig ion." Yoga will erode their ( Musli ms) faith . We advic e Musli ms not to pract ice it," the senio r Islam ic cleri c said.Apart from the physi cal movem ents, the yoga pract ices conta in worsh ippin g and chant ing, which were prohi bited for Musli ms, the NFC said.The globa lly popul ar pract ice of yoga, which origi nated in India , is a popul ar stres s- buste r in Kuala Lumpu r.The rulin g came after an Islam ic studi es lectu rer recen tly advis ed Musli ms, who had taken up yoga, to stop pract ising it as they could devia te from the teach ings of Islam .Senio r Islam ic cleri c, Zakar ia Stapa , a profe ssor at the Natio nal Unive rsity of Malay sia, had asked Musli ms to stop pract icing yoga as it could cause them to " devia te from their faith ".The Counc il's decis ions are not legal ly bindi ng on Musli ms unles s

they are enshr ined in natio nal or Shari ah laws. Howev er, many Musli ms abide by the edict s out of defer ence.PTIhttp://www.ptinews. com/pti%5Cptisit e.nsf/$All/ BCAB6738B6270685 65257509004C36D4 ?OpenDocument