Islam's Reformers .pdf

than one woman. They also say that marrying more than onecauses an increase in population. The word that this increase ispeculiar only to hot climates and the assertion that sexualpower decreases in those whose brains function are ideasincompatible with observation and reason. In fact, when weobserve the reasons for the propagandas based on women’srights and freedom in cold countries that are said to be civilized,voluptuous desires for women appear from under the masks.Though it is obvious that the imitators of Europe amongst usrun after their sexual desires in this respect, their real aim,principle purpose, is to attack Islam; this can be understoodfrom every statement they make. Their idea of giving rights towomen or freeing sexual, bestial desires remains secondary; itis seen that they strive with all their forces to annihilate Islam byattacking the rules and even the permissions peculiar to Islamand to bring into their place the immoralities of Europeans andChristianity. See how Ziyâ Gökalp, a very insidious, cleverreligion reformer working behind the curtain of Turkishnationalism outpoured his venom in his poem “Din ve Ilm”(Religion and Knowledge):“As long as the woman is incomplete, this life will remaindeficient!So that the structure of familly be suitable with justice,Betrothal, divorce, inheritance; in these three equality is amust!As long as a girl is a half man in heredity and one-fourth inmatrimony,Neither the family nor the nation will advance.”As he attacks the Qur’ân and salât in his other writings so inthis poem of his he attemps to blemish Islam under the cloak ofwomen’s rights. The progressives insist on that woman andman should be equal. Why don’t they correct the anatomicaland physiologic inequality which Allâhu ta’âlâ has made! A cockdirects eight to ten hens. But two cocks cannot stay together ina flock of fowls. This is the same with almost all kinds ofanimals. People who live on breeding sheep keep two or threerams in the flock and slaughter or sell the others.Equality between man and woman does not exist in everyrespect. Woman can ifluence man only with her attractive poweron man. She is always inferior to man in many ways. In every- 119 -