我和妻子是在哈佛大学读书时认识的，那时我们都是大学生。作为年轻人，我们都自认为是女权主义者。这是因为我们亲眼目睹、也听说过家庭暴力对女性造成的伤害。我们都强烈希望对抗这种暴力，防止其他女性在情感上或身体上受到伤害。我们都强烈希望为建设一个女性和女孩能够受到尊重、善待、关爱和支持，并享有她们应得的全部权利的世界而努力。

I met my wife when we were both college students at Harvard. We both considered ourselves feminists as young adults. This is because we had seen firsthand and heard about the damage done by domestic abuse against women. We both felt a strong desire to fight against such abuse and prevent other women from getting hurt, whether emotionally or physically. We both felt a strong desire to work towards a world where women and girls lived with respect, kindness, love, support, and the full measure of rights they deserve.

我们仍然有这种感觉，我们仍然有这种迫切的渴望。

We still feel this way. We still feel this pressing desire.

从我们的角度看，女权主义当时似乎是通往那个世界的最佳道路。但随着一年又一年过去，我们逐渐意识到，女权主义并不是解决方案。事实上，它本身就是一个更大问题的一部分。

From our perspective, then, feminism seemed to be the best path towards that world. But with each passing year, we realized that feminism was not a solution. In fact, it was part of a much larger problem.

女权主义哲学存在的问题多得令人难以承受。从一开始，女权主义就是一场反宗教、反家庭的运动。对穆斯林信仰造成侵蚀的并非女权主义的某一支派，而是所有派别。对某些穆斯林来说，这一点可能难以接受，但只要阅读从女权主义"第一次浪潮"到"第三次浪潮"历史上所有最知名女权理论家的著作，就会得出这一结论，且无可辩驳。

The problems with feminist philosophy are overwhelming. From its very inception, feminism began as an anti-religious, anti-family movement. It is not merely one strand of feminism that is corrosive to Muslim faith. As difficult as it is for some Muslims to hear, it is all strands. To see this, simply read the writings of all the most notable feminist theorists in history, from feminism’s “first wave” all the way to its “third wave,” and this conclusion is undeniable.

穆斯林需要理解女权主义所引发的这些问题，因为今天有许多穆斯林自认为是女权主义者，其原因大多与我和妻子年轻时认同女权主义身份的原因相同。这是危险的，因为正如我和妻子所发现的，女权主义包含了许多与伊斯兰相悖、并危及穆斯林信仰的内容。伊斯兰与女权主义之间既有表面上的冲突，也有更深层的矛盾。对这些问题进行细致的剖析是必要的，但就穆斯林而言，我们可以从"以果观树"开始。我们必须问自己：为什么如此多的穆斯林女权主义者最终离开了伊斯兰？

Muslims need to understand these issues with feminism because many Muslims today consider themselves feminists, mostly for the same reasons that my wife and I adopted a feminist identity in our youth. This is dangerous because, as my wife and I discovered, feminism contains so much within it that is antithetical to Islam and that endangers Muslim faith. There are surface-level conflicts between Islam and feminism, and there are deeper contradictions as well. Meticulously detailing these problems is necessary, but as far as Muslims are concerned, we can start by simply judging a tree by its fruits. We have to ask ourselves: Why do so many Muslim feminists end up leaving Islam?

女性中自认为女权主义者的人,比一般女性群体信奉宗教的可能性要低得多。11 在一般人群中,约有七成女性表示自己隶属于犹太教、基督教、伊斯兰教等有组织的宗教。然而,在女权主义女性中,只有约一成的人表示有任何此类宗教隶属关系。12

Women who identify as feminists are far less likely to be religious than the general female population.11 In the general population, about 7 out of 10 women say they are affiliated with an organized religion like Judaism, Christianity, Islam, etc. Among feminist women, however, only 1 out of 10 report any such affiliation.12

这是否表明女性因女权主义而离开信仰的趋势?其他统计数据也支持这一论点。例如,在1993年至2013年间,美国不信教的女性人数增加了两倍。[13] 总体而言,这一时间段内不信教者的人数有所增长,但尤其值得注意的是,不信教女性群体的增长速度超过了整体增幅。1993年,无神论者和不可知论者中女性占16%,而在20年内,这一比例几乎增长了两倍,达到43%。14

But does this indicate a trend of women leaving faith due to feminism? Other statistics support this contention. For example, between 1993 and 2013, the number of nonreligious women tripled in the US.13 Nonreligious people in general increased in this time range, but what is particularly telling is that the growth of the nonreligious women demographic outpaced the overall increase. In 1993, 16 percent of atheists and agnostics were women, but within 20 years, that number nearly tripled to 43 percent.14

分析人士认为，正是女权主义和世俗主义意识形态通过大众媒体，以及日益普及的互联网和社交媒体传播，才导致了这些非宗教化程度的急剧上升。15

Analysts contend that it is the spread of feminist and secular ideology through mass media and increasingly the internet and social media that is responsible for these jumps in non-religiosity.15

除了这些统计数据之外,我们many人都在穆斯林社群中亲眼目睹了这些趋势,以至于它已成为一句老生常谈。如今,离开伊斯兰教的男女纷纷撰文,详述是什么导致了他们的背教,因此我们甚至无需猜测其原因。[16]他们将话说得十分明确:伊斯兰教、《古兰经》以及先知穆罕默德ﷺ助长了父权制与压迫。换言之,伊斯兰教与女权主义不相容,因此一个女权主义者怎么可能同时是穆斯林呢?

Beyond the statistics, many of us have seen these trends play out all around us in the Muslim community, so much so that it has become a cliché. Nowadays, women and men who have left Islam are writing about exactly what led to their apostasy, so we do not even have to speculate about the causes.16 They spell it out explicitly: Islam, the Quran, and the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم are enablers of patriarchy and oppression. In other words, Islam is not compatible with feminism, therefore how could a feminist be a Muslim?

自称为穆斯林女权主义者的人会强烈反驳,认为他们的女权主义让他们走上了叛教之路。需要明确的是,我并不是说今天每一个自认为是穆斯林女权主义者的人最终都会叛教。我再次重申:我并不是说今天每一个自认为是穆斯林女权主义者的人最终都会叛教。

Self-described Muslim feminists will strongly dispute that their feminism has put them on the path to apostasy. And, to be clear, I am not claiming that everyone who considers himself a Muslim feminist today will eventually apostatize. To repeat, I am not claiming that everyone who considers himself a Muslim feminist today will eventually apostatize.

话虽如此，并非每个被抛入鲨鱼出没水域的人都会成为鲨鱼的猎物，但几率并不乐观。较强的游泳者或许能带着伤痕累累、血迹斑斑的身体游出水面，仍然活着，而其他人则都会沦为鲨鱼的食物。

That being said, not everyone who is thrown into shark-infested waters will fall prey to sharks, but the odds are not favorable. The stronger swimmers might make it out of the water bruised and bloody but still breathing, while everyone else is shark food.

女权主义同样已经吞噬了穆斯林社群的大片区域。如果我们关心整体的信仰（īmān），尤其关心下一代的信仰，就再也不能忽视这一动向了。

Feminism similarly has devoured entire swaths of the Muslim community. If we care about iman in general and the iman of the next generation in particular, we can no longer afford to overlook this dynamic.

要解决一个问题，首先必须承认这个问题确实存在。这也正是我本人以及其他人感到沮丧的原因。穆斯林社群，尤其是在美国的穆斯林社群，不愿承认女权主义是有害的，并且对信仰构成直接威胁。原因在于，说出这一点在政治上被视为不正确，以至于一些误入歧途的活动人士会对任何未能令人满意地附和其立场的人群起而攻之。

In order to address a problem, one first must recognize that the problem exists. This has been the frustration of myself and others. The Muslim community, especially in the US, does not want to acknowledge that feminism is noxious and a direct threat to faith. This is because, saying as much is politically incorrect to such an extent that misguided activists pounce with fury on anyone who fails to satisfactorily toe the party line.

但是,无论多么令人不适,我们都必须正视欺凌者。沉默必须被打破,宗教领袖、伊玛目和学者有责任直言不讳地说出问题的真相。风险太大,当今女权主义所带来的弊病的后果要等到日后才会完全显现。十年之后,或许甚至五年之后,我们回首往事时会疑惑究竟哪里出了错,但那时就为时已晚了。现在必须采取行动。

But, as uncomfortable as it may be, we must confront the bullies. The silence must be broken and it is the responsibility of religious leaders, imams, and scholars to start calling a spade a spade. The stakes are too high and the outcome of the feminist malaise of today won’t be fully realized until later. In ten years or maybe even five, we will look back and wonder what went wrong, but it will be too late then. Action is required now.

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这一切都始于对一些穆斯林男性对待一些穆斯林女性之方式的正当不满。我们的社群中确实存在侵犯女性权利的情况。一些穆斯林机构无视女性的需求和关切。在世界各地的一些文化中，女孩遭受着与男孩相比的、近乎犯罪性的不公正双重标准。更令人痛心的是，有时负有责任的人出于自私和无知，试图引用《古兰经》或某些圣训来为其虐待和彻底忽视的行为辩护。

It all starts with legitimate grievances about the way that some Muslim men treat some Muslim women. There are violations of rights in our community against women. There are Muslim institutions that ignore the needs and concerns of women. In some of our cultures around the world, girls are subjected to criminally unjust double standards vis-à-vis boys. And the kicker is that sometimes the responsible parties selfishly and ignorantly attempt to justify their practices of abuse and outright neglect by citing the Quran or certain hadith.

这些问题的解决之道不是女权主义。解决之道在于用伊斯兰知识纠正无知。而这种知识来自真正的学者（乌拉玛），即那些不受现代主义、自由主义以及女权主义本身窒息性影响的乌拉玛。

The solution to these problems is not feminism. The solution is correcting the ignorance with Islamic knowledge. And this is knowledge that comes from true scholars (ulama), namely ulama that are not under the suffocating influence of modernism, liberalism, and feminism itself.

但遗憾的是，真正的知识难以寻得，因此穆斯林女性（以及男性）转而将女权主义作为表达其挫败与创伤的途径。穆斯林就是这样走上女权主义之路的。而其结果是一场彻头彻尾的灾难。

But unfortunately, true knowledge is hard to find, so Muslim women (and men) have turned to feminism as a vehicle for expressing their frustration and their trauma. This is how Muslims enter the feminist path. And the results have been an unmitigated disaster.

如果说虐待女性是一种疾病,那么伊斯兰的教义与伦理就是天然、“有机”、有益身心的良方,而女权主义则是一种剧烈、有毒的化学疗法:它或许能除掉病症,却几乎要了病人的命,还会在原处再滋生十种新的病患。

If the abuse of women is a disease, then Islamic precepts and ethics are the natural, “organic,” wholesome cure whereas feminism is a harsh toxic chemical treatment, which might get rid of the disease but only by nearly killing the patient while creating ten more ailments in its place.

How does feminism conceptualize domestic abuse, masjid neglect, etc.? By shouting: "Patriarchy!" It is men as a category, we are told, who are the problem (as well as those women who have "internalized" patriarchy). It is men as a category, we are told, who inherently desire to dominate women, to abuse them, and to take advantage of them. Translation into Simplified Chinese: 女权主义如何理解家庭暴力、清真寺的疏忽等问题？答案是高喊一句："父权制！"我们被告知，问题的根源是男性这一群体，以及那些"内化了"父权制的女性。我们还被告知，男性这一群体天生就想统治女性、虐待女性，并占女性的便宜。

How does feminism conceptualize domestic abuse, masjid neglect, etc.? By shouting: “Patriarchy!” It is men as a category, we are told, who are the problem (as well as those women who have “internalized” patriarchy). It is men as a category, we are told, who inherently desire to dominate women, to abuse them, and to take advantage of them.

在第一阶段，问题在于某些男人（和女人）的具体可见的弊病。到了第二阶段，问题则变得更加抽象和观念化。

In Stage 1, it was the tangible abuses of certain men (and women) that were the problem. In Stage 2, the problems become more abstract and conceptual.

这些问题是用户发来的待翻译文本，我只负责翻译，不作回答。以下为译文： 为什么伊斯兰会议的讨论小组中没有任何女性？为什么活动海报上男性演讲者有照片，而女性演讲者只有通用图标？为什么一位男性伊玛目要谈论希贾布以及女性应当穿什么？为什么穆斯林男性会在意女性穿什么？为什么清真寺要在男女之间设置隔断？为什么在今天这个时代，性别隔离（被贬称为“性别隔离制度”）仍然有意义？为什么穆斯林男性意识不到自己的男性特权？为什么端庄得体如此重要？男人怎敢谈论女性的议题？男人怎敢对女权主义发表意见（尽管女权主义指控男性系统性地压迫占人口一半的女性，人们本以为被指控者应当有机会回应如此严重的指控，但不，那会被称为“男性解释”！），等等，等等。

Why does the panel at the Islamic conference not include any women? Why does the event poster have photos of the male speakers but only generic icons for the women speakers? Why is a male imam talking about hijab and what women should wear? Why are Muslim men concerned about what women wear at all? Why does the masjid have a partition between men and women? Why is gender separation (derogatorily termed “gender apartheid”) even relevant in this day and age? Why don’t Muslim men recognize their male privilege? Why is modesty such a big deal anyway? How dare men even talk about women’s issues! How dare men even opine about feminism (despite the fact that feminism accuses men of systematically oppressing half the population, and one would think that the accused should have a chance to address such grave charges, but no, that would be “mansplaining”!). Etc., etc.

“自动给出的答案，当然和第一阶段一样：‘父权制！’与第一阶段不同，第二阶段的问题并非由对伊斯兰教及其规范传统的扎实理解所界定，而是由西方女性主义和自由主义话语所提出和设定的。这一点很明显：第二阶段的穆斯林女性主义者会抨击那些在伊斯兰法及其学术传统中有着坚实根基的事物，比如性别隔离、端庄、着装规范、限制女性在非mahram男性面前的可见性与互动等等。但第二阶段的女性主义者通常并不了解这些学术渊源。当她们得知这些做法深深扎根于伊斯兰学术之中时，她们便会进入到……”

The automatic answer to all these questions is, of course, the same as it was in Stage 1: “Patriarchy!” Unlike in Stage 1, Stage 2 problems are not defined by a grounded understanding of Islam and its normative tradition. They are defined and posed by Western feminist and liberal discourse. This is evident by the fact that Stage 2 Muslim feminists will rail against things that have a strong basis in Islamic law and its scholarship, like gender separation, modesty, dress codes, limiting women’s visibility to and interaction with non-mahram men, etc. But usually Stage 2 feminists are ignorant of this scholarship. And when they are informed that these practices are firmly rooted in Islamic scholarship, that is when they progress to…

在第三阶段，遭受抨击的是伊斯兰学术本身。在第二阶段，不满集中在当代穆斯林的做法和态度上；而现在，这种怒火延伸到了历史上的穆斯林，特别是乌里玛（学者群体）。

In Stage 3, it is Islamic scholarship itself that comes under fire. In Stage 2, the grievances were about the practices and attitudes of contemporary Muslims. But now, that ire extends to Muslims historically, specifically the ulama.

如果把父权制视为当今压迫女性的根源，那么女权主义者的缪斯们自然会推断，过去的压迫程度至少不会更轻，甚至更重。换言之，这一阶段的女权主义者会问：为什么历史上的伊斯兰学者不会也基于同样的假设，并沿用今天学者身上所见的那些厌女思维模式呢？

If patriarchy as this overarching system is the source of so much oppression of women today, the feminist muses, then it only stands to reason that that oppression existed to the same, if not greater, extent in the past. In other words, the feminist in this stage asks himself, why wouldn’t the scholars of Islam throughout history operate under those same assumptions and through those same misogynistic modes of thought that we see from scholars today?

当我们审视伊斯兰学术巨擘的著作时,会发现其中充满了女权主义者视为最恶劣的父权制和厌女思想的内容。正因如此,你会发现许多处于第三阶段的穆斯林女性,她们起初满怀热情地追求圣学('ilm),向乌拉马或在大学里学习伊斯兰研究,后来却读到这些文本,为其内容感到震惊,最终对伊斯兰学术心灰意冷,认为整个体系都被令人作呕的父权制所玷污。

And when we look at the writings of the giants of Islamic scholarship, it is chock-full of material that feminism considers to be the epitome of the most vile patriarchy and misogyny. For this reason, you will find a lot of Muslim women in Stage 3 who started out by enthusiastically pursuing sacred knowledge (`ilm) with ulama or Islamic studies at the university and then came across these texts and were horrified by them such that they ultimately became disenchanted with Islamic scholarship, considering the whole thing tainted by nauseating patriarchy.

在这一阶段，穆斯林女权主义者满足于这样一种观点：只有《古兰经》和先知的圣训才是可以依赖的，因为只有它们未被男性丑陋的歪曲所玷污、未经过滤。然而，即便是这一点，也受到了质疑……

At this stage, the Muslim feminist contents himself with the idea that the Quran and the Prophetic hadith are solely to be relied upon because those are the only things untainted and unfiltered by the ugly distortions of men. But then, even that comes under fire…

《古兰经》4:34。《古兰经》2:228。两位见证人。继承。理智与宗教不完备。多数人将入火狱。"若我要命令任何人向他人叩拜……"等等，不胜枚举。我们都知道这些经文和圣训。

Quran 4:34. Quran 2:228. Two witnesses. Inheritance. Incomplete `aql and deen. The majority in the fire. If I were to command anyone to prostrate. And on and on and on. We know the ayat and the ahadith.

穆斯林女性主义者该如何调和这一切？启示来自真主，怎么可能包含的不止一处、不止两处，而是许多看似厌女的表述？这便成了一片幻觉的温床：处于第三阶段、正走向第四阶段的女性主义者，摸索着寻找解决之道。

How can the Muslim feminist reconcile all this? How could revelation from God contain not one, not two, but multitudes of seeming expressions of misogyny? This becomes a wellspring of delusion as the Stage-3-turning-Stage-4 feminist gropes for solutions:

"也许这些东西都被误解了。也许如果我们扭曲、牵强、费力去解释，就能说明这节经文或那段圣训。也许我们能够调和这样一种启示：七世纪（以及八世纪、九世纪、十世纪……）的人们把它视为雄辩、智慧与公正的巅峰，而二十、二十一世纪世俗的性别研究教授们却在胡言乱语。也许吧！一切皆有可能！这种天真的态度只能维持一段时间，而且只有在对与现代女权主义相悖的大量古兰经文和圣训一无所知的情况下才能持续。穆斯林女权主义者越了解这些经文和圣训，就越可能进入第四阶段。"

Well, maybe these things have all been misinterpreted. Maybe if we bend and contort and reach, we can explain this verse or that hadith. Maybe we can reconcile the revelation that was seen and understood as the pinnacle of eloquence and wisdom and justice by people of the 7th century (and 8th, and 9th, and 10th, …) with the incoherent ramblings of 20th and 21st century secular gender studies professors. Maybe, just maybe! Anything is possible! This naive attitude can only be sustained for so long and only in light of ignorance of the sheer amount of Quranic ayat and hadith that fly in the face of modern feminism. The more aware of these ayat and hadith the Muslim feminist is, the more likely she is to proceed to Stage 4.

第四阶段的穆斯林女性主义者意识到，要解决这个看似无解的难题、使女性主义与伊斯兰的全部内容完全调和，唯一的途径就是否认《古兰经》的神圣性，并否认先知穆罕默德ﷺ的圣行（逊奈）的适用性。

The Stage 4 Muslim feminist realizes that the only way to square the circle and fully reconcile feminism with the totality of Islam is to deny the divinity of the Quran and to deny the applicability of the Prophetic Sunnah.

在第四阶段，你会发现一些穆斯林改革者直截了当地说："我们必须对《古兰经》说不。"你还会发现一些改革者走得更远，侮辱众先知，并用卑劣的名称称呼他们，理由正是那一套："父权制！"在第四阶段，亵渎之言变得可以随口说出。主张女性带领男女混杂的会众礼拜、穆斯林女性可以嫁给非穆斯林男子、同性行为可以被允许、跨性别可以被接受、通奸和淫乱（zina）可以被允许，诸如此类的主张也变得可能。这是因为处于第四阶段的人不仅摒弃了一切学术先例，也不相信存在任何客观、权威的沙里亚或逊奈能够规范穆斯林的行为。而任何自称能权威地阐述"神所命令的"之人，都会立即被斥为父权压迫者（按照他们的说法，"权威"本身就是一个父权概念）。

In Stage 4, you will find Muslim reformers who outright say things like, “We must say no to the Quran.” You will find reformers who go so far as to insult the prophets and call them despicable names because, you guessed it: “Patriarchy!” In Stage 4, it becomes possible to casually utter blasphemy. It also becomes possible to advocate for things like women leading a mixed congregation in prayer, Muslim women being able to marry non-Muslim men, same-sex behavior being permissible, transgenderism being acceptable, adultery and fornication (zina) being permissible, and on and on. This is because those in Stage 4 have not only renounced any and all scholarly precedent, they also do not believe that there is anything like an objective, authoritative Sharia or Sunnah that can even begin to dictate a Muslim’s behavior. And anyone who claims to speak authoritatively on “What God commands,” is immediately denounced as a patriarchal oppressor (“authority” is a patriarchal concept anyway according to them).

在第五阶段，精神上的痛苦与煎熬难以忍受，此时只需稍加刺激，就足以把一个人推到崩溃的边缘。

The mental anguish and torment at Stage 5 is unbearable. And it does not take much at this point to push someone over the edge.

如果真主在性别上是平等的,为何在启示中以“他”来指称自己,而不用“她”或“它”?为何第一个人类是男性而非女性?为何《古兰经》中的历史叙述大多关于男性而非女性?为何真主最后的先知ﷺ是男性而非女性?为何真主的启示是通过男性而非女性传达给我们的?

If God is gender-egalitarian, why would He refer to Himself as “He” in revelation, as opposed to “She” or “It”? Why was the first human being a man and not a woman? Why are most of the historical narratives in the Quran about men and not women? Why was the last Prophet of God صلى الله عليه وسلم a man and not a woman? Why did revelation from God come to us via a man and not a woman?

这一连串看似简单却令人困惑的问题，把他们逼到了 kufr（否认信仰）与 irtidad（叛教）的悬崖边缘。而那个最初把他们引上这条路的念头，此刻又给了他们最后一推，将他们推入深渊。

This barrage of simple but maddening questions takes them to the cliff’s edge of kufr and irtidad. And then the same thought that drove them down this path in the first place gives them a final push into the abyss:

为什么真主允许父权制存在？祂难道不在乎数十亿无辜女性千百年来遭受的压迫与强暴吗？

Why does God allow patriarchy to exist at all? Did He not care about the subjugation and rape of billions of innocent women over the millennia?

女权主义在当前阶段所能给出的唯一答案，也是它在任何阶段都只能给出的答案：这一切都是男人编造的谎言，目的是控制女人。

The only answer feminism can provide at this stage is the only answer it could ever provide at any stage: It was all a lie made up by men to control women.

女权主义的危险在于它就像多米诺骨牌一样层层倒下。一旦一个人开始用“父权制！”来解释一切，接下来的一切只是时间问题。这是因为把每一种不公都归因于父权制的逻辑过于包罗万象，其解释虽然同样不准确、具有误导性、也具有破坏性，却依然如此。第五阶段的女权主义者只是比第一、二、三、四阶段的女权主义者更加诚实，在智识上也更加一致。第五阶段的女权主义者已经把女权主义的种种推论推演到了它痛苦的尽头。

The danger of feminism is that it works like dominoes. Once a person gets on the path of explaining everything in terms of, “Patriarchy!” the rest is just a matter of time. This is because the logic of analyzing every injustice by invoking patriarchy is too all-encompassing (but no less inaccurate, misleading, and destructive) of an explanation. The feminists in Stage 5 are simply more honest, more intellectually consistent than feminists in Stage 1, 2, 3, or 4. Stage 5 feminists have worked out the implications of feminism to its bitter end.

读者可能会问:“这里真正的问题是哪一支、哪一种或哪一种定义的女权主义?”事实是,问题恰恰在于女权主义本身,在于它的核心和总体。打个比方,我们大多数人都会承认种族主义是一个问题,而针对特定肤色或族裔的种族主义对信仰是有害的。然而实际上,三K党意识形态中的种族主义与新纳粹或“另类右翼”等意识形态中的种族主义并不完全相同,其中存在细微差别。但是,当这些各不相同的群体共享同一个种族主义核心时,这些差别真的重要吗?

The reader might ask, “What branch or flavor or definition of feminism is really the problem here?” The truth is, it is feminism itself at its core, in its generality that is the problem. To draw an analogy, most of us will recognize that racism is a problem and that racism against people of a certain skin color or ethnicity is toxic to faith. In reality, however, the racism within the ideology of the KKK is not exactly the same as the racism within the ideology of Neo-Nazis or the “Alt-Right,” etc. There are nuances. But does it really matter when the core of racism is shared among all the disparate groups?

“我的意思并不是说，女权主义的问题在于它是一种种族主义意识形态。女权主义的诸多问题之中，其中一个就是：采纳女权主义立场，会持续而系统地导致穆斯林陷入信仰危机，最终彻底离开伊斯兰。这并非巧合，也不是统计上的偶然。当我们理解穆斯林从第一阶段发展到第五阶段的过程时，就能清楚地看到这种情况是如何发生的。即便仍有人不以为然，我们也可以回溯女权主义本身的根源，看看它历史上一些最重要的人物所表达的观点。”

To be clear, my point is not that the problem with feminism is that it is a racist ideology. The problem, one of many, with feminism is simply that adopting a feminist outlook consistently and systematically leads Muslims into crises of faith and the leaving of Islam entirely. And this is not a coincidence or a statistical anomaly. When we understand the process of Muslims progressing from Stage 1 to Stage 5, it is clear how this happens. And if we are still not convinced, we can look to the roots of feminism itself, as expressed by some of its most notable figures throughout history.

自其诞生之初，女权主义便与宗教对立。事实上，女权主义每一波浪潮中最杰出的人物，都曾激烈地反对宗教。

From its very inception, feminism has been anti-religion. In fact, the most prominent figures of each wave of feminism have been viciously anti-religious.

从19世纪开始，作为争取妇女选举权的社会运动，女权主义的“第一波”就把传统宗教当作妇女受压迫的根源加以批判。最早的女权主义思想家认为，宗教机构不仅削弱了妇女的权利，而且本身就是滋生反妇女观念与做法的源头。争取妇女选举权运动的核心人物之一苏珊·B·安东尼曾指出：“[妇女]最大的敌人就在讲坛上。”17

From its beginning in the 19th century as a social movement for women’s suffrage, feminism in its “first wave” targeted traditional religion as the source of women’s subjugation. The earliest feminist thinkers believed that religious institutions not only contributed to attenuating women’s rights but, indeed, were the original fount from which anti-women beliefs and practices emerged. Susan B. Anthony, one of the central figures in the women’s suffrage movement, noted, “The worst enemy [women] have is in the pulpit.”17

安东尼经常激烈抨击传统宗教，了解她的人大多认为她是不可知论者。在她关于宗教的言论中，有这样一句：“他们的上帝一边不断送来饥饿的口，一边又扣留着填饱它们的面包，这是多么可怕的造物啊！”18 谈到有组织的宗教时，安东尼说道：“我无法想象，宇宙的主宰会因为我跪下来称他为‘伟大’而感到快乐。”

我和妻子曾经一度自认为是女权主义者，感谢真主，我们很快就意识到女权主义之路将通向何方。然而，放弃女权主义的立场，并不足以安慰我们：现实中仍有一些女性在生活中承受着严重的不公。此外，伊斯兰教法因性别不同而有不同的规定，这又如何与整体的公正感和平等观相协调？这些问题一直困扰着我们，而答案的端倪，是在我们意识到以下这一点时才出现的：也许我们需要重新校准自己的公正感与平等观。而要重新校准，还有什么比借助公正与慈悯的源头、借助祂自己的话语更好的方式呢？

Again, my wife and I considered ourselves feminists at one point, but alhamdulillah we quickly realized where the feminist path leads. Yet, abandoning our feminism was small consolation given the reality that some women endure severe injustice in life. Furthermore, how can the fact that Islamic law has different provisions depending on one’s gender be reconciled with an overall sense of justice and egalitarianism? These were questions that bothered us, but the beginnings of the answer came when we realized: Maybe we need to recalibrate our sense of justice and egalitarianism. And what better way to recalibrate than with the Source of Justice and Mercy in His own Words:

阿里·伊姆兰（古兰经3:193-197）

Ali ‘Imran (Q3:193-197)

此外,真主说:

Furthermore, Allah says:

《马益代》（第5章第48节）

Al-Ma’idah (Q5:48)

安拉不会使任何人的善功白费，无论男女，安拉只会依据祂所考验我们的来审判我们，不多不少。女性不会按照男性所被赋予的来受审判，男性也不会按照女性所被赋予的来受审判。这就是安拉在《古兰经》中赐予我们的性别公正准则。男性与女性并不受制于完全相同的规定律例，也不承担完全相同的责任，更不具有完全相同的禀性。正如安拉创造了不同种类的造物——天使、精灵、云彩、山脉、动物等等——并赋予每一类造物在创造中各自的地位与职分，同样，安拉以不同的方式创造了男性与女性，然而他们仍然"彼此是同类"（ba`dukum min ba`d）。穆斯林男女在这些艰难而令人困惑的时代，必须彼此扶持。

Allah will not waste anyone’s work, whether male or female, and Allah will only judge us by what He has tested us with, nothing more or less. Women will not be judged according to what men have been given and men will not be judged according to what women have been given. This is the standard of gender justice that Allah gives us in the Quran. It is not the case that men and women are subject to the same exact prescribed law. It is not the case that men and women are tasked with the same exact responsibilities. And it is not the case that men and women are endowed with the same exact traits. Just like Allah created different varieties of beings — angels, jinn, clouds, mountains, animals, etc. — and gave each class of being its own station and role in the Creation, similarly Allah has created men and women differently, yet they are still “of one another” (ba`dukum min ba`d). Muslim men and women must support each other in these trying and confusing times.

此外，第一阶段的人们所反对的各种对妇女的虐待和伤害，完全可以通过《古兰经》和《逊奈》所确立的伊斯兰准则和指导原则得到解决。先知ﷺ以他的这句话概括了这些准则：“你们中最好的人，是对妻子最好的人；而我是你们中对我的妻子最好的人。”30 关于身体上的虐待，先知ﷺ曾特别指出：“许多妇女曾到穆罕默德的家人那里诉苦，抱怨自己的丈夫。那些这样做的人，即那些动辄殴打妻子的人，不是你们中最好的人。”31

Additionally, all the kinds of abuse and mistreatment of women that those in Stage 1 are reacting to can fully be addressed by Islamic norms and guidelines as established by the Quran and Sunnah. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم summarizes these guidelines with his statement: “The best of you are those who are the best to their wives, and I am the best of you to my wives.”30 Regarding physical abuse, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم specifically remarked, “Many women have gone around Muhammad’s family complaining of their husbands. Those who do so, that is, those who take to beating their wives, are not the best among you.”31

但是，许多女性所遭受的虐待并不限于身体层面。情感上的虐待和忽视，其伤害有时甚至比身体上的殴打更为深重。许多穆斯林女性并不觉得自己受到丈夫的珍视，更谈不上受到尊重。有些人甚至觉得自己在自家中不过是仆人而已。然而，在《古兰经》中，在《辩诉章》里，安拉亲自说道：

But the abuse many women endure is not limited to the physical. Emotional abuse and neglect can be even more devastating than physical blows. Many Muslim women do not feel cherished by their husbands, much less respected. Some feel as if they are nothing more than maids in their own homes. Yet, in the Quran, in Surat al-Mujadila, Allah Himself says that,

《辩论者》（Q58:1

Al-Mujadila (Q58:1

真主是万物的主宰，祂听取受虐妇女的申诉，彰显了祂的关怀与慈悲。那么，穆斯林丈夫怎能如此冷酷无情，漠视自己妻子的情感需求呢？此外，仔细考察先知穆罕默德ﷺ及其圣门弟子的生平便可看出，他们从未以贬低、侮辱或诋毁女性的方式对待妻子、姐妹或女儿。许多圣训记载，这些蒙受恩典的男性格外留心在情感上体贴妻子，并以"伊赫桑"，即卓越的态度，履行他们对妻子的权利。33

Allah, Master of all that exists, manifests His Consideration and Mercy in hearing the complaints of mistreated women. How, then, could a Muslim husband be so callous and cold hearted as to ignore the emotional needs of his own wife? Furthermore, a detailed look at the life of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and his Companions shows that nowhere did they resort to belittling, insulting, or denigrating women, whether their wives, sisters, or daughters. Many narrations relate how these blessed men took extra care to be emotionally sensitive to their wives and to fulfill their rights towards them with ihsan, i.e., excellence.33

尽管这些观点还可以进一步展开，但就目前而言，作为穆斯林，我们必须更加坚定地相信伊斯兰的力量，而不是相信“女权主义伊斯兰”，来应对不公。先知的榜样才是我们在性别公正方面的典范和标准，而不是苏珊·B·安东尼、西蒙娜·德·波伏娃、贝蒂·弗里丹、葛罗莉亚·斯泰纳姆或贝尔·胡克斯那些（常常是反宗教的）思想言论。

Much more can be elaborated on these points and more. For now, as Muslims, we must redouble our confidence in the power of Islam, not “feminist Islam,” to address injustice. The Prophetic example is our model and standard for gender justice, not the (often anti-religious) musings of Susan B. Anthony, Simone de Beauvoir, Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, or Bell Hooks.

我恳请伊玛目、宗教学者和领袖们更认真地对待，去讨论那些长期以来被回避的、令人不适的议题，比如女权主义。在互联网和社交媒体出现之前，回避这些话题或许还说得过去，那时普通穆斯林不至于每天被反伊斯兰的宣传所包围。但在今天，回避只会加剧人们对伊斯兰和伊斯兰学术日益增长的不满与失望。

I implore imams, religious scholars, and leaders to take more seriously the need to broach otherwise uncomfortable subjects like feminism that have long been avoided. Avoiding such subjects might have been fine in the days before the internet and social media, when the average Muslim could live without being inundated with anti-Islam propaganda. But today, avoidance is only likely to feed increasing dissatisfaction and disenchantment with Islam and Islamic scholarship.

这正是因为，人们无法无限期地向群众隐瞒那些“有争议的”经文、圣训、遗产（turath）等内容。人们最终会发现这些信息，主要是因为无神论者和自由派活动人士都在致力于“揭露”伊斯兰教，并把这些传统推到聚光灯下。当穆斯林大众发现这些信息时，他们会深感困惑、深感背叛，并将大批离开伊斯兰教。这一过程已经在进行之中。只需浏览知名的穆斯林女权社交媒体和专注于穆斯林女性问题的网站，就能看到针对正统伊斯兰教日益高涨的敌意和愤怒。

This is because one cannot hide the “controversial” ayat, hadith, turath, etc., from the masses indefinitely. People will find out primarily because atheists and liberal activists alike are on a mission to “expose” Islam and are pushing these traditions into the spotlight. As the Muslim masses discover this information, they will feel deeply confused, deeply betrayed, and will leave Islam in droves. This process is already well underway. Simply peruse the prominent Muslim feminist social media outlets and the websites dedicated to Muslim women’s issues to see the rising antagonism and furor against orthodox Islam.

与其任由女权主义在乌玛中肆意破坏，我们更应加倍努力，从学术和理智的层面批判和解构女权主义。归根结底，瓦解女权主义将使穆斯林在理智和情感上有空间去正确理解伊斯兰中的性别及两性关系，并看清伊斯兰在公正与仁慈方面远胜于女权主义所能提供的东西。

Rather than give feminism carte blanche to wreak havoc on the Ummah, we must redouble our efforts to critique and deconstruct feminism on an intellectual and academic basis. In the end, dismantling feminism will afford Muslims with the intellectual and emotional room to properly understand gender and gender relations in Islam and to see how far superior in terms of justice and mercy it is to what feminism has to offer