Hijab in Islam
Hijab in the Light of the Qur’an and Hadith
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face, they go in for divorce to start a new life. This
fact has been plainly stated by the
Encyclopaedia
Britannica
. Commenting on the increasing rate of
divorce in western society, it says:
Actors, authors and other groups that have
many contacts with the opposite sex tend to
have a high divorce frequency.
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This western report links the high rate of divorce to
regular contacts. This is significant in that it proves
that the degree of freedom of the sexes in society
has a marked bearing on the instability of married
life. Where segregation of the sexes in society
creates stability in married life, too much freedom
creates the kind of instability in married life which
ends in divorce.
Putting a stop to freedom in society could be an
experimental verification of the restricted society
being a proper society. Only the placing of
restrictions in society can provide a deterrent to
divorce. While the lack of restrictions in society
weakens the fabric of family life and creates many
social evils, constraints, on the other hand,
