Masu gyara na Musulunci, masu ra'ayin sassauci da masu ci gaba waɗanda ke adawa da rabuwar jinsi sau da yawa suna da tsananin zafin rai, kuma tsananin zafin nasu yana daidai da fushin da suke ji a kan ra'ayin cewa ya kamata a raba jinsi. To amma me ya sa wannan ya zama matsala haka? Ko da al'ummomin boko mafi nisantar addini suna aiwatar da rabuwar jinsi zuwa wani mataki. Bandakuna na da rabe-raben jinsi. Dakunan canza tufafi na da rabe-raben jinsi. Wasanni gaba ɗaya suna da rabe-raben jinsi. Al'ummomin boko suna gane namiji da mace, kuma suna aiwatar da bambance-bambancen jinsi ta hanyoyi marasa adadi.

Muslim reformists, liberals, progressives who oppose gender separation are often very aggressive, and their aggressiveness matches the indignation they feel at the notion that genders should be separated. But why is this such a problem? Even the most secular societies impose gender separation to some extent. Bathrooms are gendered. Locker rooms are gendered. Sports are gendered in general. Secular societies recognize male and female and operationalize those gender distinctions in countless ways.

Musulmi kawai suna aiwatar da jinsi ne ta wata hanya daban. Amma tunda ayyukan Musulunci da rabe-raben jinsi sun bambanta da tsarin Yammacin duniya mafi rinjaye, hakan ya zama matsala. Maimakon kawai su amince cewa Musulmi suna yin abubuwa daban, waɗannan masu gyara da masu sukar Musulunci suna sa ya zama kamar Musulunci shi kaɗai ne addini da tsarin rayuwa da ke tallafawa rabe-raben jinsi, kuma saboda haka yana da koma-baya da rashin wayewa.

Muslims simply operationalize gender somewhat differently. But since Muslim practices and gender separation differ from the dominant, Western model, that is a problem. Rather than just acknowledge that Muslims do it differently, these reformists and critics of Islam make it seem like Islam is the only religion and worldview that facilitates gender separation and is therefore backwards and barbaric.