Ali said during the start of yoga, the participants bow before the sun or any other creature which is not only prohibited in Islam but a mortal sin.
As the world gears up to celebrate the International Yoga Day on Sunday, the radical Islamists in Jammu and Kashmir have upped the ante cautioning Muslims to remain firmly attached to their faith since "yoga is not a physical exercise alone but a religious dogma".
"Yoga is a religious exercise cum prayer of a particular community in which besides physical exercises, some religious practices of this particular community are intermixed. During yoga some words are recited which contradicts the basic faith of Islam," said Zahid Ali, spokesperson of Jama'at-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir.
Ali said during the start of yoga, the participants bow before the sun or any other creature which is not only prohibited in Islam but a mortal sin.
"This whole exercise also includes some particular religious signs and customs. So in the present form, a Muslim should not adopt this type of exercise at all. There are so many more useful methods of the physical exercise for fitness which can be adopted," he said.
Furthermore, the Jama'at spokesman said, it is mandatory for every Muslim to start his all activities with the recitation of the name of Allah.
"So far as Namaz is concerned, it is simply a prayer, the best form of worshipping Allah. Whatever is recited in Namaz it reminds us that we are the obedient slaves of Allah alone and it has no resemblance with yoga or any other exercise whatsoever. Anybody comparing Namaz with yoga can only be termed as the most ignorant person on this globe," he said.
Jama'at spokesman cautioned Muslims not to get swayed by any propaganda and remain firmly attached to their faith in Islam which provides the best guidance for the human beings in general.
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