NEW DELHI: Bangladesh pacer Tanzim Hasan Sakib on Tuesday apologised for his previous social media posts that criticized working girls. The 20-year-old nevertheless rejected the label of being a misogynist, stating that his personal mom is a lady, the nation’s cricket board stated.
Tanzim gained consideration just lately for his spectacular efficiency within the Asia Cup match towards India, the place he took the wicket of India captain Rohit Sharma with solely his fourth worldwide supply and contributed to Bangladesh’s victory.
Nevertheless, his newfound fame was overshadowed by the revelation of his offensive social media posts, drawing criticism from girls’s rights advocates and feminists.
“He stated he was sorry,” Bangladesh Cricket Board cricket operations chief Jalal Yunus advised reporters in Dhaka.
He added that Tanzim had been warned to not make related social media posts sooner or later but in addition stated the bowler had insisted he was “not misogynistic”.
“He stated he’s not towards girls, as his mom is a lady,” Jalal stated.
Tanzim’s posts, courting again to final yr, criticised girls who joined the labour drive and those that combined with “male buddies in a college”.
“If the spouse works, her magnificence is broken,” Tanzim wrote in a single Fb submit.
“If the spouse works, the household is ruined. If the spouse works, the veil is ruined. If the spouse works, society is ruined.”
Ladies type the overwhelming majority of the workforce of the garment factories which have pushed a lot of Bangladesh’s financial development lately.
However conservative patriarchal attitudes stay widespread within the majority Muslim nation.
The feedback provoked a backlash, with Paris-based feminist author Jannatun Nayeem Prity stating that the Bangladesh group jerseys have been made in factories principally staffed by girls.
“I really feel sorry for you that you do not think about your mom a traditional human being,” she added.
Tanzim has performed 12 first-class matches in his brief senior profession, after serving to Bangladesh win the Below-19 World Cup in 2020.
(With inputs from AFP)
Tanzim gained consideration just lately for his spectacular efficiency within the Asia Cup match towards India, the place he took the wicket of India captain Rohit Sharma with solely his fourth worldwide supply and contributed to Bangladesh’s victory.
Nevertheless, his newfound fame was overshadowed by the revelation of his offensive social media posts, drawing criticism from girls’s rights advocates and feminists.
“He stated he was sorry,” Bangladesh Cricket Board cricket operations chief Jalal Yunus advised reporters in Dhaka.
He added that Tanzim had been warned to not make related social media posts sooner or later but in addition stated the bowler had insisted he was “not misogynistic”.
“He stated he’s not towards girls, as his mom is a lady,” Jalal stated.
Tanzim’s posts, courting again to final yr, criticised girls who joined the labour drive and those that combined with “male buddies in a college”.
“If the spouse works, her magnificence is broken,” Tanzim wrote in a single Fb submit.
“If the spouse works, the household is ruined. If the spouse works, the veil is ruined. If the spouse works, society is ruined.”
Ladies type the overwhelming majority of the workforce of the garment factories which have pushed a lot of Bangladesh’s financial development lately.
However conservative patriarchal attitudes stay widespread within the majority Muslim nation.
The feedback provoked a backlash, with Paris-based feminist author Jannatun Nayeem Prity stating that the Bangladesh group jerseys have been made in factories principally staffed by girls.
“I really feel sorry for you that you do not think about your mom a traditional human being,” she added.
Tanzim has performed 12 first-class matches in his brief senior profession, after serving to Bangladesh win the Below-19 World Cup in 2020.
(With inputs from AFP)
