Woman Between Islam and Western Society
4. The Problems Facing Modern Civilization
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The famous Australian feminist, Ms. Germaine
Greer, has acknowledged, now that she is of a more
mature age, that her zeal for the sexual liberation
movement in her youth was not realistic. In an
interview with the
Indian Express
she lamented over
the present state of affairs: “What is worrying today
is the results of the sexual liberation movement -—
the number of teenaged girls who have been on the
pill since they were 12 and 13, the number of
teenaged girls who get pregnant by the time they
are 15 and 16. What is happening to them? Sex
means something quite different for men. They can
love and leave. When the time comes to go to
university, they can take off quite easily. Women
have a different sensibility. They love with their
heads, hearts and loins. And a broken love affair
leaves them quite shattered. I have seen it happen
to people close to me. And it is terrible.”
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In modern times Muslim society has fallen prey to
many evils, but the reasons for this having
happened are different in respect of the West and
Islamic civilizations. In the case of the latter, it is
deviation from Islamic principles which has caused
the rot to set in, whereas in the former case, it is
