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Sania Mirza receives Fatwa
Absolutely ridiculous. This is a nice way to treat one of your countries leading sports stars, isnt it?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...0/ixworld.html
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Fatwa for tennis star who wears short skirts
By Peter Foster in New Delhi
(Filed: 10/09/2005)
India's leading female tennis player has been subjected to a fatwa by a Muslim cleric for wearing short skirts and revealing tops on the international tennis circuit.
Sania Mirza comes from a devout Muslim family
Sania Mirza, 18, who became the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam at the US Open last week, is hugely popular in India.
The fatwa - in effect, a demand that she cover up - was issued by a senior cleric of the Sunni Ulema Board, a little-known group. Similar fatwas have been issued against Mirza, who comes from a devout Muslim family, but none has ever gained popular support among India's 130 million Muslims.
"The dress she wears on the tennis courts…leaves nothing to the imagination," Haseeb-ul-hasan Siddiqui told The Hindustan Times. "She will undoubtedly be a corrupting influence."
He said she should follow the example of Iranian women who wore long tunics and headscarves to play in the Asian Badminton Championships.
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