Woman Between Islam and Western Society
4. The Problems Facing Modern Civilization
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maintained that modern principles were superior to
older principles. Through colonization and the
industrial revolution, etc. the western nations
achieved political and material domination over
large areas of the world, which placed them in a
position to reject the old principles of life and
construct a human society based on modern
principles of life.
This experiment in ethics has now been going on
with the dominance of western nations for more
than a century, but practical experiments have
failed to verify the new principles. All that has been
accomplished is to effectively demonstrate that the
new principles favoured by the West are completely
incompatible with what nature intends for
mankind. The clash between ideals and reality has,
in fact, given rise to ever-increasing manifestations
of depravity in western life.
While the solution to moral backsliding in Muslim
societies lies in a return to the Islamic principles
adhered to in the past, this cannot be said about the
West. If western society retreats to its past, this
return, will be a return to exactly the same
