Veteran BJP leader Murali Manohar Joshi said, if Yoga comes into the life of every common people, it will help in bringing down incidents of rape in the country and hailed Prophet Mohammad as the greatest yogi. Joshi attended the seminar “The Iyengar way - Yoga for the new millennium” and in his speech he made these statements which might spark a controversy.
Joshi also cited the experiment made in New York that brought change in mindset of people. When a vice chancellor of a university reviewed the practice of yoga daily, it was found that the crime rate in New York had come down while the inmates in jails had undergone change in their behaviour.
“Our Muslim brothers do yoga five times in a day. The postures of 'namaz'...in that two or three postures, even you will be able to tell. That is why I think Mohammad sahab was a great yogi. As this prescription is of praying to god...connecting it to yoga, he could not have done it without practising yoga,” added MM Joshi. He also suggested that the security forces should be given yoga education and one should chant mantras from vedas before starting any work which would eventually show great results.
- TVR
