12.6 Wannan Lokaci A Tarihi
12.6 This Moment In History
Akwai lokuta masu muhimmanci a tarihin kowace al'umma. Dangane da al'adun Amurka, muna cikin lokacin canji daga zamanin da halayen luwadi suka sami la'ana a ko'ina, zuwa zamanin da aka karɓe su a ko'ina. A nan gaba, ina so in iya duba baya a rayuwata in ce: a cikin wannan muhimmin lokacin tarihi, na yi abin da zan iya. Ba zan bari wannan lokacin ya wuce ba ina shiru ko ba ruwana game da gaskiya ba. Idan da ina raye a shekarun 1960 a lokacin "Juyin Juya Halin Jima'i," ina so in yi tunanin cewa a matsayina na Musulmi, zan kasance mai magana daidai da haka wajen adawa da waɗancan manyan sauye-sauyen al'adu da za su cutar da ɗan adam ta kowane fanni: ta fuskar abin duniya, tattalin arziki, da ruhi.
There are defining moments in every culture’s history. As far as American culture is concerned, we are in a transition period from an era where same-sex behavior was universally condemned to an era where it is universally accepted. In the future, I want to be able to look back on my life and say, in that important historical moment, I did what I could. I didn’t let that moment slip by while remaining silent or indifferent with regards to the truth. If I had been alive during the 1960s during the “Sexual Revolution,” I would like to think that as a Muslim, I would have been equally vocal in resisting those sweeping cultural changes that were going to negatively impact humanity on every level: materially, economically, spiritually.