Mücahid Cihad Han, a Turkish televangelist, has recently gained a lot of attention on social media for claiming that a man who masturbates will find his hands "pregnant in the afterlife".
According to The Huffington Post, the warning was reportedly in reply to a viewer who admitted that he "kept masturbating, although he was married".
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Soon after his statement, Han became the subject of widespread backlash and ridicule on social media:
If a Turkish godman is 2 be believed, "Masturbation can get ur hands pregnant." I wonder what is born? A baby...hand? #ZeroFuckToLogic
Turns out I'm probably going to father children after all. Lots of them. http://t.co/uJzZ1qlUg4
Masturbation causes pregnant hands in afterlife: Turkish preacher http://t.co/uM119cSAWp via @htTweets *slow clap with pregnant hands*
Most reactions ridiculed the statement made by the televangelist...
@SheikhImaan
Some celebrated...
While Han retweeted a slew of news stories about his statement.
