伊斯兰教以自由主义的词汇来加以阐释，即便不是毫无益处，充其量也会适得其反。说某件事“解放”或“自由”，是一种空洞的断言，因为任何事物都可能被某人视为解放。有人因X而感到解放，有人则因Y而感到解放，这完全是主观的。因此，借用这些空洞的术语，你并没有表达任何有意义的内容。尤其是，人们对自由的理解深受当代文化观念的影响，所以他们往往不愿相信穆斯林所说的头巾或其他什么东西是解放或赋权的。对于我们穆斯林而言，使用这套词汇尤其适得其反，因为我们的宗教和传统中蕴含着丰富的意义，有待传达。我们为什么不发掘这一广博而深厚的意义宝藏，去与邻里、朋友和家人交流？我们为什么坚持去舀取自由主义那浅浅的水洼呢？

Explaining Islam using the vocabulary of liberalism is, at best, counterproductive. Saying that something is “freeing” or “liberating” is an empty claim because anything and everything can be conceived by someone as liberating. Some people feel liberated by X and others feel liberated by Y. It’s entirely subjective, so you’re not saying anything meaningful by resorting to these empty terms (especially when people’s understanding of liberty is so heavily influenced by contemporary cultural sensibilities and hence they aren’t inclined to believe Muslims when they say the hijab or whatever else is liberating or empowering, etc.). It is especially counterproductive for us as Muslims to use this vocabulary because there is so much meaning to convey in our deen and our tradition. Why don’t we tap into that expansive, deep reservoir of meaning to talk to our neighbors, our friends, our family? Why do we insist on scraping the shallow puddle of liberalism instead?