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The MEC-7 fitness programme ran into a controversy last month when the CPI(M) raised an alarm saying the “Jamaat-e-Islami...using it for their narrow politics”.
The MEC-7 fitness programme ran into a controversy last month when the CPI(M) raised an alarm saying the “Jamaat-e-Islami...using it for their narrow politics”. (Express Photo)
Kerala’s prominent cleric Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar, who is known for pro-CPI(M) political line, Monday raised objections to a popular physical fitness programme — Multi-Exercise Combination (MEC-7) — saying it is “against Islamic norms”.
At a function in Malappuram, Musliyar said: “Under the guise of exercise, a collective has come across villages and cities… There is intermingling of men and women in the exercise. Women are participating in the exercise and exposing their body. The programme has even abolished the thought that men and women seeing one another is haram (forbidden)… Those who turn against it (MEC-7) are being criticised as people with no exposure.’’
Kanthapuram, head of a powerful Sunni segment — AP Group — said in the past there were norms for women with regard to mingling with men. “This fitness programme has taken away that veil and they (women) think there’s nothing wrong in men and women coming together. This is causing massive disaster….’’
The MEC-7 fitness programme ran into a controversy last month when the CPI(M) raised an alarm saying the “Jamaat-e-Islami…using it for their narrow politics”. “The Jamaat is using it as a shield for its campaign for Islamic nation,” said a party leader, who softened his stand after criticism from opponents.
