Yoga, Vote Abstention & Smoking

When I read newspaper, I was shocked. The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) issues fatwa for Moslems that bans on yoga, vote abstention and smoking. According to MUI, yoga has Hindu elements so they ban it. Because they are afraid that it will corrupt the Moslem beliefs. Then, vote abstention is forbidden too. Why do we have to vote if we feel that those candidates are not qualified? Hello… This is democracy country aight?  Ban on smoking? Do they realize that many Indonesian Moslems are smoker? Have they thought the labors who work in tobbaco factories will have no jobs if they ban smoking? I think in order to discourage people to stop smoking, why dont give enough information about the bad effects of smoking and not using religion. Whoah, other pointless rules after the Pornography Law passed!!!!

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A fatwa in the Islamic faith is a religious opinion on Islamic law issued by an Islamic scholar. In Sunni Islam any fatwa is non-binding, whereas in Shia Islam it could be, depending on the status of the scholar. (http://wikipedia.org)