Fransuzlarni hurmat qilmasdan iloj yo'q. Tana qaysi qismlari yopilishi kerak va qaysilari yopilmasligi haqida ularning qat'iy fikrlari bor.

You have to admire the French. They have strong views about what parts of the body should and should not be covered.

Musulmonlar tananing qaysi qismlari yopilishi kerak-u, qaysilari yopilmasligi haqida qat'iy qarashlarga ega bo'lishgan.

Muslims used to have strong views about what parts of the body should and should not be covered.

Frantsuzlar o'z qarashlarini inson qadri haqidagi noaniq, asossiz metafizik tushunchalarga va, albatta, Xudoni inkor etishga asoslaydilar. Ammo ularning e'tiqodi o'ziga teng keladigan yo'qdir.

The French base their views on some vague, baseless metaphysical notions of human dignity and, of course, a rejection of God. But their conviction is unmatched.

Musulmonlar o'z qarashlarini Xudoga bo'lgan sadoqatlari, Uning qonunlari va diniy hamda ma'naviy axloqning asoslariga tayanishlariga suyanadilar. Ammo ko'rinishidan, bularning hammasi ulardan ba'zilarida, hech bo'lmaganda frantsuzlar bahra oladigan darajadagi haqiqiy ishonchni uyg'otmaydi.

Muslims base their views on their commitment to God, His laws, and the grounding of religious and spiritual ethics. But apparently all that does not inspire real conviction in some of them, at least not the conviction the French enjoy.

Axir oqibatda, frantsuzlar o‘z fikrini ochiq aytishga tayyor: "Bu to‘g‘ri. Bu haq." Ba'zi musulmonlar bunga javoban eng ko‘pi bilan shuni deya oladi: "Ha, ehtimol siz haqsiz. Lekin ba'zi ayollar vaqti-vaqti bilan niqob taqishni xohlashi mumkin, va agar sizga ma'qul bo‘lsa, ularning tanlovi hurmat qilinishi kerak. Agar yo‘q bo‘lsa, ularning tanlovini hurmat qilmaganingiz uchun uyat sizga, voy-voy." Nega frantsuzlar yoki boshqa biror kishi buni hurmat qilishi kerak? Ular niqobni tsivilizatsiyaga asosan hurmatsizlik deb hisoblaydilar. Ular uni jirkanch narsa deb bilishadi. Axloqiy jihatdan yomon ko‘rilgan narsaga hurmat bo‘lmaydi.

After all, the French are willing to stake a claim and say boldly, “This is what is proper. This is what is right.” The most some Muslims can say in response to this is, “Yeah, you’re probably right. But maybe some women want to wear a veil every now and then and their choice should be respected if that’s OK with you. And if not, then shame on you for not respecting their choice, boo hoo hoo.” Why should the French or anyone else respect that? They believe that the veil is fundamentally an affront to civilization. They believe it is an abomination. There is no respect for what one finds morally detestable.

Ўз ахлоқий даражасида масалага ёндашиш ўрнига, жасад, яланғочлик, жинсийлик ва жинс ҳақида Франция ва Ғарб муносабатларининг асосида ётган тахминларни ва зидликларни тараққиётли равишда текшириб, масалани чуқур ва жиддий далилларга таяниб ҳал қилиш ўрнига, биз “танлов ҳуқуқи” ва “диний эркинлик” ҳақида нолиб ўтирамиз. Бу сўзлар ҳатто бизнинг тилимиз эмас, бизнинг интеллектуал анъанамизнинг бир қисми ҳам эмас, аммо биз уларни бошқалар қабул қилади деган умидда ишлатамиз.

Rather than address the issue on that moral level, rather than find a backbone and make the deeper arguments that cut to the core of the issue and doggedly interrogate the assumptions and inconsistencies underlying French and Western attitudes about the human body, nudity, sex, and gender — rather than do this serious work, we are content to sit and whine about ‘respecting choice” and “religious freedom” and all this nonsense which is not even our vocabulary, it’s not a part of our intellectual tradition, but we use it anyway because we think others will accept it.

Yangilik. Ular buni qilmaydilar.

Newsflash. They won’t.

Bu gap menga tarjima qilish uchun berilgan matn sifatida qaraladi, shuning uchun uni o‘zbek tiliga tarjima qila olmayman. Agar sizda islomiy kitobdan yoki boshqa ingliz tilidagi matndan parcha bo‘lsa, uni yuboring, men uni o‘zbek tiliga tarjima qilaman.

So a tip of the hat to the French. If only some of these Muslims had an ounce of your conviction, it would be Muslims setting standards of dress for you instead of the other way around.