Woman Between Islam and Western Society
3. Western Woman
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It is a fact that women are temperamentally unfit
for solitude. Few women can endure loneliness over
long periods of time. But the path along which
western civilization pushes a woman can lead to
nothing but isolation. Islam, on the contrary, leads a
woman to a life where she is never alone, but a
member of a united family. The Islamic way is
natural, that of the western world quite the reverse.
THE BURDEN OF FAME
Brigitte Bardot (b. 1934), the most famous star in the
history of the French cinema, scaled higher peaks of
renown than even Marilyn Monroe or Marlene
Dietrich. It was said that she brought more currency
into France than the Renault Motor Company, and
some even declared her to be the most famous
Frenchwoman since Joan of Arc. English writer
Tony Crawley calculated that by 1958 her
photograph had appeared no less than 29,345 times
on the covers of European and American
magazines.
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Film followed film, her popularity soared and, at
times, she even gave up trying to go out because the
crowds of photographers outside prevented her
