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328. Essence of Islam-III apart. Free mixing leads to <mark>the</mark> kind of destruction of family life and frequent suicides that have become common in Europe. That some women, who o<mark>the</mark>rwise belong to noble families adopt <mark>the</mark> ways of prostitutes, is <mark>the</mark> direct result of <mark>the</mark> prevailing freedom. [Malfūzāt, vol. 5, p. 33]. <mark>The</mark> <mark>Islamic</mark> <mark>system</mark> of <mark>the</mark> <mark>veil</mark> does <mark>not</mark> at all require women to be shut up as in a prison. What <mark>the</mark> Holy. Qur'an directs is that women should avoid displaying <mark>the</mark>ir beauty and should <mark>not</mark> look at strange men. Those women who have to go out in order to fulfil <mark>the</mark>ir responsibilities may do so, but <mark>the</mark>y must guard <mark>the</mark>ir glances. [Malfūzāt, vol. 1, p. 430]. However much <mark>the</mark> Āryās may dislike <mark>the</mark> Muslims and be averse to <mark>Islamic</mark> teachings, I would earnestly request <mark>the</mark>m <mark>not</mark> to do away with <mark>the</mark> <mark>veil</mark> completely, as <mark>the</mark> resulting evils will make <mark>the</mark>mselves felt sooner or later. . Any intelligent person will appreciate that a large portion of humanity is governed by natural desires and, under <mark>the</mark> sway of <mark>the</mark> baser self, pays no heed to Divine chastisement. At <mark>the</mark> sight of young and beautiful women most men can't help but stare. Women too do <mark>not</mark> hesitate to stare at strangers. Such unrestricted freedom will result in <mark>the</mark> kind of situation prevalent in Europe today. When people become truly purified and shed <mark>the</mark>ir baser appetites, and get rid of <mark>the</mark> Satanic spirit and when <mark>the</mark>y have <mark>the</mark> fear of God in <mark>the</mark>ir eyes, and when <mark>the</mark>y become fully conscious of <mark>the</mark> majesty of God, and <mark>the</mark>y bring about a transformation and adorn <mark>the</mark> robes of Taqwā, only <mark>the</mark>n will <mark>the</mark>y have <mark>the</mark> right to do what <mark>the</mark>y like; for <mark>the</mark>n <mark>the</mark>y will be like pawns in God's hands and, in a manner of speaking, <mark>the</mark>y will cease to be males, <mark>the</mark>ir eyes will