FEMALE TV HOST IN LEBANON TOLD TO SHUT UP

Since Recently

It has come to my attention that a television host in Lebanon, Rima Karaki was insulted by a male guest Sheikh Hani Al Sibai who lived in London on Lebanese television station Al Jadeed. He was asked the question of whether Christians were joining or being atracted to IS.He then proceeded to start giving the history on the topic of discussion to which the tv host tells him air time is limited and if the question could be directly answered .Karaki told him that other questions would not be asked if he didn’t answer the question at hand due to the limited airtime .His reply was ‘Are you done ? Shut up so I can talk ”

The tv host asked “How can a respected Sheikh like yourself tell a tv host to shut up ?”

He replied “It’s beneath me to be interviewed by you . You are a woman who…”

She then cut him off at that point and said ” Either there is  mutual respect  or the conversation is over .”

Kudos to this woman , who in a country and religion dominated by men she stood up for herself as she was being disrespected on air by a man who was supposed to have known better .You have embarassed yourself  , being a man of Islam and we are yet to hear an apology from him . Now people have always had their ideas about Islam and he further cemented these ideas .But what was also brought to the forefront was how Islamic women are treated by males .He declared that it was beneath him to interviewed Karaki and told her to shut up .

It shows a lack of respect for women and that women are viewed as a lesser breed compared to man especially in Islam .In these ‘modern’ times it seems that whatever religion or race we are what we lack is respect .

So to the courageous Rima Karaki you just made all women proud and even if it does not seem like much it is a start that men shouldn’t talk to us as they choose and without respect just because we are women and not men .