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Spoil the wife of sanctity and for the man the sanctities of life have perished. SPOIL THE WIFE OF SANCTITY AND FOR THE MAN THE SANCTITIES OF LIFE HAVE PERISHED
ed, secluded, degraded, the mere minister of enjoyment, liable at the caprice or passion of the moment to be turned adrift, it would be hard to say that the position of a wife was improved by the code of Mohammed."[73] Even if the privilege of divorce and marital tyranny be not exercised, the knowledge of its existence as a potential right must tend to abate the self-respect, and in like degree to weaken the influence of the sex, impairing thus the ameliorating and civilizing power which she was meant to exercise upon mankind. And the evil has been stereotyped by the Koran for all time. [Sidenote: Principal Fairbairn on home-life under Islam.] I must quote one more passage from Principal Fairbairn on the lowering influence of Moslem domestic life: The God of Mohammed ... "spares the sins the Arab loves. A religion that does not purify the home cannot regenerate the race; one that depraves the home is certain to deprave humanity. Motherhood is to be sacred if manhood is to be honorable.  CONFINE AND TO BEAT HIS WIFE IS DISTINCTLY VESTED IN HIS DISCRETION THUS RESTRAINT SECLUDED DEGRADED THE MERE MINISTER OF ENJOYMENT LIABLE AT THE CAPRICE OR PASSION OF THE MOMENT TO BE TURNED ADRIFT IT WOULD BE HARD TO SAY THAT THE POSITION OF A WIFE WAS IMPROVED BY THE COURT OF MOHAMMAD EVEN IF THE PRIVILEGE OF DIVORCE AND MARITAL TYRANNY BE NOT EXERCISED THE KNOWLEDGE OF ITS EXISTENCE AS A POTENTIAL RITE MUST TEND TO ABATE THE SELF RESPECT AND IN LIKE DEGREE TO WEAKEN THE INFLUENCE OF THE SEX IMPAIRING THUS THE AMELIORATING AND CIVILISING POWER WHICH SHE WAS MEANT TO EXERCISE UPON MANKIND AND THE EVIL HAS BEEN STEEOTYPED BY THE KORAN FOR ALL TIME I MUST QUOTE ONE MORE PASSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL FAIL BRAIN ON THE LOWERING INFLUENCE OF MOSLING DOMESTIC LIFE THE GOD OF MOHAMMAD SPARES THE SINS THE ARAB LOVES A RELIGION THAT DOES NOT PURIFY THE WHOLE CANNOT REGENERATE THE RACE ONE THAT DEPRAVES THE WHOLE IS CERTAIN TO DEPRAVE HUMANITY MOTHERHOOD IS TO BE SACRED IF MANHOOD IS TO BE HONORABLE
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