Sahil Adeem’s controversial remarks on women; Planted or real?

ISLAMABAD: Internet personality Sahil Adeem’s conversation with a participant on the Samaa Digital show Makalma with Khalilur Rehman Qamar went viral on social media. Adeem was invited along with writer Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar to discuss women’s rights and human rights.

Sahil Adeem sparked outrage on social media after making derogatory comments about women, saying that 95 percent of the women in Pakistan were ignorant.

“You will find 25 men out of 100 illiterate, fifty men would be 50-50 [neither educated nor illiterate], and 25 would be educated. And if you take a sample of 100 women, 95 out of them will be ignorant not knowing anything. This is reality,” he said.

Adeem was responding to a query related to mobilizing mosques for women’s rights. He responded, “These women have awareness about dance, cooking, and makeup but they have no awareness of Islam and wondered how mosques would mobilize them.”

Conversation between Sahil Adeem and Azba Abdullah

During the Q&A session, one of the participants asked Sahil Adeem to apologize for his anti-women comments, a clip of which went viral on social media.

Despite apologizing or clarifying his statement, Sahil Adeem went on asking the participant the meaning of Taghut. “Today, you got to know about taghut, which is the biggest sin in Islam,” he said.

The girl named Azba Abdullah reminded him that the topic of discussion was women’s rights, not the sins in Islam.

In response, he said that the participant asked him to apologize for his choice of words, Adeem claimed that it was bound in Islam to call an ignorant person ignorant. He reiterated his claims and advised her to take a sample and conduct the test.

“I ask for forgiveness from him because my daughter [while referring to the woman who asked the question] is ignorant. This is my fault that my daughter is ignorant,” he said and the woman countered that he was changing the topic.

Social Media Bursts Over Controversial Conversation

The video clip from the show quickly spread over social media with mixed remarks from netizens. Some users praised the girls for his courage to demand an apology from Adeem for his misogynist remarks.

Many said that the way the girl did debate is proving that she’s the one ignorant. Fans also said that motivational speakers should use words consciously.

Netizens also demanded that Adeem apologize to the women of the country for his offensive remarks. The viral girl Azba also released a video message asking for an apology.

Netizens are criticizing Samaa TV for a planted and controversial show. Users are sharing screenshots of Azba Abdullah’s social media platform’s profile bio, which read that she works as a Journalist and content writer with Samaa TV, where the show is held.

Social media users stormed her posts’ comment section, calling out Azba for her planned stunt to get easy fame.