The fiasco that broke out after Meesha Shafi accused Ali Zafar of sexual harassment has divided the entire Pakistani showbiz industry into two, with some standing in solidarity with Shafi while others defending the accused. Hamza Ali Abbasi on the other hand, has his own distinctive take on the whole debacle.

The highly opinionated Mann Mayal actor took to Twitter to share his own stance on the situation, and as always, his comments attracted massive backlash.

As per the beliefs of the 33-year-old actor, recurrent incidents of sexual misconduct in today’s society are directly relative to modernism.

“With this entire #MeToo global epidemic on the rise, I am beginning to realise that Islam was right all along when it ordains gap between the two genders. So called modernism has brought us to a point where the line between flirting and harassment is insanely blurred,” stated the tweet.

He further explained that women speaking out about occurrences of harassment now had previously been entirely at ease with the idea of men flirting.

Hamza further stated: “In any case, #MeToo is a very serious issue globally no matter whose side you are on. Ahh, only if we (including me) listen to what [Holy]Quran said 1400-yrs-ago 'Tell the believing men to lower their gaze (not look at a woman with lust) and guard their modesty' QURAN 24:30.”

To pacify the upheaval caused by his outlook, the Waar actor ended the contentious twitter thread by adding a cheery note about the freshly-released Motorcycle Girl.