Woman Between Islam and Western Society
5. Position of Woman in the Islamic Shari‘ah
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discord which he creates between a husband and
wife, resulting in their separation.
In ancient times, this phenomenon was not
widespread, only a very limited number of people
being afflicted by the evil of separation. However,
in modern times the whole human race has come to
be affected by exposure to new and misguided
ideas about the freedom of woman and unnatural
equality of the sexes. It is as a result of these
artificial concepts that the marital state has come to
be looked down upon in developed societies, and
men and women have begun to opt increasingly for
divorce, even on the most minor provocations. In
the wake of such divorces, a number of evils have
followed, not the least of which is their baneful
effect on the children, who, in a state of
bewilderment at the separation of their parents,
often join gangs of criminals. Then the discarding of
family bonds has given rise to a general atmosphere
of permissiveness, which in turn has resulted in the
spread of fatal diseases. The widespread loosening,
or even destruction of family bonds has become the
greatest problem afflicting modern societies.
