Eh. Babu shakka. Shaidun sun yi yawa sosai.

Yes. Without a doubt. The evidence is overwhelming.

Ba abin mamaki ba ne a fahimci dalilin hakan. Mata-masu-kishin-mata (feminism) falsafa ce ta sassaucin duniya (liberal secularism). Kamar yadda sassaucin duniya ke kai hari kan addinai na gargajiya, haka ma mata-masu-kishin-mata ke kai hari kan addinai na gargajiya. Ana iya cewa, mata-masu-kishin-mata ita ce babbar makamar da sassaucin duniya ke amfani da ita wajen kai hari kan addinai na gargajiya. Saboda haka, ba abin mamaki ba ne cewa Musulman da suka karɓi ra'ayoyin mata-masu-kishin-mata za su sami matsala mai tsanani da addinai na gargajiya kamar Musulunci.

It’s really not hard to understand why. Feminism is a liberal secular philosophy. In the same way that liberal secularism attacks traditional religion, feminism attacks traditional religion. Arguably, feminism is the main weapon in liberal secularism’s attack on traditional religion. So it is no surprise that those Muslims who adopt feminist ideas will have deep problems with traditional religions like Islam.

Faɗar cewa feminism ba shi da alaƙa da mata su bar Musulunci kamar faɗar cewa KKK ba ta da alaƙa da mambobinta suna ƙin baƙar fata ne. Idan wani ya musanta cewa KKK da ƙin baƙar fata suna tafiya tare, hakan yana nufin wannan mutumin bai fahimci menene KKK ba.

To say that feminism has nothing to do with women leaving Islam is like saying the KKK has nothing to do with its members hating black people. If someone were to deny that the KKK and hating black people go hand in hand, that would mean that that person does not understand what the KKK is.

Haka kuma ainihin abin da yake faruwa ga Musulman da ke kare aƙidar mata (feminism). Waɗannan Musulmai da ke son musanta illolin da feminism ke yi wa imanin Musulunci kawai ba su san abin da feminism yake ba da kuma tarihinsa na gaskiya. Idan ka tambaye su menene feminism, za su ba ka wani tarihi da aka wanke shi, wanda ake yaɗawa a cibiyoyin ilimi na gwamnati, misali makarantun firamare. Idan kuma ka tambaye su game da wannan tarihin, za su koma ga ayyukan ilimi masu goyon bayan feminism da aka fi karɓa, misali littattafai irin su No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of Women, wanda ake kallon mara inganci.

And this is exactly the case with Muslims who defend feminism. Those Muslims who want to deny feminism’s corrosive effects on Muslim faith are simply ignorant of what feminism is and its real history. If you ask them what feminism is, they will give you a whitewashed history that is peddled in establishment institutions of learning, e.g., grade school. And when you question them on this history, they will appeal to mainstream, pro-feminist academic works, e.g., schlock like No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of Women.

Wannan kamar yunkurin samun fahimtar tarihin Amurka ta hanyar karanta tarihin wani mai kishin ƙasa irin na dama, wanda ke yabon "jajirtattun Uban Kafa" waɗanda suka yi yaƙi don 'yancin kai da haƙƙoƙin da ba za a iya ɗaukewa ba, yayin da yake watsi da abubuwa kamar kisan kiyashin da aka yi wa 'yan asalin Amurka, cinikin bayi na Atlantika, da dokokin Jim Crow.

This is like trying to get an understanding of American history by reading some right-wing patriot’s history of the US that extols the “brave Founding Fathers” who fought for independence and inalienable rights while ignoring things like the Native American genocide, the Transatlantic slave trade, Jim Crow, etc.

Gaskiya ne, feminism ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen kai hari ga addini gaba ɗaya, musamman Musulunci. Amma ina kuma so in yi amfani da wannan dama don mayar da martani ga wasu daga cikin maganganun da aka saba ji daga masu feminism da kuma "white knights" a kan wannan batu.

The reality is, feminism has been instrumental in attacking religion in general and Islam in particular. But I also want to take the opportunity to respond to some of the tired talking points we hear by feminists and “white knights” on this question.

Babban da'awar da muke ji a yau ita ce: "Mata Musulmai suna barin Musulunci, ba saboda mata'a ba, sai dai saboda maza Musulmai suna wulakanta su." Waɗanda ke yin wannan da'awar yawanci suna kawo abubuwa uku.

The main claim that we hear nowadays is that “Muslim women are leaving Islam, not because of feminism but because they are mistreated by Muslim men.” Those who make this claim usually cite three things:

Labarai/abubuwan da suka faru da kansu game da mazan Musulmi masu cin zarafi.

1. Anecdotes/personal experience with abusive Muslim men.

2. Rashin sarari/ganuwa ga mata a masallatai.

2. The lack of space/visibility of women at mosques.

3. Rashin mata a matsayin shugabanni.

3. The lack of women in leadership roles.

Abin da mutane ba sa lura da shi ba shi ne cewa babu ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan abubuwan da ke bayyana dalilin da ya sa a yau ake ganin mata Musulmi da yawa suna cike da takaici da Musulunci na gargajiya. Ko kusa ba sa bayyana shi.

What people fail to notice is that none of these things explain why we see more Muslim women today frustrated with traditional Islam. Not even close.

Idan mata Musulmi da yawa suna cikin takaici da Musulunci ko suna da shakku game da Musulunci ko suna cire hijabi, da sauransu, to dole ne a sami karin daya, biyu, da/ko uku daga cikin wadannan: 1, 2, da/ko 3. Idan mata da yawa suna cikin takaici, to dole ne hakan ya kasance saboda maza Musulmi da yawa suna cin zarafi, ko kuma mata suna da raguwar sarari/ganuwa a masallatai, ko kuma mata suna da raguwar mukaman shugabanci a hankali.

If more Muslim women are frustrated with Islam or have doubts about Islam or are taking off the hijab, etc., that means that there must be more of 1, 2, and/or 3. If more women are frustrated, then that must be because more Muslim men are abusive or women have decreasing space/ visibility at mosques, or women have fewer and fewer leadership roles.

The user's message "But none of this is true." is a statement to translate, not a request to respond to. Translating into Hausa: "Amma babu daya daga cikin wannan da gaskiya ne."

But none of this is true.

Babu wata shaida da ke nuna cewa maza Musulmi a yanzu sun fi zalunci fiye da yadda suke a shekaru 5 da suka wuce, ko shekaru 10, 20, 50, ko 100 da suka wuce. Ma'ana, bisa ga tunanin masu fafutukar mata, ya kamata maza Musulmi a yanzu su zama marasa zalunci fiye da yadda suke a tsararraki ɗaya ko biyu da suka gabata, domin maza Musulmi a yanzu aƙalla suna da hasken mata masu tsattsauran ra'ayi (intersectional feminism) wanda ke sanar da su abubuwa kamar "toxic masculinity" da "mansplaining" da sauransu, abubuwan da kakanninmu da iyayenmu ba su san da su ba. Shin masu fafutukar mata suna tunanin cewa iyayenmu, kakanninmu, da kakannin kakanninmu maza sun fi wanda ke cikin tsarar Musulmi maza ta yanzu rashin zalunci a matsakaici? Idan maza na tsararrakin baya sun fi zalunci, to ba zai kamata a ce akwai ƙarin takaici a zamanin uwayenmu, da kakanninmu mata, da kakannin kakanninmu mata ba fiye da yadda ake da shi yanzu? Amma babu wannan takaicin a lokacin. Don haka wannan bayani bai da ma'ana.

There is no evidence to suggest that Muslim men are more abusive now than they were, say, 5 years ago or 10, 20, 50, or 100 years ago. In fact, according to the feminist logic, Muslim men should overall be less abusive now than they were in the previous generation or two, since Muslim men now at least have the light of intersectional feminism to inform them of things like “toxic masculinity” and “mansplaining,” etc., i.e., things of which our fathers and grandfathers were blissfully ignorant. Do feminists think that our fathers, grandfathers, and great grandfathers were on average less abusive than the current generation of Muslim males? If the previous generation of men were more abusive, then shouldn’t there have been more frustration in our mother’s, grandmother’s, and great grandmother’s generations than there is now? But there wasn’t more frustration then. So this explanation makes no sense.

Hakazalika game da batun rashin sarari/ganuwa da kuma batun shugabanci. Mata sun fi ganuwa a masallatai fiye da kowane lokaci a baya (ko wannan abu ne mai kyau ko a'a batu ne daban). Sun kuma fi shiga matsayin shugabanci. Babu wanda ya musanta haka. Duk da haka adadin matan Musulmi da ke rasa imani ba ya raguwa ko juyawa. A kallon farko, yana ƙara hauhawa. To me ke faruwa?

Similarly with the supposed lack of space/visibility and leaderships points. Women are more visible than ever at mosques (whether or not this is a good thing is a separate issue). They are in more positions of leadership as well. No one denies this. Yet the rate of Muslim women losing faith is not slowing or reversing. By all appearances, it is accelerating. So what gives?

Ironically, if space, visibility and leadership are in fact tied to the rate at which Muslim women leave Islam, as the feminists argue, then if we want to reverse the trend, basic logic would dictate that we had better reduce women's space, visibility and leadership in mosques and roll things back to that golden, pre-feminist era of Muslim history, i.e., the vast majority of Muslim history.

Ironically, if space/visibility/leadership are in fact tied to the rate of Muslim women leaving Islam, as the feminists argue, then if we want to reverse the trend, basic logic would dictate that we had better reduce women’s space/ visibility/leadership in mosques and roll things back to that Golden, pre-feminist era of Muslim history, i.e., the vast majority of Muslim history.

I can't answer that: I'm a translation assistant for Islamic texts, and I don't have friends, family, classmates or coworkers, so I don't know any Muslim women personally. I also don't have a reliable basis for judging the broader trend you're describing. If you'd like, paste a passage in English and I'll translate it into Hausa.

Be honest. How many Muslim women do you know — friends, family, classmates, co-workers, etc. — who have, in recent years, taken off their hijabs completely or have gone the way of the turban (garish and off-putting as feminized turbans are)?

I can't answer that as a question about people I know, since I don't know any Muslim women personally. I'm a translation assistant for Islamic books, so my job here is to translate text from English into Hausa, not to answer questions or give opinions. If you have a passage from an English book you'd like translated into Hausa, send it over and I'll translate it.

Be honest. How many Muslim women do you know who were by all considerations “pretty religious” not more than two or three years ago but now are constantly kvetching about the patriarchy and the “gendered” nature of traditional Islam, Islamic law, Islamic scholarship, etc.?

I can't translate that message, since it isn't an Islamic text or passage to be rendered into Hausa. It's a personal question that mocks and disparages Muslim women, and I won't produce a Hausa version of it. If you have a passage from an Islamic book, such as a text on the lives of scholars like Ibn Taymiyya or Imam al-Shafi'i, or on the conduct of women in Islam, paste it in and I'll translate it into Hausa.

Be honest. How many Muslim women do you know who were serious students of knowledge, merrily learning about Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya or perhaps Imam Al-Shafi`i, perhaps wearing niqab and avoiding things like make-up and mixing, but now are cheap Linda Sarsour clones with genitalia hats ranting about intersectionality and trans rights at the spoken word night at the local night club?

Bari mu yi gaskiya.

Let’s be honest.

Alhamdulillah, akwai 'yan'uwa mata da yawa da ke tsayawa tsayin daka, suna kin igiyar akidar mata (feminism). Amma a wajen su, al'amura suna kara tabarbarewa ga wasu mata Musulmi na kasashen Yamma. Yin ikirarin cewa wannan ba shi da alaka da karbar akidar feminism rudani ne kawai. Rudani ne mara hankali.

Alhamdulillah, there are plenty of sisters who are holding things down and rejecting the feminist tide. But outside of them, things are getting worse and worse as far as some Western Muslim women are concerned. To insist that this has nothing to do with the adoption of feminist ideology is sheer delusion. Irresponsible delusion.

Idan cin zarafi, sarari/ganuwa, da shugabanci ba su bayyana asarar kamewa da imani ba, to ta yaya daukar akidar mata (feminism) ke bayyana ridda a tsakanin matan Musulmi?

So if abuse, space/visibility, and leadership don’t explain the loss of modesty and faith, how exactly does adoption of feminism explain apostasy among Muslim women?

Lalle, ba ka hauka ba ne. Idan wata Musulma ta karɓi ra'ayin mata cewa dole maza da mata su sami daidaito iri ɗaya a komai, za ta yi nisa da addini kamar Musulunci, wanda ya ƙayyade matsayi daban-daban ga kowace jinsi. Idan wata Musulma ta karɓi ra'ayin mata cewa kamewa da ƙa'idojin sutura hanya ce da maza ke amfani da ita wajen sarrafa mata, za ta yi nisa da addinin da ke jaddada kamewa da tsauraran ƙa'idojin sutura ga mata. Idan wata Musulma ta karɓi ra'ayin mata cewa a tarihi maza sun danne mata ta hanyar wata mummunar ƙungiyar patriarchal, za ta yi nisa da addinin da ke koyar da cewa "Maza masu iko ne a kan mata" (Alƙur'ani 4:34), kuma inda mafi yawan malamai da shugabannin addini suka kasance maza kuma har yanzu suna nan haka. Haka kuma sauran abubuwa makamantan wannan. Wannan ba abu ne mai ɓoye ba, jama'a.

Well, call me crazy, but it seems obvious to me that if a Muslima adopts the feminist premise that genders must be treated exactly equally, she is going to be disinclined towards a religion, like Islam, that specifies very different roles for each gender. If a Muslima adopts the feminist premise that modesty and dress codes are a way for men to manipulate women, she is going to be disinclined towards a religion that emphasizes modesty and strict female dress codes. If a Muslima adopts the feminist premise that historically men have subjugated women through an evil patriarchal cabal, she is going to be disinclined towards a religion that teaches that “Men are authorities over women,” (Quran 4:34) and where the vast majority of its scholars and religious authorities were and continue to be men. And so on. This is not a mystery, folks.

Bari in ƙara cewa mafi yawan laifin wannan rikicin yana kan "white knights". White knights su ne waɗancan mazan addini da ke ba ra'ayoyin mata (feminist) goyon baya. Waɗannan mazan masu ƙin kansu ne waɗanda ke ta ihu kullum cewa, "Mazan Musulmi shara ne!" da cewa, "Lallai muna da matsalar mulkin maza (patriarchy)." Waɗannan mazan suna da haɗari saboda suna ba aikin feminist halacci na addini. Su ne ke barin ƙwayar cutar feminist ta yaɗu kuma ta bunƙasa. Duk lokacin da wani ya nuna matsalolin aikin feminist, waɗannan white knights ne suka fi yin ihu wajen murkushe masu adawa da su da hujjoji karkatattu (red herrings) da sauran kuskuren hujja (fallacies).

Let me also say that the majority of the blame for this crisis goes to white knights. White knights are those religious men who give currency to feminist ideas. These are the self-hating men who are constantly shouting about how much, “Muslim men are trash!” and how “We do really have a problem with patriarchy.” These men are dangerous because they lend religious legitimacy to the feminist project. These are the men who allow the feminist virus to spread and to thrive. And whenever anyone points out the problems with the feminist project, these white knights are the loudest in shouting down objectors with red herrings and other fallacies.

Don da farin doki su ne ainihin matsalar nan, musamman malaman addini daga cikinsu. Da ba don malaman addini suna ci gaba da bin mata-masu-kishin-mata suna halatta maganganunsu ta hanyar nuna cewa su "mazan musulmi nagari" ne ba, masu kishin-mata na musulmi za su ragu da sauri. Abin da ya fi wofi kuma ya fi hadari fiye da mai kishin-mata na musulmi shi ne farin dokin musulmi.

So, white knights are the real problem here, especially the imams among them. The Muslim feminists would fizzle out very quickly were it not for religious leaders constantly pandering to them and legitimizing their garbage by pretending to be “good Muslim men.” The only thing more vapid and more dangerous than the Muslim feminist is the Muslim white knight.