In a civilized world, you expect better from the educated and artists. Yet while most of the entertainment fraternity are using their platform to inform and educate, Ahmed Ali Butt isn’t.
The comedy actor voiced opposition to the Aurat March slogan ‘Mera Jism Meri Marzi’, stating that it’s a Western slogan. The Fatman star says;
“the slogan is part of a Western campaign, and being exploited locally.”
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The Jawani Phir Nahi Ani actor believes local women are exploiting this Western slogan aimed at legalizing prostitution.
Since when are female genital mutilation, child marriage, women trafficking, women access to medicare, sexual harassment, policing women’s clothing, career choices, educational access are not vices of society?
In his Instagram story, the actor addressed how the slogan goes against Pakistan’s cultural values.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9YenG8lP6F/
He alleges that Aurat March is a ‘foreign funded movement’, an accusation that is often leveled against progressive movements in a conservative Asian country like Pakistan.
“When it comes to women rights, Islam has the most rights rights and respect for women. It’s sad to see how we forgot that and follow a trend and funded movements,”
On the contrary, Aurat March clarified the meaning of the slogan as well as their sources of finance, time and time again.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B8_OGLhHuux/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
“‘Mera jism meri marzi’ means that women want bodily autonomy and independence. To be able to have the right to choose in matters concerning their bodies. To choose what to wear without fear of rape. To choose who to marry. To choose whether they want to have children, how many, and when they want to have them. To not have their husbands rape them because they feel entitled to their bodies after marriage. To have access to mobility in their day-to-day lives for work and for leisure. To not have their bodies maimed in the name of having their sexuality controlled,”
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Ahmed Ali Butt’s criticism of women’s rights movement in Pakistan focuses on how they are borrowed from Western culture rather than home-grown. Netizens stepped in and pointed out how most art is borrowed from the West too.
From music genres like rock and rap. Even film itself is a Western creation. And all this reflects sadly on a person who is who he is today because of his showbiz career.
We live in a country where democracy, parliament, constitution, mode of education and even your rap style of music borrow heavily from western concepts and thinking. So the sky won't fall if someone borrowed a campaign slogan. https://t.co/osbxQrzXbI
— Blue on Blue (@RavensLaire) March 6, 2020
As for the comparison to the western-inspired ‘My Body, My Choice’ campaign, this movement focuses more on health rights.
Meanwhile ‘Mera Jism Meri Merzi‘ means ‘My Body, My Will.‘
Mera jism Meri marzi is not a western concept. Ahmed Ali Butt can f off. https://t.co/QjfujQsnAC
— Annie (@isthisannie) March 6, 2020
Can someone tell Ahmed Ali Butt that prostitution is one of the world’s oldest professions & legalized in many countries. These countries actually protect their rights & make sure they are not trafficked, physically abused etc unlike our countries where we choose to look away.
— Mahwash Ajaz 🇵🇰 (@mahwashajaz_) March 6, 2020
haha he's a nice guy, and I'm sure if he were to have a dialog about all this, he would understand. I think this is what we lack. there's a prevalent culture out there in the media that hasn't really had a proper interaction with the progressive values many ppl are now employing
— Mahwash Ajaz 🇵🇰 (@mahwashajaz_) March 6, 2020
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People called out Ali’s lack of understanding, and his unwillingness to do research. Especially the obliviousness to the fact that women are trafficked and forced into prostitution in Pakistan since a long time before Aurat March was even a thing.
Lmao ye ahmed ali butt ko koi bataye keh ye jo legalization walay kaamoun ki baat kr ra hai, ye illegally bhi hota hai idr, aur uss ke zimedaar kon hain? America wali auntiyan tou ni itna tou certain hai.
— Mogis (@Einstonerrr) March 6, 2020
Then there was just plain old fashioned trolling.
Confirming what I always thought: Ahmed Ali Butt’s intelligence is as mediocre as his rapping skills.
Aurat kah jism, Aurat key marzi! https://t.co/vhwXYm7uVy
— Hassan A. Niazi (@Hassan_A_Niazi) March 6, 2020
imagine being so fucking tone deaf that you DELIBERATELY put yourself on the wrong side of history, without ANY provocation whatsoever oh my oh my.
what have you done ahmed ali butt.
— Mangogh (@ManhattanMango) March 6, 2020
Judges like Athar Minallah give me and so many other women hope. Trash like KRQ and Ahmed Ali Butt exist (sadly in the hundreds) but there is also this: https://t.co/tysDANJcXk
— Atika Rehman (@AtikaRehman) March 6, 2020
https://twitter.com/NafaqaHanzla/status/1235830201025622016
Good thing Ahmed Ali Butt is related to Noor Jahan because he did need something to make up for being as funny as a stale loaf of bread and doing LMFAO covers as a career
— 🇵🇸نوال (@namakpaara_) March 6, 2020
