I was disappointed with the interview with Bader Zina (‘Lighting up a dark room’, The Sunday Times of Malta, January 24) which dealt with the question of the Islamic prayer meetings held in Msida which then led to some statements on what Islam expects from its followers.

I expected more research to have been carried out about what Islamic prayer is all about, which would have enabled the interviewer to ask some pertinent questions to Mr Zina about this religion and at least challenge some of his statements. Instead, all we got was a repeat of the usual uncorroborated assertions that we get on a weekly basis from virtually everybody.

The questions should not have been about whether people should be allowed to pray in public but whether they should be allowed to pray for an Islamic end game, and the way they are expected to go about it.

Also, questions about women and Islam should really have featured prominently in the interview. Instead, we were told that “the woman is the jewel of the family”.