Many intersectional feminists, in possession of a lived experience and an education that intersect absolutely nowhere with Islam, ally themselves with fake feminists, while completely ignoring the catastrophes of the honor killing epidemic imported into the Western world. In a now infamous tweet, prominent feminist Sally Kohn tweeted to the president of the United States “Hey @realDonaldTrump, many *progressive Muslims* — the ones we should support in ideological fight against extremism — believe in Sharia!! [sic].”

“Supporting a set ideology such as Shari’a is not only anti-woman, it is a way of provocation that is meaningless to Muslim-American women who face honor violence in accordance with Shari’a”

Shari’a refers to Islamic law and jurisprudence, the meaning of which depends on the sect in question. As one can imagine, many of the tenets of Shari’a as practised in much of Sunni Islam — the most widely practised sect — are incredibly archaic and oppressive. Supporting a set ideology such as Shari’a is not only anti-woman, it is a way of provocation that is meaningless to Muslim-American women who face honor violence in accordance with Shari’a. Invoking the term “Shari’a” is a way of rubbing ones freedom into the faces of the women who do not have the luxury of redefining Shari’a into a utopian, progressive idea. Those dissenting women are dead, in prison, or adjusting to life in exile. They are the voiceless, forgotten and ignored when the promise of intersectional feminism should ensure a “safe space” for all voices regarding women’s issues.

Many adherents of intersectional feminist doctrine are becoming the very catalyst of what they claim to be against. This is arguably due in part to a Marxist-influenced curriculum being peddled in prestigious universities. Many intersectional feminists claim to be proponents of global women’s rights but instead champion oppression through so-called activism, including self- imposed segregation, “wear a hijab day,” and attacking allegedly “privileged” individuals, the definition of which is mercurial and often arbitrary. Somehow, at no point do these intersectional feminists consider that wearing the hijab is sometimes not a choice – that it is often imposed upon women, and worn by them out of fear. Assumptions, which were formerly the enemy of social sciences, seem to run rampant within the social arena.

Cultural Marxism, a core component of Marxist curriculum, promotes a homogenous view across cultures. This empirical falsehood under the guise of “political correctness” allows for pressing feminist issues to be swept under the rug and forgotten. There is an alarming acceptance of collectivist thinking and narrow definitions of complex topics. Instead of addressing an extremely patriarchal ideology which theoretically should be antithetical to feminism, the blame is essentially placed on a free, capitalist society. It is becoming more and more socially acceptable to prefer orientalist lies and historical romanticism than to openly proclaim a stance that is liberty-oriented, freedom-oriented, and most importantly, factually-oriented.

When women of Muslim heritage express their disdain for the blatant misogyny imposed upon them in what should otherwise be a free country and explain how various practices of Islam oppress them, they are immediately seen as an enemy rather than an ally to protect. Critics of Islam from Muslim backgrounds are disinvited, threatened, and/or heavily protested at conferences under the wrongful accusation that such activists are “inciting hatred against Muslims” or even promoting white supremacist ideology when they are simply exercising their First Amendment right to criticize the misogynistic aspects of an ideology. This insidious method of blocking free speech present in the United States and other Western countries is reminiscent of the silencing that women face in closed societies such as Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

While the alleged anti-woman “bogeyman,” as deemed by today’s intersectional feminists, seems to change depending on who is being asked, many active feminist schools of thought blame capitalist ideology as a whole. This argument is simply false. It is demonstrable that countries which empower women exhibit greater economic development. This is due to the basic fact that if you have more individuals participating in the economy, more development will ensue. If anything, capitalism is a tremendously useful ideology for women who are seeking empowerment through their freedom of choice, incentive, and individual liberty. It gives women the autonomy and individuality that has been the proposed goal of feminists since their nascence. Limitations on free speech, celebration of homogeneity, and the increasing power of a misinformed, politically correct state is the true enemy of women.