Professional
Sports & Muslim Women Athletes
By Shahid Athar
US
I do get occasional attacks
from Islamophobic hate mongers and non-Muslims
but to read a personal attack on me (Pakistan
Link Oct. 14) by secularist Siddique Malik ( www.spreadfreedom.com
) was very amusing. His webpage is full of venom
against Islam and Muslims. Instead of inviting
others to Islam, he encourages his readers to
“choose any religion they want to follow.”
He seems to have a very poor comprehension as
in my article on Muslim female athletes I talked
about the controversy between the All India Muslim
Board and the Ulema of Luckhnow, Sania Mirza’s
home town. He also did not understand the words
“we men” which reflects a gender class
and not one person. If he writes “We men
who abuse women,” I would take it as a general
statement and not that “he is beating up
his wife and daughter.” By the way, I have
never watched a tennis game of Sania Mirza in
person or on television.
While I also love and would like to spread freedom,
I believe his concept of freedom of speech is
of relative value. While Islam bashers would attack
Islam and Muslims under freedom of speech on their
website, they won’t dare to do so against
Israel and Jews for fear of being labeled as anti-Semitic.
While they promote separation of religion and
politics for Muslims, they say nothing against
the unholy matrimony of evangelists with the Republican
Administration. While on his webpage Mr Malik
writes against treatment of Christians in Saudi
Arabia, he says nothing about treatment of Muslims
in Abu Gharib or the Gutunama Bay prison. He has
duel standards.
To him spreading freedom may mean freedom to undress
and spreading legs, while to believers it means
freedom to cover up and lowering the gaze.
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