◈ Consent in Liberal Morality: Reality or Deception? ◈
In liberal ethics, consent is adopted as a fundamental principle, meaning a person has the right to perform any action with their own approval, as long as it does not infringe upon another's freedom or consent.
Islam also grants individuals freedom of choice, but does not consider consent as the standard of good or evil.
✔ If a person willingly commits a sin, Islam does not regard the act as commendable merely because it was voluntary.
✔ Islam establishes a collective system that makes obedience to Allah easy and disobedience difficult. Examples include:
– Prohibition of interest (riba)
– Measures to eliminate immorality
– Implementation of Islamic punishments (hudood)
Human will and preferences are naturally shaped by social, psychological, and external forces.
✔ For instance, during a TV program, advertisements are imposed, which ultimately reshape human preferences.
✔ The power of advertising proves that human consent is heavily influenced by marketing, media, and other tools.
Social values begin influencing children from an early age.
When secular circles object to religious education, claiming it violates children’s consent, it exposes a double standard:
– School education is imposed without children's consent as well.
– Yet only religious education is criticized, even though in both cases consent is absent.
Though liberal societies claim to uphold consent, it is often shaped under coercion:
✔ A poor woman forced into prostitution due to economic hardship is labeled as having acted with "consent."
✔ A vast system of media, advertising, and social pressure is in place to manipulate people’s choices and preferences.
Despite granting women full authority over their bodies, the Western system continues to produce moral dilemmas, such as:
– The concept of marital rape within marriage
– Sexual relations under intoxication, followed by denial of valid consent
– Campaigns against circumcision, claiming the child didn’t consent
Liberalism builds its moral framework on consent, but in practice, it is deceptive:
✔ The market and media engineer human will, creating an environment that manufactures consent.
✔ The system offers an illusion of freedom, while actually molding people’s desires to suit capitalist agendas.
When liberal factions call for implementing liberalism in Muslim societies, their real aim is:
– To prevent Muslim rulers from enforcing Islamic laws
– And to leave the masses at the mercy of institutions that shape their will based on secular values and market demands
In the liberal framework, consent is treated as the ultimate measure of morality, but no human being is truly free from social pressure, economic constraints, or external influence.
In contrast, Islam declares the commands of Allah as the true standard of good and evil, for Allah is All-Knowing and Wise, aware of all dimensions and influences.
Unlike liberalism, the Islamic system liberates individuals from this deception and leads them toward true well-being and moral clarity.
❀ The Fundamental Concept of Consent ❀
In liberal ethics, consent is adopted as a fundamental principle, meaning a person has the right to perform any action with their own approval, as long as it does not infringe upon another's freedom or consent.
❀ The Difference Between Islam and Liberal Principles ❀
Islam also grants individuals freedom of choice, but does not consider consent as the standard of good or evil.
✔ If a person willingly commits a sin, Islam does not regard the act as commendable merely because it was voluntary.
✔ Islam establishes a collective system that makes obedience to Allah easy and disobedience difficult. Examples include:
– Prohibition of interest (riba)
– Measures to eliminate immorality
– Implementation of Islamic punishments (hudood)
❀ The Reality of Consent and Influencing Factors ❀
Human will and preferences are naturally shaped by social, psychological, and external forces.
✔ For instance, during a TV program, advertisements are imposed, which ultimately reshape human preferences.
✔ The power of advertising proves that human consent is heavily influenced by marketing, media, and other tools.
❀ Childhood Education and Consent
Social values begin influencing children from an early age.
When secular circles object to religious education, claiming it violates children’s consent, it exposes a double standard:
– School education is imposed without children's consent as well.
– Yet only religious education is criticized, even though in both cases consent is absent.
❀ Consent as a Tool of Economic, Political, and Moral Oppression ❀
Though liberal societies claim to uphold consent, it is often shaped under coercion:
✔ A poor woman forced into prostitution due to economic hardship is labeled as having acted with "consent."
✔ A vast system of media, advertising, and social pressure is in place to manipulate people’s choices and preferences.
❀ Consent and Social Problems in the West ❀
Despite granting women full authority over their bodies, the Western system continues to produce moral dilemmas, such as:
– The concept of marital rape within marriage
– Sexual relations under intoxication, followed by denial of valid consent
– Campaigns against circumcision, claiming the child didn’t consent
❀ Consent: A Deceptive Pillar of the Liberal System ❀
Liberalism builds its moral framework on consent, but in practice, it is deceptive:
✔ The market and media engineer human will, creating an environment that manufactures consent.
✔ The system offers an illusion of freedom, while actually molding people’s desires to suit capitalist agendas.
❀ Islamic Governance vs. Liberal Demands ❀
When liberal factions call for implementing liberalism in Muslim societies, their real aim is:
– To prevent Muslim rulers from enforcing Islamic laws
– And to leave the masses at the mercy of institutions that shape their will based on secular values and market demands
✔ Conclusion: Consent as a Flawed Ethical Standard
In the liberal framework, consent is treated as the ultimate measure of morality, but no human being is truly free from social pressure, economic constraints, or external influence.
In contrast, Islam declares the commands of Allah as the true standard of good and evil, for Allah is All-Knowing and Wise, aware of all dimensions and influences.
Unlike liberalism, the Islamic system liberates individuals from this deception and leads them toward true well-being and moral clarity.
