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Christians Must Heed
Jesus

God recalls in verses that with marriage, a man has given the
woman a promise and a guarantee. And because of that promise, he
must not ask to take anything back, no matter how much he has given
her. He who has faith, fears God and seeks to attain His approval in all
he does knows that this promise is made before God. He will therefore
be most scrupulous to discharge his obligation on the subject. This is a
very lofty moral value, but one that is acted on almost nowhere in the
world. This is one of the greatest errors of the fundamentalists who fail
to realize the depth of the Koran and its conception of love and affec-
tion, and of those who make the mistake of regarding such people as
the true representatives of Islam. The only place where women are val-
ued as they deserve is the Koran.
Some Christians wonder why these commands are not acted on at
the moment in Islamic countries and generally approach the matter
with suspicion. The reason, of course, is that people do not live by the
real moral values of the Koran in Islamic countries, and that supersti-

tions fabricated by fundamentalists prevail in many of them. Other-
wise, every Muslim who acts in the light of the Koran will abide by
these commands with a peaceful heart and happiness.

Women must be found accommodation after

divorce
The verses of the Koran hold a man responsible for the security
and comfort of his wife even after they divorce. A woman who until
that time had all her needs met by her husband or the circumstances

prevailing in the marriage may find herself in all manner of difficulties
after divorce. The moral values of a believer require that under such
circumstances a person should be as understanding and helpful as
possible, considering the other person's needs in as much detail as if
they were his own needs. That is why our Lord has set out in verses
the precautions that need to be taken and the moral virtues that need

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