People are talking out of both sides of their mouths on this forum.

On one hand, a lot of these posters argue that merit is ALL the matters.   Hire based on merit and qualifications.  (Many of these posters comment on other articles dealing with issues like quotas for hiring women etc.)

And then, when someone makes it clear they clear the bar based on merit such as Hadiya, suddenly it's about "interests, commitment, values"  yadda, yadda and not about the person doing the job.

Listen to yourselves.