𝐈𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐂 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐒 “𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃” 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐈𝐍 𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂

 

This is a real conversation between Islamic content creators in Britain — recorded in English, intended for a British Muslim audience — about why women showing themselves in public and 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 is an offense against Allah.

 

“𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦—𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘫𝘢𝘣 𝘢 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘛𝘶𝘣𝘦𝘳, 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳.” That’s his argument. Women who appear in public invite perversion — so the solution is to remove the women, not hold the men accountable.

 

Then comes the theological hammer. He cites a hadith from the Prophet Muhammad about 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐣𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐲 — “𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘢” — and frames it as a 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 for husbands: “𝘚𝘢’𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘣𝘯 𝘔𝘶’𝘢𝘥𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘬∗𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘥—𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘢, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘫𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘢’𝘪𝘥? 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘫𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘺, 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘢, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘫𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘢’𝘪𝘥. 𝘚𝘰 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦.”

 

He follows immediately with a warning about men who let their wives appear in public: “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦—” — using the Arabic term “𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩” — “𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘩, 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘩.” Translation: if you allow your wife to go outside uncovered and visible, you are damned.

 

This is not a sermon in Riyadh. This is not a Friday khutbah in Islamabad. This is a podcast-style conversation between young Muslim men 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 — casually citing scripture to argue that a woman laughing in public is an affront to God and that her husband bears religious punishment for permitting it.

 

This is the ideology Ayaan Hirsi Ali has spent her career warning the West about. Not “extremism” in the way Western media defines it — no bombs, no violence — just the steady normalization of a framework where 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝 and husbands are spiritually condemned for treating them as free human beings.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧.

 

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M.A. Rothman