An incident of divine retribution unfolded at the 2024 Paris Olympics when a judo competitor from Tajikistan, Nurali Emomali, refused to shake hands with his Israeli opponent, Baruch Shmailov, after defeating him in the men’s under-145 lbs. weight class. Emomali’s actions sparked outrage on social media, with some users claiming he yelled “Allah Akbar” at Shmailov after the match.
However, Emomali’s triumph was short-lived, as he faced immediate karma in his next match against Japan’s Hifumi Abe. Abe left Emomali in literal tears on the mat with an arm injury, securing a win and ultimately going on to claim the gold medal.
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Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think that ”Karma” is a Hindu religious concept, not sure it belongs on Yeshiva World.
Isn’t karma an idea from buddhism?
Karma is an avoda zara concept, symbolizing justice delivered by the conscious universe, as opposed to justice delivered by the Creator of the universe.
Usually I applaud YWN headlines, but this must be changed.
“Karma” is a Buddhist term. Weird for YWN to use it.
“Karma” is a Hindu-Buddhist concept, and should not be evoked on a Jewish site.
Karma???
So YWN has finally gone full Avoda Zara. At least you are showing your true colors.
The term Karma is Avoda Zara. Please don’t use it.
Editors: Karma is absolutely a building of bechukoseijem lo seileichu.
What does karma mean?
The title would be even more powerful stating that after refusing to shake HANDS he suffered an ARM injury..
Why is YWN using words like “Karma” to describe this situation? The story itself is irrelevant, we don’t also need our headlines to blare out words of avoda zara!
Dear editor,
Please do not use the hindu term “karma”, as it is kinnegged the ikrei emunah.
It should not be used on an orthodox Jewish site.
Thank you
moderately injured according to most other news sources
עַל דַּאֲטֵפְתְּ אַטְפוּךְ וְסוֹף מְטַיְּפַיִךְ יְטוּפוּן
YWN apologize and edit your headline! Don’t you have any shame????
Pleased to see that YWN knows what’s going on in heaven. Must be that G-d is really happy with the Israeli competitor and decided to take up his cause.
GROW UP!
We are writing to address a recent headline that appeared on our site, which was not within our kashrus standards. We deeply regret the impact that this headline may have had and want to extend our sincerest apologies.
can everyone chill out!! the word karma was just being used as slang, not in the literal sense of the word.
it just means “what goes around comes around”