Woman Between Islam and Western Society
1. A Survey
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together. The new inheritance rights will also
apply to brothers and sisters who share a
home.
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In modem times, it is the concept of unlimited
freedom which has led to the acceptance of
homosexuality and the breakdown of the traditional
institution of marriage. A clever phrase has even
been coined to denote the sexual relations
established between man and man and woman and
woman: sexual preference. But the consequences of
this deviation from the natural order have been
nothing short of evil. In truth, there is only one right
path for man to follow and that is the natural order
shown to us by the prophets of God. No one who
deviates from this path can hope to be spared from
its evil consequences.
The West has had to pay a doubly high price for its
transgressions. By exposing the delicate female sex
to the strong male world, it has permanently
lowered their status. What Dr. Louise F.
Montgomery has said about the status of women in
the publishing world is true also of American
women in all spheres of life: Women in the United
