Times of Islamabad

Maulana Tariq Jameel comes under fire over his controversial remarks in motorway gang rape case

Maulana Tariq Jameel comes under fire over his controversial remarks in motorway gang rape case

Renowned religious scholar Maulana Tariq Jameel’s recent ‘condemnation’comments on the motorway gang-rape incident have once again createdcontroversy.

Maulana Tariq Jameel in his ‘condemnation’ video called the motorwayincident as the result of obscenely “behayai” and blames co-education forspreading obscenely.

He also urged the parents to pay special attention to the upbringing oftheir children. “It is such a discreditable incident that my tongue isshivering while speaking. The more condemnation of this act, the less itis,” he added.

Maulana Tariq Jameel further said, “The motorway incident is extreme of ourmoral degradation”. He appealed to the government to make an example ofrapists and change laws that make it easy for such criminals to gounchallenged.

Veteran actress Bushra Ansari Taking to her Instagram, also urged religiousscholar Maulana Tariq Jamil to speak and protest over these issues.

Please Maulana Tariq Jamil, you should also protest or stage a sit-in onthese matters, she remarked. Your presence is much needed here. Speak up,please, she added.

Earlier, Maulana Tariq Jameel’s statement linking “women’s immodesty” tocoronavirus spread in Pakistan also landed him in major controversy.