Junaid Jamshed's sexist remark causes outrage on social media

Junaid Jamshed is not new to controversy, this time he has people fuming on social media over his sexist remark on a TV show, declaring that "Allah dislikes that any woman should be named [in the Quran]."



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The singer-turned-televangelist's seemingly misogynist beliefs and interpretations of the Holy Quran sent Twitter users in a frenzy as they expressed their outrage on the micro-blogging site.

One of them being the Academy and Emmy Award winning filmmaker, Sharmeen Obaid who deemed Junaid a hyprocite:

Another questioned the religious scholar who guided the pop star towards Islam:

Others were baffled by his comments:

One took out his anger by poking fun at him:

And some even decided to give him a reality check:

One was hopeful for him, wishing God would guide him (the sooner the better!):

Others were not so kind:

There were even questions posed towards the justice system!

Hamza Ali Abbasi, who never misses an opportunity to comment on current affairs, took to Facebook to express himself.



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Junaid Jamshed was soon forced to respond. Here's his clarification: