Woman Between Islam and Western Society
4. The Problems Facing Modern Civilization
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of the immediate environment. Women, because of
their inborn emotionalism, are unsuited to such
tasks. Men, on the other hand, being relatively less
emotional, are better able to deal with, the
contingencies of their position.
It is because of this biological difference between
men and women that Islam has assigned them
separate spheres of influence. This is not a matter of
gradation, but of a difference of workplace or field
of action. This difference is supported in every way
by scientific research. The truth is that it is the
champions of feminism who are unscientific by the
standards of today, and not the upholders of
traditional Islamic attitudes.
DEGRADATION INSTEAD OF PROGRESS
The 29th December 1986, publication of
Time
was a
special number which was titled, “A Letter to the
year 2086.” This issue covered the happenings in
the following century in the U.S. One part of it
related to the state of the family as could be
foreseen for the next century. A part of it is
reproduced here: “The American family, not 50
years ago the rock on which the country built its
