Indian tennis star Sania Mirza has refused to join in a doubles match with an Israeli player, out of fear of the Religion of Peace™. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)

Indian female tennis player Sania Mirza, 19, who is ranked 39th in the world, announced that she would not play with Israeli up and coming tennis star Shahar Pe’er in the doubles tournament of the Bangalore Open for fear of violent protests by India’s Islamic community.

The two friends were prevented from cooperating in last month’s Australian Open for the same reason.

Mirza initially agreed to play with Pe’er in Bangalore, but later retracted, telling Pe’er “It’s best that we don’t play together this time to prevent protests against my cooperation with an Israeli. There is no reason to arouse their ire (Muslims).”

Mirza, a sports hero in her country, was recently chastised by Muslim groups in India for wearing a sleeveless top and a mini-skirt during her matches. Local Muslim groups claimed that her attire degrades Islam, and some even threatened to kill her.

And Danish soccer players are reluctant to play a game in Israel, again out of fear of the Religion of Peace™.

Despite the claim of Denmark’s FA last week that the Danish soccer team will arrive in Israel for a friendly against the blue and white squad in March, the Danish press is still filled with reports of fears over the trip to Israel, due to concerns over violence from Islamic elements following cartoons of Islam’s prophet Muhammad published in a Danish newspaper.

The Danes said that their final and official decision on whether to go ahead with the game would be announced on February 21. Danish newspaper Politiken held an interview with members of the Danish squad, who again expressed fears of arriving in Israel.

Martin Yurgenson, a forward playing at Italian club Fiorontina, said: “I trust the evaluations of our foreign ministry, but I also think of what could happen in Israel. There are other games that I’d rather play.”

Goalkeeper Tomas Sorenson, of England’s Aston Villa, said: “It’s not that I’m scared for my life, but I don’t have a good gut feeling over the game. We should remember that this game is only a friendly, and there are much more important things in life.”