07 Apr 2010  |   12:00am IST

Now, fatwa against Shoaib

KOLKATA, APRIL 6 Former Pakistani cricket captain Shoaib Malik had another googly bowled at him when a fatwa was issued on Tuesday against him by a Muslim cleric in the wake of Hyderabadi girl Ayesha Siddiqui accusing him of marrying and then abandoning her.

KOLKATA, APRIL 6
Former Pakistani cricket captain Shoaib Malik had another googly bowled at him when a fatwa was issued on Tuesday against him by a Muslim cleric in the wake of Hyderabadi girl Ayesha Siddiqui accusing him of marrying and then abandoning her.
The Shahi Imam of Tipu Sultan Mosque in Kolkata Syed Noor-ur-Rehman Barkati issued the diktat saying Shoaib and Ayesha were now man and wife as they had married over telephone.
“Nikah has been conducted over the telephone. They are now husband and wife according to Muslim law,” said the Imam, known for issuing edicts on burning issues.
“If Shoaib accepts the nikah, no problem; but if he denies, he will be out of the Muslim society,” he said.