Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama (AP faction) Saturday said women exercising in front of men was not permissible. Samastha Mushavara, the top decision-making body of the Ulama body, declared that Islam gives importance to protecting health, and necessary exercises within the boundaries of religious laws for preventing lifestyle diseases and for physical rejuvenation were not barred.
However, women performing exercises in front of and amid men who are strangers was not permitted, Mushavara declared. This comes amidst the controversies related to multi-exercise combination, an exercise regimen that has become popular in Malabar, which was earlier criticised by Samastha AP faction.
