Dr. Zakir Naik on Sania Mirza's dress code

March 19, 2008: Dr. Zakir Naik speaks on the dress code for women by giving references from the Bible, the Vedas and from the Quran, for Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Aishwarya Rai and for Sania Mirza.

Sania Mirza, however, had to make hard choices in her life and career, including her tennis attire. See what Wikipedia says about Sania Mirza’s tennis attire which is being referred to in this video and other aspects of her career, “The short tennis clothes she has to wear in the court has drawn criticism from some Muslim religious groups, with Mirza being a practicing Muslim who prays five times a day, and fasts during Ramzan. According to one report published 8 September 2005, an unnamed Muslim scholar had issued a ruling, saying that women's tennis attire is not suited to Islam. Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind rejected rumors about disrupting her game saying that they do not stop anyone from playing, although they found female tennis players' dress code objectionable. Nevertheless, Calcutta police tightened security measures to protect her.”

On safe sex, after Mirza spoke at a conference in November 2005, some groups said she was detached from Islam and that she was a ‘corrupting influence on the youth.’ Mirza clarified her stance by saying that she was opposed to premarital sex.

Dr. Zakir Naik, a Muslim apologist, public speaker and writer on Islam and other religions, is a medical doctor (MBBS) by profession, from Maharashtra. He is the founder president of the Islamic Research Foundation, which owns and broadcasts the Peace TV channel from Mumbai. It may noted that in a lecture delivered on 31 July 2008 on Peace TV, Naik argued that 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers in USA was an insider job carried out by George Bush himself, so that Bush could then attack oil-rich countries.

Fresh court case against Sania Mirza on national anthem

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The ace tennis star Sania Mirza seems to be running through some troubled times just before her marriage on April 15. On April 4, PTI reported from Muzaffarnagar that a court there would take up a complaint against Sania Mirza on April 5 for allegedly insulting the Indian national anthem during a function in the town two years ago. According to the news, the local people filed four separate complaints against Sania Mirza under Prevention of Insult to National Honour Act. No, it is not some jealous people reacting to the news of her marriage, because the complaint was filed on November 8, 2008.

The report says, while the first complaint will be heard on April 5, the remaining three cases are fixed for hearing in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Vikas Goel on April 21, April 22 and May 18. The complainants’ case is that “Sania was allegedly not standing in attention when the national anthem was being played during the closing ceremony of an international women's tennis tournament where she was the chief guest”.

Earlier she faced court case under the same act, ‘Prevention of Insult to National Honour Act’, when a complaint was filed by a person in the court in Bhopal. It could have landed her three years in jail. It was published by BBC News on 15 Jan 2008, and it was widely reported in the media, after newspapers published the controversial photograph taken during a match at the Hopman Cup in Australia. However, Sania denied showing disrespect to the Indian flag, Click here to view the photo and report.

Also Sania's announcement of marrying Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik has been criticized by Pramod Muthalik’s Sri Ram Sene and Shiv Sena but, a day after Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray’s criticism, party executive president Uddhav Thackeray said the wedding is Sania’s personal problem. Uddhav said, “A marriage between two people is entirely personal. Sania has every right to lead her life the way she wants to, we don’t want to interfere in it. Saamna has clarified its stand on Sania and the issue is over for us.”

Shoaib Malik refuses to comment on marriage controversy

Shoaib Malik says his marriage with Sania Mirza will take place on April 15 in Hyderabad and refuses to comment on marriage controversy.

Interview with Ayesha Siddiqui and Imran Zafar

This video shows Imran Zafar, the brother-in-law of Shoaib Malik in a face-to-face talk on ARY news about the claims of Ayesha Siddiqui about her marriage with Shoaib.

Sania Mirza on Shoaib Malik Vs Ayesha Siddiqui

In this video, ANI reports from Hyderabad on April 03 about 'the tussle between Shoaib Malik and his supposed wife Ayesha Siddiqui' that reached the court on Saturday as the Siddiqui family has sent a legal notice to Malik asking him to give a public divorce to their daughter before getting married to the Indian tennis player, Sania Mirza, who is also from Hyderabad as Ayesha is. Sania came out in support of Shoaib on Saturday amid all the allegations and, discarding all the claims by Ayesha, Sania said that she and her family have always known the truth and do not believe what others say. Watch the video for more news.