Mr. Khan Gives Some Reasons “The proper study of mankind is Post Graduations Studies are for man”—Post Graduation Studies. A&M Graduates Only! Why Does Islam OK Polygamy 9 LOOK KIDDIES'! THIS AD AND 5 CENTS IS GOOD ON ANY RIDE AT PLAYLAND PARK Highway 6 South Between Bryan and College Expires Jan. 1, 1952 By MAHAMED A. KAHN (Editor’s Note: Mr. Khan is a graduate student. He is from Pakistan. In this article he points out some things about the Islamic faith that are gen erally unknown in the United States.) Some ignorant people think of Islam as 1 “a religion of sex indul gence.” We frequently see the so- called “Harem” displayed in mov ies, mocked at in newspapers and falsely criticized in books. The Prophet has been attacked by Eu ropean writers because he had sev eral wives. They think a plurality of wives is evidence of general laxity and love of pleasure. This impression of the Phophet’s mar- riage is, however, belied by the devotion and self-consuming love which the Prophet’s wives had for him. Their devotion and love proved that the Prophet’s married life was pure, unselfish and spir itual. It was so singular in this respect that no man can be said to have treated his one wife so well as the Prophet treated his wives. If the Prophet’s married life had been motivated by pleasure, it would most certainly have re sulted in making his wives in- Battalion Editorials Page 2 THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1951 Danger Takes No Break . F'OR those students and faculty members * who have been in school all summer, va cation is just beginning. Once more The Bat talion takes this opportunity to remind its readers that “Danger Takes No Vacation.” , These seven rules are offered for your consideration as a means to reduce traffic fatalities and to help you reach your destin ation without mishap. 1 Before starting your trip and immed iately upon entering another state, learn the speed limits, both rural and urban. DON’T EXCEED THE SPEED LIMIT! 2. There’s only one sure-fire rule when you’ve been celebrating—ALWAYS RE FUSE TO DRIVE AFTER DRINKING. 3. Never argue about the right-of-way. If in doubt, yield to the other driver—al ways give the right-of-way to pedestrians. 4. Common sense considerations of time, I Admire The Human Race (By ROGER WILLIAM RIIS) (Copyright 1951—Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc.) T ADMIRE the human race. I do, indeed. Everybody is busy running us down, these days, for the mess they say we have made here and there and everywhere. Pshaw! That’s short-range stuff, a worm’seye view of our world. Over the marching and abun dant centuries, we haven’t made any mess. Far from it! We have done and are doing a better job than anyone has any right to expect. We’re all right! From the beginning, we found ourselves alone in a vast universe, and not only alone but the only living thing on this planet which could realize its loneness. We realized it, gave it a good close look, and then turned our attention to making something practical and useful out of an unprecedented situation. ; First oT all, we found for ourselves a Light, a God, and we got a sense of direction, a goal to work toward. This was pretty clever of us, if you think of it carefully. , ' We proceeded to set up standards for j yV living together. Early in our experience „c made the revolutionary discovery that gentleness and kindness were more practical than brute strength. No other species has dver found that out and used it as a model a,nd practical code of conduct. We have in actual fact no one we need answer to, beyond ourselves, and yet we ob serve our ideal standards in remarkable de gree. We are honest and trustworthy one with another so that it is the exception, it is news, when we commit a theft. We are decent 99 per cent of the time, when we could easily be vile. With silence and mystery behind us and ahead of us, we make up gay little songs and whistle them. We look life and fate in the eye, and smile. I like that, and I admire the people who do it. Alone among all living things, we have discovered Beauty, and we cherish it, and create it for eye and ear. Alone among liv ing things, we have the power to look at our different, and even antogonistic to him. But the facts are quite contrary. All his wives were de voted tp him and their devotion was due to his unselfish and high-minded example. According to one, Maimuna, af ter marriage met the Prophet for the first time in a tent in the desert at one day’s journey from Mecca (Arabia). She lived long after the Pi’ophet’s death. She died full of years but could not forget what her marriage with the Pro phet had meant for her. On the eve of her death, at a time when gone are the delights of flesh, when things only of lasting value and virtue move the heart, she asked to be buried at*' the same place where she had first met her husband. If she was not con vinced of the unselfish spiritual love of the Prophet and if her marriage with him had been asso ciated with unpleasant or indiffer ent memories, she would have for gotten all about it. Islam enjoins marriage, wheth er monogamous or polygamous, as the conditions of life necessi tate, with due regard to piety so that there may be no violence to human nature; and the animal desire like other cravings of na ture, being duly gratified, may lead to perfect safety and the complete security of social mor ality. Thus the Islamic system of marriage fits into natural en vironment, practical need and re quirements of mankind under diverse ages and ail conditions. Islam claims to be a world-wide religion. It was not designed to meet the requirements of a par ticular race or age. With its uni versal mission, it embraces re quirements of all ages, countries and civilizations. Islam does not enforce poly gamy; but it simply permits it, jf one cannot live piously and hap pily with one wife. The Koranic verse giving license to polygamy reads: “Then marry what seems good to you of women, two, three or four (wives); but if ye fear that ye ' shall not act equitably, then one (wife) only.” (4:3) Permission to polygamy is cur- environment and criticize it and improve it. tailed by the proviso which en- Finding it necessary to live together by ^ iT'U^s^L^obligMmy on the millions, we created for ourselves gOV- man. In case a man feared that he erning systems covering vast geographical spaces. Now we actually have the thrilling ed to be content with one wife and terrific idea of a world government, a °>4y-And, n need hardly be pointed & ’ out that to prove equal to this global government to bring justice to white ideal is impossible unless one is and black, to Eskimo and Afrikander, rich fT iri ^ ually ^ vanced - N a y, . . ’ the Koran itself admits m another and poor, not because any tribe is powerful verse the inability of man to ob- and can exact justice, but because we have f erv p th e required equality of conceived and created the ideal of justice 0 f his wives; and thus emphasizes and plan it for all men. This is great. This th e desirability of having only one is not the act of a little animal, or a mean animal speed and distance ahead will keep you out of deadly situations in which two speeding- automobiles arrive at and try to occupy the same space at the same time. Improper pass ing and driving on the wrong side of the road are inexcusable. i 5. Allow at least one car’s length dis tance between your car and the car ahead for each 10 miles an hour you are traveling. DON’T FOLLOW TOO CLOSELY! 6. Plan your trip in short, easy stages. If fatigued, pull off the road until you are rested. 7. When you want to see the sights, park your car off the highway. Watch where you park, using parking places if available. Signal and be sure the way is clear when you drive back on the highway. Be patient in heavy traffic. Don’t let an noyances make you take chances. The events of the world some times gives rise to circumstances which cause appreciable poverty in the number of men. Intertribal or international wars loften lead to the same results; and leave counties members of the weaker sex without home or protection. To maintain strict piety and con tinence in society, Islam would not recommend any women to seek refuge under the roof of any man who does not stand in marital or within the prohibitive regree of relation to her. Poly gamy offers a solution to this restriction; but in this respect too, the widow is free to secure her own choice. Thus polygamy sometimes becomes a national necessity. This institution has also, its leg itimate use in individual cases as well. Propagation of one’s species is the most important of all the purposes of marriage and if all hopes of an issue through the first wife are lost, there seem to be only three way open to a man; 1. To divorce his wife 2. To forego an issue 3. To wait till the death of his wife Is not then a second contemporan eous marriage to be preferred to any of the above alternatives? Moslem ladies have often allowed their husbands in such cases to take another wife and beget an is sue. At the end, I am sure that more knowledge of human need and exi gences would enlighten the world and enable it to see the necessity of allowing an institution like polygamy, with its rare and limit ed use as in Islam. BARBELL ENTHUSIASTS! 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To guard against abuses of poly- . . gamy, the Koran has another direc- upon the face bf the earth is dispelled by tive saying: man-made light. We enjoy all the myriad " And ' ^ a w \ fe f . ear ® M-usage °r products of our unparalleled ingenuity. be no crime in them both that they Every morning the necessity for the sh , ouId be reconciled among them- day s work iaccs us. And wo go and do a for reconciliation is best. And day’s work, with an overall average effect- souls are P rone t0 avarice; but if iveness and perseverance that is amazing, God'kno^ wh ; niKfMUiSy considering many of the jobs. I' 1 simple language this verse Of a persistence, a daring and ingenuity anc j reconciliation between the hus- impossible to surpass, we find ways to move band and one of his wives—self easily under the water and through the air. f Te“„T ^ Now we speculatively eye our neighboring the part of the wife, in case she planets. It should astound no one if man one com T p ! ains of lll ;usage or aversion. , . . . ,, , Islam, as illustrated above, day begins to move among these planets, does not make polygamy obli- How shall I not admire such a creature? gatory; but the code of Islam, as t-. , . , ... .... , , every wise legislation must do, Daunted by nothing, his horizons constant- provides certain ordinances ly recede, the territories of his possession which may be, looked upon as 1 ill auxiliary laws, elastic enough to and US6 expand and expand. meet the contingencies of place Whenever he comes to an impassable ob- ai1( l time. Stacie, an apparently final barrier, he goes to p ['htTL'StTof“olylamy work at it and, in due time, surpasses it. If are many. Often the high death he has limits, I do not see where they are. r f. te c ? nsec iuent upon maladies and I do not think he has limits. I think he is a numerical strength of human race. child of the universe who inherits eternity. 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