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THE RELIGION OF THE IGNORANT

female believer. The female character shaped by this religion con-
tains just about all the personality defects and abnormalities that
male and female believers should avoid, as described in the Qur'an.

THE AFFECTED FEMALE CHARACTER
The term "affected," employed to describe a particular type of
human, is actually one of the varieties of character of the Ignorantist.
Although its traits all violate religious moral values, it has received
wide public acceptance and even respect in certain circles. The rea-
son may be that all of this character's negative aspects have not been
openly and logically compared with the moral values of the Qur'an,
and have not been fully laid out for people to see. However, in this
section, you will witness how people far removed from the moral
values of the Qur'an implement this character with all its defects.

The Affected Character Is Built on a Facade
One of the main features of the affected personality is how the
individuals who bear it never uses their true mindset or personality.
Their entire lives are built on affectation. They never react to events
in a genuine or sincere way. They never reveal genuine love, say
what they really think, or speak to reveal their true state of mind.
Affectation is the principal trait of those who possess a false
spirit. For example, a person with an affected character may appear
to be very distressed in the face of an event which actually touches
her not at all. Despite actually feeling nothing inside, she may try to
give the impression of how upsetting the event was by such expres-
sions as "Oh dear! Whatever happened next?" and "How terrible!" In
reacting in that way, also affected are her tone of voice, looks, facial
expression, gestures and even posture. Such a person may never

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