Yoga in Islamic Environments I Yoga Prac3ce in Contemporary Turkey: Poli3cal and Islamic Posi3ons Dr. Aysuda Kölemen (Istanbul Kemerburgaz University, Istanbul) Montag, 22. Juni 2015, 18:1519:30 Uhr, KWZ Raum 0.602 Veranstaltung: ReligionswissenschaQ, Philosophische Fakultät The Turkish Muslim community developed divergent and shiCing views on yoga pracEce in recent years as a reacEon to the increasing popularity of the pracEce. The presentaEon will examine three posiEons: the posiEon that deems yoga acceptable as long as it remains a sports acEvity, that even the purely physical aspects of yoga can become an avenue for luring Muslims to the hereEcal spirituality of yoga, and finally that its spirituality is compaEble with the teachings of the Quran. While these facEons mostly agree on what yoga is and which spiritual elements it entails, they proceed to draw conflicEng conclusions regarding the compaEbility of yoga with Islam.
The Turkish Muslim community developed
divergent and shiCing views on
yoga pracEce in recent years as
a reacEon to the increasing
popularity of the pracEce. The
presentaEon will examine three
posiEons: the posiEon that deems
yoga acceptable as long as it
remains a sports acEvity, that
even the purely physical aspects
of yoga can become an avenue
for luring Muslims to the
hereEcal spirituality of yoga, and
finally that its spirituality is
compaEble with the teachings of
the Quran. While these facEons
mostly agree on what yoga is
and which spiritual elements it
entails, they proceed to draw
conflicEng conclusions regarding the
compaEbility of yoga with Islam.
