Nabih al-Wahsh, a prominent conservative, said womEn wearing clothing such as ripped jeans should be punished.
He said: “Are you happy when you see a girl walking down the street with half of her behind showing?
“I say that when a girl walks about like that, it is a patriotic duty to sexually harass her and a national duty to rape her.”
The shock remarks came in a panel show broadcast on Al-Assema earlier this month during a debate over a draft law on prostitution.
They have prompted fury across the country and the world amid the Harvey Weinstein scandal and allegations currently rocking Westminster.
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Egypt’s National Council for Women announced it plans to file a complaint against the TV channel and issued a plea for media outlets to refrain from providing a platform for individuals who incite violence against women.
The National Council also said it would be filing a complaint against Mr al-Wahsh himself and rebuked his assertion.
A spokesman said in a statement: “All the members of the council denounce and decry this statement that explicitly promotes rape and sexual harassment.”
Maya Morsi, head of the council, also argued al-Wahsh’s remarks constitute an actual violation of the Egyptian constitution that makes explicit efforts to safeguard women’s rights.
Mr al-Wahsh has previously stated his opposition to women serving as judges – arguing if women become judges they could also become muftis, a Muslim legal expert who has the power to give rulings on religious issues.
He said: “If we let a woman become a judge, why shouldn’t she become Sheik of Al-Azhar? Why shouldn’t she become the Mufti?
“Why don’t we all just go to Hell?! Will she issue me a fatwa while she is menstruating?!”
His latest comments come after the Egyptian capital of Cairo was last month branded the “most dangerous” megacity for women in the first international poll which looked at how women fare in cities with over 10 million people.
A study conducted by the Egyptian Centre for Women’s Rights in 2008 found that 83 per cent of women said they’d been sexually harassed, while 62 per cent of men admitted to harassing women.
A further 43 per cent of men in Egypt believe that women like the attention and they appreciate being sexually harassed.
Women’s rights campaigners in Cairo say this stems from deeply entrenched centuries-old traditions of discrimination.
The comments revealed today come as Westminster is hit with a sex scandal after several women came forward to report allegations of harassment from senior politicians.