❖ Liberalism vs. Morality: Revelation or Reason? ❖
Last year in Barcelona, Spain, a protest of an unusual and controversial nature took place. Animal rights activists, mostly women, staged a demonstration in which they laid naked on the roadside, covering themselves with artificial blood.
Though the stated aim of the protest was noble—raising awareness against the killing of animals for their fur—the method adopted raised serious questions about the limits of human reason and the true understanding of ethical boundaries.
Western societies have increasingly begun to accept such bizarre forms of protest as expressions of freedom and awareness. However, this trend has also led to a deep moral confusion. It reflects a core issue: when human reason detaches from Divine Revelation, it tends to veer into imbalance and disorder.
No secular ideology has ever been able to offer a universal and stable foundation for moral values at the societal level. Without Divine guidance, rational thought lacks a consistent criterion for determining right and wrong. Consider the following critical questions:
◉ Why is public nudity during protests considered wrong?
◉ Why are sexual relations outside marriage deemed inappropriate?
◉ Why is it morally questionable to leave one’s parents in an old-age home while claiming to be a social activist?
◉ Why is it seen as theft to seize wealth from the rich and redistribute it to the poor?
These are not simple moral questions. They expose the inherent contradictions and lack of common moral standards in secular reasoning.
Only the teachings of the prophets (علیہم السلام) have consistently provided universal moral direction to humanity. Even today, many in the West instinctively reject vulgarity, injustice, and dishonor not because of liberal principles, but because their moral consciousness is still influenced, to some extent, by religious values inherited from prophetic teachings.
Ask yourself:
Does liberalism have the capacity to label public nudity as immoral?
Does it possess the foundation to condemn exploitation or establish sanctity in family structures?
Without a transcendent moral compass, all such ethical positions become relative and fluid, leading only to debate and confusion—not resolution.
Ideologies like Humanism, Liberalism, and Feminism clash with Islam primarily on one critical point:
In matters of science and material knowledge, reason is a valid tool.
But in faith and morality, reason must remain subservient to Revelation.
This is the only path that ensures balance, harmony, and moral stability in human life.
✦ A Controversial Protest in Barcelona, Spain
Last year in Barcelona, Spain, a protest of an unusual and controversial nature took place. Animal rights activists, mostly women, staged a demonstration in which they laid naked on the roadside, covering themselves with artificial blood.
Though the stated aim of the protest was noble—raising awareness against the killing of animals for their fur—the method adopted raised serious questions about the limits of human reason and the true understanding of ethical boundaries.
✦ Moral Confusion in Western Societies
Western societies have increasingly begun to accept such bizarre forms of protest as expressions of freedom and awareness. However, this trend has also led to a deep moral confusion. It reflects a core issue: when human reason detaches from Divine Revelation, it tends to veer into imbalance and disorder.
✦ Morality Without Religion: A Directionless Pursuit
No secular ideology has ever been able to offer a universal and stable foundation for moral values at the societal level. Without Divine guidance, rational thought lacks a consistent criterion for determining right and wrong. Consider the following critical questions:
◉ Why is public nudity during protests considered wrong?
◉ Why are sexual relations outside marriage deemed inappropriate?
◉ Why is it morally questionable to leave one’s parents in an old-age home while claiming to be a social activist?
◉ Why is it seen as theft to seize wealth from the rich and redistribute it to the poor?
These are not simple moral questions. They expose the inherent contradictions and lack of common moral standards in secular reasoning.
✦ Divine Revelation: The Ultimate Moral Anchor
Only the teachings of the prophets (علیہم السلام) have consistently provided universal moral direction to humanity. Even today, many in the West instinctively reject vulgarity, injustice, and dishonor not because of liberal principles, but because their moral consciousness is still influenced, to some extent, by religious values inherited from prophetic teachings.
Ask yourself:
Does liberalism have the capacity to label public nudity as immoral?
Does it possess the foundation to condemn exploitation or establish sanctity in family structures?
Without a transcendent moral compass, all such ethical positions become relative and fluid, leading only to debate and confusion—not resolution.
✦ The Conflict Between Modern Secular Ideologies and Islam
Ideologies like Humanism, Liberalism, and Feminism clash with Islam primarily on one critical point:
In matters of science and material knowledge, reason is a valid tool. But in faith and morality, reason must remain subservient to Revelation.This is the only path that ensures balance, harmony, and moral stability in human life.
