Saba Qamar and Bilal Saeed have been teasing us for a while now with their song ‘Qubool,’ which also happens to be Saba’s directorial debut and while they were at it, a BTS clip making rounds on social media has caught people’s attention:
People were furious at the two for shooting a ‘dance’ sequence, which honestly seems nothing more than a twirl. Even though both Saba and Bilal clarify in the description of the official teasers that the twirling sequence was shot without music at the mosque as an ode to celebrating the nikkah in the video:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDoSOoUpHlo/?igshid=1obk1vlkxamj0
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDoMcOtB6ch/?igshid=ey11ilt8yld2
But people just weren’t ready to listen!
https://twitter.com/U_3322/status/1292083747836305410?s=19
People were demanding strict action against the two:
https://twitter.com/taimee_khan/status/1292069268876660736?s=19
People found it heart breaking:
Recording of Dancing scenes or music in Masjid Wazir Khan Lahore is a heartbreaking incident. We need to demand an urgent call of action against Media Production House, Saba Qamar and her Co-star and the management of Masjid Wazir Khan from top to bottom. This is Unbearable.
— Teeba Syed🇵🇰 (@TeebaSyedPK) August 7, 2020
Officials were asked to look into the matter:
Secretary Aquaf Govt of Punjab has already ordered DG Auqaf to conduct inquiry of the #MasjidWazirKhan matter where Private Company shooting #SabaQamar #BilalSaeed video violated terms of NOC, agreed with administration
Strict action will be taken against ppl involved incl Admin
— Azhar Mashwani (@MashwaniAzhar) August 8, 2020
Mishi Khan too expressed her disappointment:
This act is extremely deplorable as they #SabaQamar & #BilalSaeed are celebrities who influence people
They shud have put their foot down as responsible stars. “Qabool hy”was a song not their real Nikah that they tarnished the religious sanctity of a renowned mosque. Shameful pic.twitter.com/BGPwmiBbWd— Mishi khan (@mishilicious) August 8, 2020
People expressed how they had zero tolerance for something of this sort:
https://twitter.com/taimee_khan/status/1292069268876660736?s=19
Many found themselves comparing the situation to that of Turkey:
https://twitter.com/Wasim5533/status/1292089558293778441?s=19
People had questions for others:
This hue and cry over #SabaQamar 's video recording in a mosque is justified but we as a society are also contributor in this sin. How?it was us who normalized doing all sins inside mosques instead of offering 2 Rakat. It was us who normalized nikkah photoshootes inside mosques. pic.twitter.com/AO68sOWBXA
— Sadaf Goraya (@GlimmerSays) August 8, 2020
People were pointing out the hypocrisy of others judging them:
It’s okay for nikkah ceremonies to be recorded in a masjid, with a song later added to it, and all the new-couple stuff going on. But when artists do the same for their MVs then that’s WRONG? It’s not like they had the song playing during the shoot! #SabaQamar #BilalSaeed pic.twitter.com/UojuC7rEhc
— Rameesha 🥑 Syed (@rameeshasyedd) August 8, 2020
people who are cursing saba qamar and bilal saeed for shooting a song in the mosque are the same who are planning their wedding shoots in Badshahi or Faisal mosque. lol
— zᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ (@wheresmykebab) August 8, 2020
Didn’t we?
https://twitter.com/barirahere/status/1292105552827473925?s=19
People wanted to know
And while many didn’t bother reading the clarification, others were lauding Saba and Bilal for their transparency:
we are in habit of pointing fingers without any proof and justification 👍🏻
Go girl more power to you 😍😍#SabaQamar pic.twitter.com/yqM5kpMCX2
— Surena Sokolov (@SukhoiSu_75) August 8, 2020
Well?
wait so saba qamar just did a twirl in a masjid & they're CoNdEmNiNg the act? wait till they find out what maulvis have been doing to children reading the quran or what perverts do to women AT the site of the ka'aba. we really have no perspective of what a wrongdoing is do we
— Mehar Khursheed (@curlistani) August 8, 2020
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