Junaid Jamshed has done it again. He must be punished by court of Law and from now on he should be banned on TV. He has not changed in all these years since he left Vital Signs.

JJ knows how to attract media attention just the way Veena Malik did in past.

Actually to put JJ and Amir Liaquat Hussain as scholars is academically wrong.They may be classified as good anchors with a zeal to flourish Islamic teachings. Sometimes they are successful sometimes they do blunders. It is the fault of our real scholars who innocently classed them as scholars. Both of them has commercial objectives.

JJ is a great scholar, his words being misinterpreted and blown out of proportion we should not indulge in petty matters like this ofcourse JJ has great respct for motherssissters and daughters

Why should he be on the TV ?????

Well, he is just another Mullah, what would you expect from him? He is no more despicable than any other person with the same set of believes, the only difference is his frequent appearance on TV.

JJ is not an Islamic scholar, he is just a preacher.Why is he commenting on the sensitive issues and Islamic topics. He should first weigh pros and cons then speak. Now Maulana Tariq Jamil Sb will not come to rescue him from fiery.

Junaid Sahib, with due respect please refrain from portraying the image of a maulvi. We already have too many of them in different hues and shades.

I have got a hedge trimmer which might be useful in getting a good trim and back to normalcy.

JJ always try to be oversmart but he mostly slips over.

I agree with Hamza,JJ needs to be understood in the right context,and then after his clarification there is nothing left now. Extremism is not confined to the other side,we sometime behave in the same manner

I would sincerely advise JJ to avoid media from now on! Preach on the normal way weighing your words twice!

Apart from this Controversy, it must be noted JJ is not an Scholar (Aalim), He is the Person who has Knowledge of Islam more then Average Pakistani people but it does not make him Aalim..My Sincere advise to JJ plz refrain yourself from coming on TV..

Another media war has started againgst junaid jamshed. JJ is again in hot waters .. I think its better not to speak than going of the cuff over these sensitive issues specially on national Tv. well, i dont know why the different channels are allowing him or any evangelist like him to deliver sermons according to the whims of their minds and interpretation. But pity on our media too.. they even dont do any responsible journalisim and becomes the party and give biased judgements instead of subduing the situation. JJ should think before giving statements like this, whatever he intended to say does not matter, if he is not careful with his words on the national Tv. As the saying goes " where ignorance is bliss, 'its folly to be wise."

Take it easy guys. I am pretty sure we have bigger problems to deal with. or we are just looking for scapegoat.

Why does he have to talk about women so much. There are lot of other problems to solve.

The problem is now a days everyone is pretending to be an Islamic scholar, Dr. Who, AKA Dr. Amir liquat is a prime example. I respect Junaid and I like buying the stuff from his shops but I think Mr . Junaid, it's time that you should stop being an Islamic scholar and do something else. I think sewing cloths is much better and stop insulting women on every other occasion.

He is famous and popular and ppl feel honoured to talk abt him..even those who speak against him actually idealise him...jealousy...how many kids died today in pakistan due to malnutrition?? No one knows but they know wat JJ said..how civilized...JJ must enjoy the attention he gets from these ppl...he shud say wat he likes...enjoy hypicrates

J.J should quite either tv shows or business

JJ and alikes must be banned on TVs.

His choice of words may not be perfect but i don't think his intention was to undermine women. In fact we are the hypocrites who do every wrong in the book and claim to be saint in society and are always quick to find fault in others rather than ourselves.

I think his heart is in the right place. He just needs to think a bit more about what is coming out of his mouth in a long live show. Or maybe say that since he's the sidekick you shouldn't take him too seriously!

Junaid Jamshed needs to learn to keep religion and his personal biases separate. Whats scary is that as ignorant as he may be, he actually has a fan following with people hanging on to every word he says.

He is confused in determining with what title he wants himself to be know for. Whether it be a singer, naat khawn, Islamic scholar, Islamic preacher, designer, businessman, entertainer or mullah. My suggestion to JJ that its the age of specialization. Drop some of the role from your life. You will be happy and be respected.

This happens when singers and dress designers turn into "MUFTI."

Half knowledge is more dangerous than ignorance.

I am sure we all won't like to be judged by our pasts. And behold while passing on your opinions to the younger one's as you have lost the right to advice because of your pasts.

The issue is not with Jamshed but the problem is with those that have come to expect anything different from the con artist.

JJ is a half educated mulla inside out. He thinks he is a superior being . He is a sexist by nature.I will never buy his brand of clothing.

When a man loses his balance he has to be stopped and shunned. Badami has shown again that he ends up with a lot of nonsense on his shows - this is a masomana comment.

Considering his experience in media, education and apprenticeship under tariq jameel, one wouldn't think he would make such remarks about women in haste; perhaps he needs to choose his words carefully, may be he didn't mean what he said but then it puts a big question mark on everything he declares himself of being.

I enjoyed his songs, but since joining the mullahs he has lost his mind. He was a good singer, now he's just joined the ban everything and repress everything band. what a pity.

He is digging himself a deeper hole. Now he is calling a woman a commodity by declaring her 'a Diamond' that should be kept in locker. Has he completely lost it? He is begging for reward for converting from a singer to a mullah..

Boycott his clothing brand. I am boycotting it for good starting today.

JJ is a total hypocrite. He will probably shed some crocodile tears (again) and claim that everything was taken out of context.

Sadly, these people have no shame. Instead of apologising, they issue "clarifications".

Get him off the TV as soon as possible, before he spreads his misogyny any further.

We are in the 21st century now, whereas JJ's thinking is stuck in the Dark Ages.

On the one hand we have the incredible Malala; on the other hand we have the bigoted JJ.

Who would you pick to represent Pakistan at any global forum?

QED!!!

JJ please stop talking, we are begging you...

Are we all pious? Why so much judgment. Whole thing blown way out of proportion! Channel war. Ratings game. It can be anyone Mufti Muneeb, Amir Liaquat, Maulana Tariq Jameel. They can pick anything controversial. Everyone has a past. Are we all saints. Don't we all pass on piece of advice wherever we like! We all are hypocrites. We eat and live on propagandas!!

what's wrong with this man. islam uplift woman and he is trying to degrade them. JJ is cooked.

Why do the JJs, Amir Liaqats and scholars of our world focus on subjects like this? They should focus on the substance of our religion which is based on Forgiveness, Tolerance, Perseverance, Flexibility, Pursuit of education, Justice in society, Integrity and responsibilities of an individual to relatives, neighbors and to community at large. Focus on the substance will allow the people to apply the principles to their own lives for success and harmony

That's for sure that JJ needs to choose his words wisely while speaking on sensitive issues or don't talk about them at all but on the other hand it seems like the people who are more offended by him are the ones who think they are representing women appropriately and respectfully in the media. But whenever I try to watch the dramas and morning shows these days it tells a different story and said to see that how they are portraying Pakistani women to the world. Being modern doesn't mean to forget your values.

@AW Why are we not focusing on the substance. He had a platform, he did what he did. Aren't we being judgmental too, are we being forgiving, flexible or tolerant? These days everyone who has an INTERNET, has an opinion. Talk about ignorance! Don't we say what we say.

If such people will not be on air, how are we going to learn about their mentality????

@sana yes nobody is perfect and we all must have some views which are questionable but we don't portray ourselves to be scholars. We don't come on primetime TV and give piety lectures and even if we say something repugnant on social media its not taken seriously. JJ presents himself as a preacher and preaching isn't school boy stuff

Blown out of context.

Not sure why all 'stars' who are 'protector' of all women are going after JJ. They should see how ALH degrades and objectifies women in his shows. Since our stars are like ALH, he gets a free ticket.

My brothers and sisters; may I request you to please do not comment irresponsibly, if you do not have enough knowledge. Mr JJ clarification be seen in its correct perspective as he explains. Making fun of everything that relates to our religion may harm us irrecoverably, beyond imagination.

The problem is not with an established bigot suffering from some kind of inferiority disorder where he has to put women down to elevate his own miserable self. The real issue is why someone like him has been given so much airtime by a TV channel.

I am one of the biggest fans of the Vital Signs - but it is absolutely criminal what Junaid Jamshed is doing now!

Why does no one speak out against this sexist Junaid Jamshed?

Somebody must speak out against this!

His music brought so much peace, love and harmony to Pakistani culture and society - it united the country - but since becoming a mullah he is spouting so much inequality against and towards women.

There has to be an outcry against the nonsense he spouting about women can't do this in Islam, women can't do that it Islam! Yet he is making millions selling women clothing, perfumes - on back off the name he made of himself as Junaid Jamshed the rock and roll star! Junaid Jamshed the pop singer!

He should leave mullahism, hatred, bigotry and go back to what made him a household name and what he is good at, singing and making music!

Junaid Jamshed - please bring the peace, love and harmony back to Pakistan again by making good world class music you made with the Vital Signs.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is about time jj acknowledged that.

Irrespective of what he has said in this particular instance....has been blown out of proportion, this is what we call 'baat ka bathangarr banana'. There's no question of absolute equality between man and woman. A woman is blessed with features, given dignity and respect, more than a man, in some aspects of life that a man can never attain. But at the same time, man is blessed with features, body structure and roles which are exclusive to men only.

Please see his clarification video and then comment

Simple advise to the women of Pakistan. Boycott him completely, stop buying his brand of cloths and his CD's.

I feel sorry for his wife

JJ says 'women are diamonds and diamonds must be hidden'.

JJ: Why are you on TV channel/s, and their programs, those are full of 'diamonds'? That is the height of hypocrisy. You are being paid by same TV channel, and ......................

Alasss! AGAIN a very decent, beautiful and endearing figure of 90s fell victim to Mullahism just like many others in the past! If there is one thing that has absolutely decimated our country, it is deliberately wrong interpretation of religion by Mullahs to reap personal benefits

God is motherly, kind and compassionate.

This Madam Shermeen does not have any right to judge anyone like calling JJ a hypocrite. If JJ made a mistake or so, he latter clarified himself.

@Adnan Mazher Khan Serious concern is making statement (initial or later) out of evidence or proof... that is more grave

junaid has jumped into shallow waters while he don't know swimming_ hence consequences are obvious.

To those who are saying he is a "half-mullah": actually what he is saying is the opinion of most "full-mullahs". If he is to be condemned for his misogyny then so should other full-mullahs.

Junaid its time to pack in.

@Sana Are you saying that his comments are justified?

Or are you saying that just because we are all "non-pious", then it gives all of us the right to talk rubbish and for others to just accept and ignore it, because they too are non-pious?

In my mind, that is a very slippery slope.

Surely, individuals that appear on TV have a moral duty to act responsibly, and by default they subject themselves to judgment, applause and/or criticism. Otherwise, they could effectively say anything they like without being censured.

Civil society should always be allowed to appraise and reprimand someone if they violate a moral code. This has nothing to do with people's own piety or hypocrisy; it is a question of what standards we need to embed in our culture.

Little knowledge is dangerous junaid should stop his remarks and the hosts should stop asking him funny questions

I think part of the problem lies with us, the people. Why do we treat him like an Islamic scholar? JJ might be a good Muslim, let God be the judge of that; however, music was his claim to fame, and only because he was known as a singer, media and people got overly fascinated by his transformation. JJ is a nobody as far as I am concerned, but this whole fiasco reflects poorly on us as people... we need to be more mature, but oh well. There is a reason we are where we are.

He is not a Aalim.He has not studied fiqh for 10 years.How can he give bayan on TV to 180 million people. So my suggestion to him is not give his own conclusions rather than , only give bayans same as authentic Ulemas or quote the hadiths !!!!!!!

JJ should stop giving Islamic remarks his lslamic knowledge is not enough for giving remarks

I would like to share a quote, as my sincere and free adivce to JJ, in regard to his nonsense comments about women, despite the fact that, I know nobody cares about "free advice";

"Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt"

So the problem is that JJ says these things, or the problem is that what he is saying is actually true, and people make up alle sort of explanations to justify it?

Some people just refuse to learn and JJ unfortunately is one of them. They say that education changes people and broadens their minds and thoughts but in spite of holding a B.Sc degree in engineering, he remains illiterate.

What you can expect from a Mullah, all of them have the same beliefs, why we are so naive to expect anything sensible from them ?

Pakistan just amazes me. God save this place.

People like him make other people belittle women. Totally ignorant and despicable. People that follow him are like minded. Stay away from them.

@Tanweer Khan .Civil society is no moral brigade either. We all mend our ways. Just don't get the blunt judgments & accusations. He said something, he apologized. That's all. Accept or reject! Don't see any point in getting personal or saying something utterly outrageous in response. It's not moderation- no matter who does it, mullahs or civil society. You don't want to forgive him. Don't! But seriously enough on it.

Junaid Jamshed didnt said any thing wrong People of Pakistan has a habit of making a scapegoat of nothing. Esp the semi literate new generation of so called intellectuals. I am not taking any one side but his remark is clear he didnt said women are inferior and btw equality of women is a slogan in West not here In Islam the concept of men women is that they have their own duties and rights as per their physical and mental structure.

By leaving your fame and money you saved your hereafter Mr. Junaid, didn't do any favor to mankind by doing this. And as for your lectures go, what authority do you have to come on social medias and act like a Mullah. You left just musical life, but in clothing due to your name in Music you are still making Millions, donate it all to Islam then we will see that you turned into a Sufi Saint :) . Please leave us alone and keep your dorkiness to yourself. Talking about religion is not a joke.

Can anyone objecting to JJ please explain what exactly he said that was so wrong in either of the video clips. Where exactly was he demeaning to women as posted on the social media? ... Make sure you watch both the clips first. Yes the diamond reference was out of place but other than that what exactly he said that you disagree with?

@AD please explain, after watching both the clips above, where exactly he belittled women?

Aamir Liaquat and JJ are good anchors and they have an exceptional public communication skills. However, they have absolutely, i repeat absolutely no skills or knowledge about Islam. They should only host game shows and not Islamic shows.

My dear brothers and respected sisters...when we react to such semi Islamic people like JJ we give them importance and that is what they want...Please ignore him and ride on.. he will fall in the black hole himself.

His remarks have been misinterpreted and they should be taken with its whole context. However, I must ask that why doesn't he leave showbiz altogether ?

Except for Hamzah Abbas the tweets prove that how deliberately people try to distort statements by others to achieve their ends.

@Saeed Masood What exactly do you mean by "Semi Islamic people"? He invites people to Islam. He has changed himself to follow the right path. He does not claim to be a scholar. He may have misspoken couple of times but we are all humans. This is more than all the commenters on this story and social media so let's put everything in correct context and perspective.

Imagine what he keeps doing has been done by a person who belongs to minority.

He is not an islamic scholar and should not potray as one. He should take a low profile ad should understand that keeping a beard does not mean that he is qualified to pass judgemets. God is great.

Ignorant people taking it out of context.

Ignorant people taking it out of context.

It's irony that people like JJ having little or no knowledge of Islam are regarded as "Mualana".

He needs to be reminded about very old but practical saying "pehlay soochoo phir boloo" or think twice before you speak.

Anyone who is not good in speaking in public should refrain from it.

Why blaming the messenger if you don't like the message. I think majority of Muslim have same point of view once they deeply study the religion.

While JJ may not be a scholar. Are those commenting here qualified so? His expalnantion clearly exonerate him. His opponents are just making mountain out of mole hill (rahter nothing).

We all utter nonsense all the time without fear,and we expect our idolized personalities to be infallible. That is biggest hypocracy in itself. We all have carry our biases and prejudices. No two person can be same.

Junaid Jamshed thinks women are inferior and would not let any opportunity to belittle them. All women should boycott J. in Pakistan and USA.

Whatever he said is his own opinion.....why get upset.....needless importance and focus on a non issue....

Junaid Jamshed is not a religious scholar and should stop pretending being one. Its a good business though :-))

Why this obsession about women?

Actually diamonds are made to cut trough the hardest stone.

Junaid Jamshed has said nothing controversial as such, he was just expressing the concept of respect for women respect in Islam. For some reason there is this class of people influenced by this western defined concept of feminism , who tend to make an issue of such smallest of things.

I believe Junaid Jamshed is a sincere person. Like all societies we like gossips and mud slinging. At this point I remember what happened to Dr Israr Ahmed regarding Hazrat Ali (razi allhu anhu). We should be patient and not hurry in passing judgements.

It doesnt appear to me that he was disrespectful towards women this time. He has done it in the recent past so people are fuming over this statement. He should just avoid discussing women and Islam. Im sure has had his fair share during his hay days of Vital signs. in respect of all those ladies, just stay quiet.

This is the result of half musician, half designer and quarter molvi.

Hypocrisy! What about Freedom of Expression ? Its Liberals who are hypocrites for their double standards.

True man of God has nothing to do with fashions... True man of God always leave worldly things to serve his Creator. You can not serve two masters, God and wealth!!! "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

@Manal ... Great!!! Well Said!!!

He would be better of singing Dil Dil Pakistan.

Mr JJ ... You are perfect example of " Neem Mullah Khatra e Eman " ( Half Religious scholar is danger to Faith "... For People like you i don't want to waste more Words and Energy..

JJ was horrible singer, pathetic moulvi, and I wonder why people even call him "scholar"? what legitimate qualification he holds to be a "scholar"? I guess none. He is a jack of all trades and minting money on media 24/7. People like him has no ethics and no respect for religion because they are their to do a circus directed by cheap media and only good to throw mobile phone packets to stupid audience. All such elements has no pious credibility in their daily life.

What is wrong with this person?

JJ is not a scholar. It is a human nature that slip of tongue is always a possible

Well, we all can say he is wrong but once we listen him carefully and we will learn he meant something else.

Calm down, I don't know him neither I have met him.

People r crazy abt JJ...so much attention!! Lucky guy..

@ahmed Being a celebrity, he is earning a fortune. Moreover he is at a position where he is not only influencing our youth but also representing Pakistan and Islam. The saying goes: "With great power, comes greater responsibilities!"

@Riaz Ahmad - What do you know about his 'scholarship'? Is he a graduate of Al-Azhar? Having a degree in mechanical engineering from UET doesn't a scholar make!

Self proclaimed Pakistani scholars are compounded ignorant.

Lose lips sink the ship.

I really hate when people dont understand the context of any talk and only exploit the wrong as usual we always see the wrong doing of anyone. If he is doing business than what ? he is not doing money laundering and not any corruption. Whole ramazan he was on the show but you always figure out anything against him. Helloooo everyone wake up and try to think any talk with reference to any context.

@Vidya had he reflected that women are to be shown/presented as a symbol of a s... object, you would have all the rights to make an objection. But to my dear sisters, please try to understand that God has created you as a very dignified and beautiful creature in the form of a loving mother, a sincere sister, a sacrificing wife, and ever loving daughter. There is no question of belittle of a women; they have a very important role to play in life and society. The more the women are shy and sober, the more they are beautiful and dignified to earn respect from hearts. Please understand JJ in this context.

Jj wasnt meant that!

The so called experts are making unnecessary criticism on JJ. The person has already clarified and given detailed statement in this regard.The so called experts are all busy doing things which are clearly un- Islamic but they never speak about that.Get your own house in order before criticizing others.

I don't understand why these ill minded people against woman. May be they forget that birth of man given by woman and whom we called her MAA ( Mother ).

I don't see he meant anything in wrong way. We just make fuss about every small thing, whereas the big wrong things are ignored, rather accepted happily as fashion or tradition or mere modern society demands. huh

Either don't be in the business of being a religious scholar/lecturer, or work harder on your material and prepare well before your speeches and sermons. Being in this profession is like walking on tight rope ! One should be careful of his actions, and the responsibilities as a scholar shouldn't be taken lightly. This is not popularity contest !! I would still want people to forgive him but our forgiveness shouldn't be taken lightly this time around.

Everyone can speak their mind. Let's avoid getting into arguments. I totally agree with some comments pointing to discuss matters or substance rather than controversial issues. Men and women compliment each other and world cannot exist without one of them, they are not in a competition and should not be compared. Period

He may be misogynist, sexist, and ignorant but not hypocrite as he merely mentioned a fact written in the scripture. Don't understand why is he being castigated for stating a fact.