The Darul-Uloom Deoband on Friday said it has not issued any fatwa against the tennis player Sania Mirza, a day after Hyderabad Police lodged a case against her for shooting a commercial at the Mecca Masjid there.
"It is not the job of the seminary to watch the activities of player Sania (Mirza). The seminary has not issued any fatwa," Mufti Habiburrehman, the in-charge of the fatwa department of Darul-Uloom Deoband, located in Saharanpur district, said here.
He, however, said that photography in the mosque was "illegal" and against Shariat law, adding the tennis player had done the right thing by tendering an apology.
A case of trespass was registered against Sania and an advertising agency on Thursday for shooting the commercial at the mosque in Hyderabad.
Sania later apologised by sending a letter to the Imam of the Masjid in which she wrote, "I would like to apologise to all my brothers and sisters and respected elders who are anguished by my unwittingly entering a portion of the land belonging to Mecca Masjid."
But Sania is an Indian citizen so as per Indian constitution she doesn't need to pay any fine to a third party other than government organizations! It is really a joke as people says issuing fatwa and all. It is not 3rd century BC to issue fatwa or issue some groups' punishment to a citizen.
"It is not the job of the seminary to watch the activities of player Sania (Mirza). The seminary has not issued any fatwa," Mufti Habiburrehman, the in-charge of the fatwa department of Darul-Uloom Deoband, located in Saharanpur district, said here.
He, however, said that photography in the mosque was "illegal" and against Shariat law, adding the tennis player had done the right thing by tendering an apology.
A case of trespass was registered against Sania and an advertising agency on Thursday for shooting the commercial at the mosque in Hyderabad.
Sania later apologised by sending a letter to the Imam of the Masjid in which she wrote, "I would like to apologise to all my brothers and sisters and respected elders who are anguished by my unwittingly entering a portion of the land belonging to Mecca Masjid."
But Sania is an Indian citizen so as per Indian constitution she doesn't need to pay any fine to a third party other than government organizations! It is really a joke as people says issuing fatwa and all. It is not 3rd century BC to issue fatwa or issue some groups' punishment to a citizen.
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