HYDERABAD, 19 November 2005 — Indian tennis sensation Sania Mirza yesterday denied she had spoken in support of premarital sex at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in Delhi earlier this week. In a brief statement here, Sania said she was maligned by a section of the media which quoted her out of context. “I would like to clearly say on record that I could not possibly justify pre-marital sex as it is a very big sin in Islam and one, which I believe, will not be forgiven by Allah,” she said. “I am deeply pained at the maligning of my image by ridiculous headlines and opportunistic articles written by a couple of journalists to sensationalize a non-issue through misquoting me by using partial quotes, some of which are totally out of context.”
