Monday, September 12, 2005

US Open & Extreme Religious Makeover

Over the years Sania indeed has emerged as a glamorous young woman and a fine tennis player. Some say she may not be the most attractive but why the heck are we concerned about this pedantic aspect when her brilliant work at the court is all that really counts.

Now this glamour really happens to hit home with the clerics and imams of Hyderabad who are keeping an eye on her hemline more closely than her entire fan base. Here are some clerical moments of zen:
"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. Similar views were shared by Syed Yousaf Bin, the chief patron of the Ulema Board, in Hyderabad.

"Sania Mirza is a Muslim and she stands half-naked on the tennis court while playing, which is against Islam," Siddikulla Chowdhury, secretary of the Jamiat-Ulama-Hind Islamic movement in Kolkata, said.

Later in a joint committee of bearded men a new line of tennis accessories were proposed for Sania Mirza to make her glamorous appearances in.

EXTREME ULEMA MAKEOVER

EXTREME ULEMA MAKEOVER

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