Generally any football match or for that matter any sporting event would be cancelled due to bad weather, heavy downpour etc. But in a shocker a football match was cancelled due to figure hugging dresses. The incident happened in Harischandrapur, Malada in West Bengal under the regime of Mamata Bannerjee.
Organisers of Progressive Youth Club, to boost Women’s football planned to conduct a football match between Kolkata XI and North Bengal XI as a part of their golden jubilee celebrations. However they were forced to cancel the match as administrators went back on their permission for the match citing law and order problems.
It is coming out that a Fatwa was issued by fundamentalists against the match. Reja Razi, president of Progressive Youth Club said “But last week, some moulavis (Muslim clerics) raised their objection to the women’s football match. We had approached the block administration and the sub-divisional officer for help.
On March 11, a meeting was also held in the presence of BDO (Block Development Officer) between us and the fundamentalists who were against the match. The next day, many more clerics said a women’s match would be against Islam. They also threatened to make a stronger agitation if the match was held.
The BDO then ordered to stop the match.” Local cleric Imam Maqsud Alam, denying issuance of fatwa however says “When some people sought my opinion, I just said Islam does not permit us to watch women playing in the field wearing short dresses.” Locals however angrily questioned where they were heading and what Mamata Bannerjee’s government was doing.
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