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...Qatar, Peer will be one of the few players on the women's circuit who speaks some words of Arabic, which she studied briefly in school. Religious prejudices are never an issue for her; in previous years, she teamed up in doubles with Sania Mirza, a Muslim from India. There was little complaint in Israel, but in India, extremist Muslim clerics were outraged at Mirza...
...Since Osama bin Laden is no Islamic scholar, many deny his right to issue a fatwa. The sway that fatwas hold over Muslims is also not as great as many outsiders think. Last year, a Muslim cleric issued a fatwa stating that it was un-Islamic for Sania Mirza, India's most famous tennis player and a Muslim, to wear sleeveless tops or short skirts on court. Mirza simply dismissed the ruling; indeed, many, if not most, urban Indian Muslims do not take fatwas seriously. However, in rural communities, a well-respected mufti's fatwa - on issues ranging from marriage...
...Despite their turbo-charged race up the rankings, China's tennis prodigies haven't become celebrities across Asia like India's Sania Mirza or Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan. Unlike other top athletes who use international competitions to hone their skills and raise their profiles, Chinese stars have a habit of emerging almost fully formed from the country's secretive sports system. In China, athletics are viewed as a tool for national glory, not individual accomplishment. During mandatory national-team training, such as the session in Jiangmen last month, China's tennis stars must sweat through seven hours of practice...
...Illusory Heroes? I was disappointed that TIME's 2005 list of "Asia's Heroes" [Oct. 10] included athletes (tennis star Sania Mirza and footballer Park Ji Sung) as well as entertainers (actors Ken Watanabe and Zhang Jingchu). Asians, especially South Asians, glorify sports personalities and film stars as a way of elevating their own fragile egos and showing a more affluent and successful image abroad. Bombay, despite its Bollywood stars and millionaires, remains a Third World hellhole for the unsuspecting visitor. Bollywood sells dreams, the only thing the poor can afford. Spending vast sums of money in promoting sporting events...
...rewarding to see indian tennis star Sania Mirza featured in TIME. She deserves recognition for being a rare achiever who shot up in the tennis rankings very quickly. More significantly, she is from a country where prejudice against girls is still rampant. Female fetuses continue to be aborted, creating a skewed ratio of boys to girls. Girls are considered a liability and discriminated against in many households. One hopes Mirza's success will help the girls of India live in an environment with more equality. Jagmohan Manchanda New Delhi...