Egyptians have been rowing over whether karate is considered impermissible, or haram in Arabic, after a Salafi sheikh decreed the martial art is an 'abomination' in Islam. Egypt’s al-Azhar Mosque released a statement slamming Salafi Sheikh Yasser al-Borhamy after he decreed that martial arts is not permissible in Islam because humans "prostrate to each other" after their match is over. His reasoning is that humans should not bow down to ...