Woman Between Islam and Western Society
4. The Problems Facing Modern Civilization
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of a government, which is completely in the hands
of man. Woman was not willing to accept the
guardianship of man at home; at her own cost, she
has had to come to terms with the guardianship of
men in the government.
TWO EXAMPLES
The problems created in western homes by this
artificial concept of equality are confined not only to
the lower or middle class but have also spread
throughout the upper classes and the highly
educated classes.
Recently some letters written by Albert Einstein to
Mileva Maric (who was to become his first wife)
were made public. These reveal the story of their
relationship characterized by happiness and
sorrow. These letters were found while collecting
material for
The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein.
Mileva Maric was four years older than Einstein.
His mother was not in favour of this match, which
caused him to suffer from depression. Later
somehow they got married, a daughter having been
born to them before marriage. What happened to
her remains unknown. It appears, though, that she
