Catholics also not in favour of Yoga
A front page story of the Daily Express today `adds flowers to the Fatwa (Edict) on Yoga'. Headlined `Catholics also not favour of Yoga' the story by Durie Rainer Fong was sourced from a Kota Kinabalu Sacred Hearth Cathedral Youth Counsellor George Thien.
"The Catholic church's advise to Christians is also `not to go for it (Yoga)," Thien was quoted as saying.
The counsellor was commenting on the National Fatwa Council's edict banning Muslims from practising yoga, which is said to involve in mantra (chants) and the concept of oneness with God based on Hindu beliefs, thus, deviate the faith of Islam.
Thien said it was not difficult to understand the reason for the Fatwa.
They believe in one God and not in any other. Meditation in Yoga is like tapping into different realm but where is the source? We in Christians believe in Jesus Christ and that every peace and joy only come from the Lord. That is why we do not go deep in Yoga," Thien was reported to have said.
The counsellor was commenting on the National Fatwa Council's edict banning Muslims from practising yoga, which is said to involve in mantra (chants) and the concept of oneness with God based on Hindu beliefs, thus, deviate the faith of Islam.
Thien said it was not difficult to understand the reason for the Fatwa.
They believe in one God and not in any other. Meditation in Yoga is like tapping into different realm but where is the source? We in Christians believe in Jesus Christ and that every peace and joy only come from the Lord. That is why we do not go deep in Yoga," Thien was reported to have said.
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