Hyderabad: In a surprising development Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik will get married on Monday in Hyderabad. The families of Sania and Shoaib made the surprise announcement on Monday morning, four days before the scheduled date.
"Sania and Shoaib marriage will take place today. We can't reveal time and venue of the marriage because of security reasons," said Sania's media coordinator Rucha Nayak.
She also announced that the mehendi ceremony will take place on Tuesday. "Sania will wear her mother's 25-year-old sari. Shoaib will be wearing a
black sherwani which was made by Shantanu and Nikhil," she added.
The marriage ceremony is likely to take place on Monday afternoon at Taj Krishna hotel in Hyderabad.
The two were earlier scheduled to get married on April 15. It is not known yet why the marriage date has been rescheduled for Monday. Sources say it may be on account of a fatwa issued by some ulemas (Muslim clerics) over why the two were already staying in the same house.
The marriage of the Indian tennis star with the Pakistani cricketer has been involved in one controversy after another.
A group of religious scholars, the Sunni Ulema Board, on Sunday issued a fatwa against the duo saying both of them had brought disrepute to Islam and Muslim community through their actions as they were living together without getting married.
"The kind of actions the two are indulging in like living together and addressing media together are haram in Islam," said religious scholar Maulana Haseebul Hasan Siddiqui.
Shoaib has already come under criticism for denying marriage with another Hyderabadi girl Ayesha Siddiqui even after admitting that he signed the 'nikahnama'. The Pakistani star last week divorced Ayesha after the latter filed a case of cheating against him.
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