Shoaib Malik and Ayesha Siddiqui Nuptially Knotted?

The mud hurling and counter hurling is likely to carry on for some more time giving news media houses fodder for some more time. Ever since the news of Shoaib Malik's previous marriage to Hyderabad girl, Ayesha Siddiqui surfaced, as claimed by the latter's family rather vehemently, both the parties have been very busy with catering to allegation and counter allegation. Shoaib Malik and Ayesha Siddiqui seem to have been married since 2002, as proven by the Nikahnama (Muslim marriage certificate) that was released by the Siddiqui's on Friday, 2nd of April. But in spite of that, family members of the Pakistani cricketer, especially his brother-in-law Imran Zafar Malik, claims it to be a fake document produced by a family of publicity hungry group of people. Ayesha's clan however, remains steady with their claim that all they wish for is the official release of their daughter from the nuptial bond, so that she can move on with her life glitchlessly.

Even though Shoaib himself has remained rather quiet about the entire matter, occasionally denying any such alliance and declaring that he prayed to God that all the hullabaloo would quietly die down for him to carry on with his cricket and impending marriage plans with tennis player Sania Mirza, Ayesha opened up saying that she had even opted for cosmetic surgery since, "He (Shoaib) didn't like me because I was overweight." She even said that she harbors no animosity towards Sania and that she wished her well in her future marriage to Shoaib. "We don't want anything from him. This is not the right way to get publicity. I know him since 2000 and have been suffering a lot for the past three years," she claimed. "I won't stoop so low, just give me an official divorce so that I can go ahead with my life. I don't want people to ask me questions," was her sole justification for publicly claiming to have ever married the cricketer.

But Shoaib Malik is not in the rut for his unclear tendencies for the first time. Moving back a little in time would show that he has played dirty in Indian waters before when in inaugural Twenty20 cricket world cup final, he embarrassed Indian Muslims by claiming all Muslims in the world support Pakistan against India. India had defeated Pakistan to take the trophy. At the award ceremony, Malik had the urge to utter an outrageously impregnated statement like, "I want to thank everyone back home in Pakistan and Muslims all over the world. Thank you very much and I'm sorry that we didn't win, but we did give our 100 per cent". The hint that all Muslims, irrespective of nationality, supported Pakistan was not even subtly put. In spite of theories that he had phrased the statement incorrectly given his lack of fluency in English, one can now deduce perhaps that it was an intentional jibe at the Indian cricket team to exude the general idea that all Muslims residing in India actually prayed for the Pakistani cricket team.

Taking it for granted that Shoaib had said the particular statement overwhelmed by religious emotions, with no derogatory intentions, one might wonder why then would he publicly allow his brother in law to say something as affronting as "there are so many pretty girls but in Hyderabad, I do not see any, I see all black faces" as pointed out by Farisa Siddiqui, Ayesha's mother. To top it, Malik's present love interest, Mirza, is a Hyderabadi herself. Strangely convenient one might say... Where is his total devotion to the Islam religion and love for all the Muslims in the world now? Why would he allow an entire family of Muslims to get publicly harassed because of his dubious behavior if he was really and utterly thorough with the true nature of Islam beliefs and laws as per which a girl cannot lead a life of freedom until officially divorced by her husband?

One does not know what is to become of this Shoaib Malik and Ayesha Siddiqui affair in the end but one does wonder seeing all this, if matches are made in heaven, why does God plan for such untowardly googlies?