Teresa DeSouza 94 of Bandra has lived alone for last 15 years. She walks to daily mass. Handles all her financial affairs successfully. Is a social butterfly and lunches and dines out frequently. She dresses in high fashion and has 5 pairs of Ecco shoes in colors from silver to coffee. And a head of hair that is the envy of a youngster! An author of 3 books, she blasts about 30 emails a day and sends hundreds of birthday wishes. She is a scholar, a beauty and an athlete – and that combination is unbeatable.
TESSA DESOUZA OF MANGALORE writes MUSLIMS MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT DOGMAS BUT IN THE KORAN THEY BELIEVE IN IMMACULATE CONCEPTION AND PERPETUAL VIRGINITY, THE ISLAMIC RELIGION DOES NOT HAVE THE CONCEPT OF ORIGINAL SIN BUT IT ATTRIBUTES TO MAN A NATURAL DEFECTIVITY WHICH MAKES HIM IMPERFECT AND IMPURE FROM BIRTH. IN A FAMOUS HADITH ATTRIBUTED TO THE PROPHET IT IS AFFIRMED THAT EVERY CHILD IS TOUCHED BY THE DEVIL AS SOON AS IT IS BORN, AND THIS CONTACT MAKES HIM CRY EXCEPTED ARE MARY AND HER SON >From this hadith Muslim commentators have deduced and affirmed the principle of Mary's original purity. In fact according to the Koranic text, God granted the wish of Anna and consecrated to Him Mary, about to be born, and the One to whom She would give birth. God predestined Mary and purified Her, raising her above all women . THE PROPHET ALSO DEFENDED MARY'S VIRGINITY. in the Koran the name of the blessed Virgin is mentioned no less than thirty times. She is described as ' ''VIRGIN ever VIRGIN