Woman Between Islam and Western Society
4. The Problems Facing Modern Civilization
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with horrifying details of a new disease —AIDS. Since
AIDS is infectious and fatal, it has produced a new
breed of untouchables from whom both men and
women flee in fear of their very lives. Publicity on the
subject has created such a scare that barber’ shops in
western countries often display signboards bearing the
unlikely legend: “No Shaves Here.”
Government officials have described such a reaction
as “AIDS hysteria.” Barbers, however, maintain that
even the AIDS victims’ perspiration, or drops of
blood from tiny cuts made during shaving, can
transmit the virus and that it was, therefore,
necessary to keep away from them.
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After making detailed investigations,
Time’s
team of
experts confirmed that the prime cause of this
deadly disease is promiscuity. Since it is transmitted
mainly by homosexuals, it has come to be known as
the “gay disease.” This disease spreads so rapidly
that its explosion in the world of today has been
geometric. Chilled by the fatality of AIDS, one of its
victims exclaimed: “Oh, what will happen in this
world, if we have to die when we make love? AIDS
is the century’s evil.”
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