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| Case against Sania for ad shoot |
| Tennis player Sania Mirza is in trouble with a section of religious leaders in her hometown Hyderabad.
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| INDIA
, 13-December-2007
9:21:6 AM |
| Tennis player Sania Mirza is in trouble with a section of religious leaders in her hometown Hyderabad.
A case has been filed against her for trespassing into Mecca Masjid to shoot for an advertisement.
The mosque authorities have complained to the police that the ad team shot on the premises of the heritage monument without permission.
The advertisement agency involved in the shoot was also slapped with a case of trespass, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Charminar), B Reddenna, said. Both the cases were described by police as ''petty''.
The cases were registered following a complaint by the minority welfare department with the police that Sania and the agency's crew had entered the 17th century mosque on December 10 without obtaining permission from the authorities.
The complaint was filed by District Minority Welfare Officer Kareemulla, who is the custodian of the mosque.
Reddenna said the alleged offence was a ''petty case'' involving unauthorised entry and photography and the law will take its course in the matter.
The ad shoot provoked angry reactions from locals, some clerics and Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) activists.
The protestors said the tennis player has also hurt religious sentiments by shooting in the mosque ''without permission''.
The ulema in Islamic seminary Darul-Uloom Deoband meanwhile said Sania's action was ''un-Islamic'' and had ''hurt'' the sentiments of the Muslim community.
This is not the first time Sania has invited the wrath of the clerics and the faithful.
A fatwa was issued against her in 2005 for not wearing proper clothes while playing.
However, she defended herself saying she had the freedom to choose her outfit.
Sania had also courted controversy by voicing her support for south Indian actress Khushboo over her controversial remarks on pre-marital sex
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