Islam's Reformers .pdf

39 - The reformer says:“The modern, imitative lady wants to go around naked like aChristian girl. She wants to flirt with the man she wishes. Shewants to go wherever she wishes whenever she wishes. She isunaware that she is tearing up her faith, morality and customs.She looks at the veiled Muslim women hatefuly and mockingly.In fact, she swears at them. A youngster meets a girl by chancenear a bridge, in market place, at a place of entertainment, in agathering at the neighbor’s, on a passenger boat or in school,and they come to an agreement and get married. Yet they donot know that such a marriage will bring forth a terribleimmorality in the future.“In every corner of the world, there is a differentunderstanding of woman’s chastity. In Islam, woman’s chastitybegins with veiling. The religion has clearly pointed out to whomof the relatives Muslim woman will show herself and whom shewill not. The woman is chaste as long as she follows it. At theminute this chastity slackens, moral corruption commences.Today, the man goes out with his improperly dressed wife. Thehusband and wife look for their different pleasures in others.The man goes to taverns, to gambling-dens and to brothels. Hedoes not hesitate to commit every sort of immorality. The moralcorruption in women is caused by their husbands. I know auniversity student married to a prostitute. A woman who hasdirty memories in her mind cannot be a chaste wife. A marriedman whom I know goes to family gatherings with his wife. Hiswife went to bed with a father and he with a young mother. Oneday, I saw four of them together. Another progressive married awoman who was also a progressive. He had his wife showherself scantily dressed to his friends. When the man was not athome, his wife accepted male guests. Eventually, she fell inlove with one of them. She got divorced from her husband andthe home was ruined. A month later, she loved another.“School is a place of education, a home of virtue. Yet, let mesay with regret that even the most decent children lose theirdecency there. The child learns loathsome words and evilhabits in school. It spreads the dirty things it learns in school oroutside even at home. They do not hesitate to say that theydislike the religious, moral behaviors of their family.“Our women’s addiction to music and to instruments hasbecome a nuisance. They listen to the tunes of sexy, lazy,- 101 -