Mabiyin: Abin takaici shi ne, duk abin da Musulmi a yau ke fada ko rubutawa game da hijabi yana cike da murdiya da fahimta ta kuskure, wanda hakan ke boye ma'ana, manufa da muhimmancin mayafin. Gaskiyar magana mai daci ita ce, ba za a iya kare hijabi da akidar mata ta feminism ba. Hijabi ba shi da alaka da "’yancin mata" ko "zabin mata" ko "karfafa mata" ko "abu-cin-zarafi," ko kuma wani daga cikin wadannan ra'ayoyin falsafa na zamani wadanda ba wai kawai ba su cikin tsarin duniyar Musulunci ba ne, har ma an bayyana su a tarihi a matsayin hanyar kai hari ga Musulunci. Duba, idan wani ya ce ya kamata mu ki Musulunci na asali saboda bai dace da feminism ba, amsarmu bai kamata ta zama kokarin wahala na nuna cewa Musulunci ma feminist ne, cewa dukkan Musulmi feminists ne, cewa Alkur'ani feminist ne, da sauransu, har zuwa gajiyawa. Amsarmu ya kamata ta zama tambaya: me yasa ya kamata kowa ya damu da feminism? Sannan a biyo baya da cikakken sukar ilimi ga feminism, don nuna irin falsafar kasa, mai lalata, rashin daidaito da rashin ma'ana da ita take, da yadda duk da da'awarta ta bunkasa maslahar mata, a zahiri tana lalata wadannan maslahohi kuma ta haifar da barna mara iyaka ga yanayin mata da yanayin dan Adam a zamaninmu. Wannan zai zama amsa ta ka'ida, amma watakila hakan zai zama rashin dacewa a siyasance, don haka bari kawai. Ba za mu so mu batawa kowa rai ba, ko ba haka ba?

Unfortunately, everything Muslims today say and write about hijab is polluted with distortions and misconceptions that occlude the meaning, purpose, and significance of the veil. The stark reality is the hijab cannot be defended by feminism. The hijab has nothing to do with “women’s liberation” or “women’s choice” or “women’s empowerment” or “objectification,” or any of these modern philosophical concepts that are not only external to the Islamic worldview but were historically defined in opposition to the Islamic worldview as a means to attack it. See, when someone says we should reject orthodox Islam because orthodox Islam is not compatible with feminism, our response should not be some strained attempt to show how Islam is indeed feminist and all Muslims are feminists and the Quran is feminist, etc., etc., ad nauseam. Our response ought to be to ask, why should anyone care about feminism? It should then be followed a thorough intellectual critique of feminism, showing what a base, destructive, inconsistent, and incoherent philosophy it really is, and how despite its claim to further the interests of women, it actually undermines those interests and has done immeasurable damage to the female condition and the human condition in our times. That would be a principled response, but it would be politically incorrect, I guess, so never mind. Wouldn’t want to offend anyone, right?