Woman Between Islam and Western Society
8. Concerning Divorce
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can now make a living. On this the
Encyclopaedia
Britannica
says: “Industrialization has made it easier
for women to support themselves, whether they are
single, married, divorced, or widowed. In this
connection, it is interesting to note that the Great
Depression of the 1930s stopped the rise in the
number of divorces in the United States for a time.”
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In the modern age, western civilization has been
beset by many problems, many of which are more
artificial than real. In many things western
civilization has adopted unnatural ways, thus
giving rise to unnatural problems. The matter has
further been worsened by attempts to solve them
unnaturally. Problems have thus gone on increasing
instead of decreasing. The problem of divorce is one
of them. The initial stimulus of the women’s
liberation movement in the West was not wrong,
but its leaders did not care to define its limits. In a
bid to make a free society, their efforts culminated
in the creation of a permissive society. Affairs
between men and women knew no limits and this
had the effect of weakening the marriage bond.
Men and women were no more husbands and
wives. In the words of the Prophet, they became
