Iraqi national tennis coach and team members murdered for wearing shorts

The coach of the Iraqi national tennis team and two of his players were murdered Thursday because they were wearing western-style tennis shorts. Hussein Ahmed Rashid and his team members were shot in the head. Fundamentalists have been distributing leaflets in the area, warning people not to wear shorts.

Indian tennis player Sania Mirza, a WTA rising star, had a fatwa issued against her in September of last year because of her tennis skirts and T-shirts.