Few points:

-I never said Yoruba was the sole influence on the evolution of capoeira.

-Yoruba is the name of a group of people in the land now called Nigeria. It refers to a culture whose people have many religious practices.

-The people of Yoruba CAN practice many faiths as the cultural and indigenous religious philosophies are very exclusive.

-I never said non-Afrikans, non-Nigerians, non-Brazilians, kwk. could not practice capoeira and for that matter any person practicing any martial system foreign to their cultural.

- I said simply that Islam, Judaism and Christianity have specific elements (rules) that teach against specific elements in various combative systems. THEREFORE practicing a said combative system could potentially be going against the doctrine's teachings. It seems other muslims agreed with me on this and in fact since you mentioned Sudan, the traditional wrestling of the Nuba people has been banned by the primarily Islamic government. Hmmmm...

- Finalamente, yo soy un panameno. Si, soy hispanico.

(((PAZ)))