mix freely with men are, today, drowning in painful afflictions because of it; they wish they could escape, yet they cannot.

Sadly, however, some people from among us—our very own sons and kinsfolk—are calling for the abandonment of noble morals and for importing trials into our lands by widening women’s public presence and seeking to employ them side by side with men. We ask Allah, the Exalted, to safeguard us and all Muslims from evil and temptation; He is indeed the Most Generous Bestower.