Organizers postponed Bangladesh's first ever women's wrestling competition moments before it was to start Sunday after threats from Muslim fundamentalists who termed the event "anti-Islamic." For two days, dozens of hardline Islamic protesters marched through downtown Dhaka, demanding the event be called off, and some groups threatened to block the gathering, which drew dozens of competitors from across Bangladesh. "Games such as wrestling are vulgar and indecent for Muslim women," Maulana Mohiuddin Khan, head of the Jamiatul Ulama Islami Bangladesh group, said Saturday. The women had been practicing Sunday _ and had even weighed in _ when news of the postponement came, frustrating competitors and coaches alike. "If women can participate in sports like swimming or even martial arts, why not wrestling ? We are not doing anything anti-social," said Papiya Kazi, 17, a handball player who took up wrestling two months ago in her hometown Narail, 70 miles west of the capital.
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