VARANASI:The All-India Shia Muslim Personal Law Board today disapproved the edict issued by some Muslim clerics on dresses worn by Indian teenage tennis sensation Sania Mirza while playing and asked them not to meddle in sports arena.
"The fatwa issued against Sania by a section of Muslim clerics is unnecessary and uncalled for. It is not for them to issue guidelines on what players should wear during matches," Board Chairman Mirza Mohammad Athar told reporters here.
Asserting that Sania had committed no sin by wearing her choice of dresses on field, he asked clerics not to interfere in matters pertaining to sports.
Athar said it was regrettable that the clerics issued the fatwa agaist Sania who did the community and the country proud by becoming the first Indian to reach pre-quarterfinals of the US Open.
The Chairman told them to understand that sports had its own dress code, and a player, belonging to any religion, was the best judge to decide what dress suited him or her while playing.
Lauding Sania's achievements, he said she had become a role model for her community and the country by her performances.
Athar urged clerics and countrymen to encourage her to bring more laurels for herself and the country.
"They should not demoralise her by issuing fatwas on her dresses," he said.
Sunday, September 11, 2005
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well said Mr Mirza Athar. Its her life let her decide how she wants to lead it what she wants to wear and do.
Those who are critisizing her are sheer failures AND HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO IN THEIR LIVES BUT TO INTERFERE WITH OTHERS---JEALOUS MORONS.
If in anybodies opinion she is a sinner be it so---you will not be punished for her sins---so please mind your own business.
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