Duka masu sukar Musulunci, na hagu da na dama, suna dogaro da falsafar 'yanci (liberalism) a sukar da suke yi wa Musulunci, suna amfani da ra'ayoyi kamar 'yancin addini, 'yancin fadin albarkacin baki, 'yancin sutura, daidaiton jinsi, raba coci da gwamnati, da sauransu.

Both left and right wing critics of Islam appeal to philosophical liberalism in their critiques of Islam, employing concepts like freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of dress, gender equality, separation of church and state, etc.

Ku tuna cewa dabarun da ba sa yin nasara shi ne a yi jayayya da waɗannan masu sukar cewa waɗannan ra'ayoyin masu sassaucin ra'ayi lallai Musulunci ne kuma Musulunci ya amince da waɗannan manufofin. (Eh, akwai matsayin Musulunci da za a iya fahimtar su a matsayin wani ɓangare na goyon bayan wasu daga cikin waɗannan manufofin, amma wannan amincewa ce mai sharaɗi sosai a mafi yawan lokuta.)

Please keep in mind that a losing strategy is to argue back against these critics that these liberal concepts are indeed Islamic and that Islam endorses these notions. (Yes, there are Islamic positions that can be conceivably understood as partially supporting some of these notions, but it’s a highly conditioned endorsement at best.)

Ko da Musulmi za su karɓi duk wani aikin zamani na Yammacin duniya da ya shafi 'yancin addini, 'yancin faɗar albarkacin baki, 'yancin sutura, daidaiton jinsi, daidaiton aure, da sauransu, hakan ba zai taɓa isarwa ba. Ko da Musulmi za su fara gudanar da bukukuwan auren jinsi guda a Makka yau, gobe Yammacin duniya zai tambaya dalilin da ya sa babu limamai masu canza jinsi da suke sanye da tufafin jinsin da ba nasu ba suna jagorantar sallah a Harami! Kuma idan gobe suka kawo limamai masu canza jinsi zuwa Harami, jibi kuma za a sake samun suka cewa Musulunci "yana da tsauri" idan aka kwatanta da Yammacin duniya mai ci gaba da canzawa koyaushe.

Even if Muslims accept every contemporary Western practice related to freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of dress, gender equality, marriage equality, etc., it will never be enough. Even if Muslims start performing gay weddings in Mecca today, tomorrow the West will ask why there are no transvestite, cross dressing imams leading prayers in the haram! And if tomorrow, they bring tranny imams to the haram, the day after, there will be a new criticism of Islam being “too restrictive” compared to the ever-evolving, ever-progressing West.

Wannan ita ce tafarkin ci gaba (progressivism), wanda shi ne ginshiƙin tunanin al'adu na Yamma. Bisa ga wannan falsafa, sauyi akai-akai abu ne mai muhimmanci kuma mai kyau. Tsayawa cak a wuri kuwa shi ne koma baya, har a ƙarshe a samu kai a "gefen da ba daidai ba na tarihi." Wannan falsafa, hakika, tana saɓa wa Musulunci gaba ɗaya (haka kuma dukkan al'adu), domin al'adu suna buƙatar dogaro da abin da ya gabata. Mu Musulmi mun sani cewa mafi kyawun zamani shi ne na baya, zamanin Manzon Allah ﷺ da magabata na farko (salaf), kuma abubuwa sun ci gaba da lalacewa tun daga lokacin. Ba za mu taɓa cin nasara a yaƙin "Wane ne mai ci gaba? Wane ne mafi 'yanci?" ba, saboda haka bai kamata mu shiga wasan da za mu sha kashi a cikinsa ba. Tsarin nasararmu ya kamata ya zama bayyana cewa waɗannan ra'ayoyi na 'yanci, 'yancin kai, da sauransu, ba su da daidaito saboda dalilai kaza da kaza, kuma ba sa taimakawa wajen adalci da alheri, kuma Musulunci yana ba da mafi kyawun madadin ga ɗan Adam saboda dalilai kaza da kaza. Wannan ita ce tsarin dukkan irin waɗannan muhawara da masu tunanin zamani masu ci gaba.

This is the nature of progressivism, which is the pillar of Western thought and culture. According to this philosophy, constant change is necessary and good. To remain stagnant is to fall behind and end up on the “wrong side of history.” This philosophy, of course, is completely contrary to Islam (and all traditions because traditions require depending on the past). We know as Muslims that the best of times were in the past, with the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and the salaf and things have been deteriorating ever since. We can never win the battle of “Who is more progressive? Who is more free?” So we shouldn’t play a losing game. Our winning strategy should be to say that these concepts of liberty, freedom, etc., are incoherent for such and such reasons and they don’t contribute to justice and goodness, and Islam offers the best alternatives for humanity for such and such reasons. This is the blueprint for all such debates with modernist progressives.