Enough is enough.
Controversial Q&A participant Zaky Mallah has reached a new low with his latest torrent of sexist abuse — today, we stand in solidarity with the women he’s targeting.
In a fresh round of abuse, Mallah has taken aim at conservative female commentators Rita Panahi and Miranda Divine — labelling them “trashy whores” and speaking in the lewdest possible terms about “gang banging” them.
In case you missed the background on this story, Mallah is a one-time terror suspect who sparked uproar last week when he suggested on Q&A that the Federal government’s behaviour ‘justified’ young Australians’ support of ISIS. (Read more about the original controversy here.)
Mallah first displayed deeply sexist attitudes in January this year, when he appeared to promote the gang rape of Divine and Panahi.
As we wrote yesterday, that comment alone was abhorrent enough.
But even after the backlash he’s received this week — and even following Tony Jones’ clarification that the ABC would never have allowed him on its Q&A programme had they known of his misogynist tweets — it seems Mallah has learned nothing.
Because now, he’s spewed a fresh tirade of hatred directed at the two women. And nothing about that is okay.
Instead of apologising — or even simply retiring from the public eye for a while — Mallah hit back at suggestions his tweets were sexist by making further revolting remarks about women.
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