The Wire

The Fatwa or religious edict banning Muslims from practicing yoga in Malaysia has been put on hold due to a lack of consensus amongst some of the nation’s key Islamic figures. In recent days, the chairman of the National Fatwa Council announced the edict claiming that yoga does not conform to Islam and would erode Muslims’ faith in the religion. Earlier this month the council also enacted another Fatwa outlawing ‘tomboyish’ behaviour and dressing for the nation’s majority Muslim population.