Woman Between Islam and Western Society
10. Hijab in Islam
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ordered to be strictly covered, it will create
great difficulties for women in carrying out
their jobs. The theologians have considered the
feet also to be exempted parts. It must be
clearly understood, however, that unveiling is
permitted strictly on the basis of necessity. Men
are forbidden to set their eyes on them. Perhaps
this is why before exempting women from
covering their face and hands (verse 31), men
are commanded to lower their gaze and guard
their modesty in verse 30. Thus the permission
to unveil a part of the body does not give
licence to others to set their eyes on them.
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EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION
Of all the family problems in advanced countries,
divorce tops the list. The fact that the majority of
marriages in these countries end up in divorce has
ruined family life completely, for children do not
enjoy the love and care of parents who are still
alive, whereas it was formerly only death which
separated children from their parents. Children
there grow up like uncared-for weeds, adding to the
list of criminals. It is generally accepted that the
