| The turbans never get tired of this sort of thing, do they? That's okay, though. I never get tired of trying to look up her dress... |
 Indian tennis star Sania Mirza will receive extra security at the Sunfeast Open, commencing here on Monday, following threats by some Islamic clerics of stopping her from playing in the city unless "she is properly dressed".
Kolkata's Jamaet-e-Ulema-e-Hind has allegedly threatened to stop Sania from playing here if she wears dresses which are against "Islamic traditions".
| Meaning dresses she won't trip over, of course... |
Additional Commissioner of Police, Kolkata, Gautam Mohan Chakraborty said here today that police personnel would always guard Sania Mirza in view of a threat issued by an Islamic body over her skimpy attire. "We are not leaving anything to chances. All possible precaution would be taken," Chakraborty said, adding that spectators would be frisked and a strong vigil maintained to prevent any untoward incident.
| "We're pretty used to dealing with nutbags by now..." |
Earlier, Sania had refused to be drawn into a controversy over her dress and denied she faced any racial discrimination while on tour. A religious scholar had reportedly issued a 'fatwa' about her dress code saying that Islam did not permit a woman to be so skimpily-clad. Sania has also decided not to walk the ramp in a fashion pageant featuring competing players at the $1,700,000 WTA tour Sunfeast Open.
| Damn. I was looking forward to trying to look down her cleavage... |
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