Q2: On the Interaction Between Men and Women, Khaled Abou El Fadl with LAMLA, 11.18.2017

Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl hosts a Q&A with Latino American Muslim converts who have studied his book, "The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam from the Extremists." While this session was for new converts, Dr. Abou El Fadl covers important common questions that confront all Muslims. In this segment, Dr. Abou El Fadl addresses the interaction between men and women.

[@centric145]

What was the name of the scholar who wrote a book on lowering gaze?

[@fibonacci3138]

I second this question!

[@khalidzaman3379]

The group should read "Criminals of Islam" by Dr Shabbir Ahmed from Florida USA

[@afia9641]

Yes, it was an eye opening for me

[@aalam5747]

thanks

[@Alburr250]

I have a question. When Khomeini came to power in Iran, he tried to implement very similar rules to Saudi Arabia in terms of segregation and men and women mixing. Also many Mosques in Iran are also segregated. So is segregation really from Najd?

[@shahram6869]

They discuss Iran's situation in the professor's conversation with Prof Nader Hashimi. You might be interested in that.

[@Alburr250]

@@shahram6869 Sorry, I just saw this comment. Do you have a link to this conversation?

[@macaron3141592653]

Salah is supposed to be segregated, so much of the segregation in mosques is derived from that.

[@What-do-you-want824]

At the time of Prophet saw there was no segregation of men & women in mosque. I have proof from hadiths. ​@@Alburr250

[@Baatipari]

Some people like daniel haqiqatjou says “even in a time of famine sex was necessary and not forbidden.” As an excuse to say sex is necessary and the most important.

[@xrjx1511]

Nope, I don't buy it. The word modesty does not even exist in the Qur'an. The "lowering of gaze" means do not lust after the wife of your brother in Islam. A woman should not lust after a man if she is already married. Just do a search of the word "Gad" in the Qur'an. Gad al Basr means avoid avarice. All these ideas of modesty came from Christianity via Heresay from oral tradition compiled hundreds of years after the death of the Prophet. Do you really think men and women can freely interact without some flirting between single women and males? You guys can be so unrealistic. Islam is not against flirting either if done without danger of adultery. How do you expect people to find a spouse, via arranged marriage? Please drop the bricks of guilt and fake modesty. The definition of modesty is asexuality. Islam is not asexual. It is quite rated R actually. Khaled is right about a lot of things but he is dead wrong on some things too. facebook.com/progressive.moderate.islam/

[@unknownunknown7984]

Clearly men and women did interact without flirting as this was the case during the Prophets time. Countless stories of this happening. Even then, people are not animals, they are humans. They can control their desires and talk normally with people of the opposite gender, or they could just not view that other person in that way.