Purdah And The Status Of Woman In Islam is an edited English version of Sayyid Abul A'la Maududi  urdu Purdah which was originally published in book form in 1939. This book more than any other, has inrecent year helped people to understand clearly the nature of the correct The modern world has gradually headed away from the Way of Nature towards unnatural paths that are inevitably leading to the annihilation of the human race itself. The moral concepts which the Western world adopted a century and a half ago have already resulted in the disruption of family life, and produced licentiousness and sexual anarchy to the extent hitherto unknown in history. The nudist trends in the West, manifesting themselves in the “Bikini” and the “birthday suit”, should surprise nobody as they are the logical outcome of the so-called movements launched for the rights and emancipation of woman.