An apology to make someone ‘feel better’ is completely meaningless. If you think you made a mistake, you apologise if you want to. If you don’t think you did, you don’t. You have little/no control over what others feel. God didn’t give you that power.

Recently a so-called “Islamic Scholar” with a large following, especially in my home town, apologised for a long series of sexist jokes attacking women & feminism on #IWD, outright saying women can’t drive, implying that understanding women means hating them & other really dumb stuff, not worth repeating.

His ‘apology’ clearly was not an apology because he still appears to agree with his foolish statements. (Perhaps it’s because he sees himself as infallible, as though his own opinions are so in line with the Quran & Sunnah that if you disagree with him, you obviously disagree with Islam itself).

This is what a real apology would have looked like…

The Apology Letter. (Note: The link used to be here, and believe me, it was excellent. However, the author removed the link).

Thank God for women like this! Without their bravery, there would be no feminism, and no Islam.