Sexual Ethics in Islam and in the Western World Tafsir The Story of the Holy

The Story of the Holy Birth of Hadrat Sahib al-Zaman

This book is part of a series of translations from the Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam (EWI) which was originally compiled in Persian

with practical instructions in ethics and spirituality

and 'Allamah Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i as well as some thinkers who have received less attention outside the Islamic world

Sexual Ethics in Islam and in the Western World Tafsir The Story of the HolyIs there any conflict between traditional, conservative sexual mores and contemporary ideas of sexual freedom? Mutahhari responds to this question in an engaging dialogue where he takes on Bertrand Russell in his Marriage and Morals. From the vantage point of a consummate Islamic scholar, Mutahhari points out how the sexual revolution in the West was a reaction to the Christian denial of mans natural desires, and explores whether, from a religious