Muslim Mirza caught up in cultural protest
Good thing the clerics are protecting us from this teenage girl who wears shorts in public instead of attacking more trivial problems like honor killings done in the name of our religion. *blah*
Oh, well. At least there are some Muslim leaders over there who recognize how silly this is.
I ran varsity cross-country when I was in high school. It was one of the best experiences of my life. It really pisses me off when some Muslims say that women can't do sports because a man might see them and, gosh, wouldn't that be immodest? ....but it's ok for men to compete and be seen by women. Grrr...
I hope she kicks ass.
http://tinyurl.com/78lja
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - After zooming from anonymity into the hearts of her nation in just 10 months, India's teenage tennis sensation Sania Mirza was caught up in a cultural protest for breaking the mold by being a Muslim athlete.
The 18-year-old Mirza has surmounted religious barriers to surge from 206th in the women's world rankings last December to 34th this week.
Her rise has not gone unnoticed by radical Islamic clerics in largely Hindu but officially secular India, home to some 130 million Muslims.
Mirza was given extra security last month after an Islamic cleric denounced her for wearing short skirts and sleeveless shirts on court and threatened to stop her playing in a WTA event in Kolkata.
Other Muslim groups denounced the edict, with a Madrassas (Islamic schools) board in an eastern Indian state even saying it planned to insert a chapter on Mirza into its school books.
*snip*
Women in more conservative Muslim nations usually face a daunting challenge in their quest for sporting glory.
They have to wear modest clothes to avoid offending religious and social mores and compete in front of crowds made up only of women and accompanied men.
*snip*
Mirza herself has remained untouched by the attention she has attracted, appearing in a T-shirt bearing the slogan: "I'm old enough to know better, but still too young to care."
*snip*
Pakistani tennis player Mariam Rahim remains frustrated by the dress code in her own country.
"We don't have any choice," she said. "I wear salwar kameez (loose-fitting long shirt and trousers). It is also a very difficult crowd here.
"If you want quality, then these things should change."
Oh, well. At least there are some Muslim leaders over there who recognize how silly this is.
I ran varsity cross-country when I was in high school. It was one of the best experiences of my life. It really pisses me off when some Muslims say that women can't do sports because a man might see them and, gosh, wouldn't that be immodest? ....but it's ok for men to compete and be seen by women. Grrr...
I hope she kicks ass.
http://tinyurl.com/78lja
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - After zooming from anonymity into the hearts of her nation in just 10 months, India's teenage tennis sensation Sania Mirza was caught up in a cultural protest for breaking the mold by being a Muslim athlete.
The 18-year-old Mirza has surmounted religious barriers to surge from 206th in the women's world rankings last December to 34th this week.
Her rise has not gone unnoticed by radical Islamic clerics in largely Hindu but officially secular India, home to some 130 million Muslims.
Mirza was given extra security last month after an Islamic cleric denounced her for wearing short skirts and sleeveless shirts on court and threatened to stop her playing in a WTA event in Kolkata.
Other Muslim groups denounced the edict, with a Madrassas (Islamic schools) board in an eastern Indian state even saying it planned to insert a chapter on Mirza into its school books.
*snip*
Women in more conservative Muslim nations usually face a daunting challenge in their quest for sporting glory.
They have to wear modest clothes to avoid offending religious and social mores and compete in front of crowds made up only of women and accompanied men.
*snip*
Mirza herself has remained untouched by the attention she has attracted, appearing in a T-shirt bearing the slogan: "I'm old enough to know better, but still too young to care."
*snip*
Pakistani tennis player Mariam Rahim remains frustrated by the dress code in her own country.
"We don't have any choice," she said. "I wear salwar kameez (loose-fitting long shirt and trousers). It is also a very difficult crowd here.
"If you want quality, then these things should change."
posted by purvis at 9:50 AM
1 Comments:
i read this last week somewhere i think. this saddens me because we have enough outside forces throwing stones at muslims we don't need to throw them at one another. as you pointed out purvis we have much more pressing issues to address.
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