RELIGION AND SOCIETY

Religion and Society ~ 424 ~ illegitimacy rate of 75%, tops the list. This same report shows that Muslim countries have almost no illegitimate children. In Egypt, which has been most exposed to western influence, there are less than one percent. How is it that Muslim countries have not succumbed to this modern ‘epidemic’? The editors of the report say: “Since polygamy is in practice in Muslim countries, the business of illegitimate relations is not flourishing. The principle of polygamy has saved the Muslim countries from the storm of the time.” (From an article, ‘More Out than In’)10 Human lawmakers have likewise had difficulty in finding grounds for the prohibition of alcohol. Eating and drinking are looked upon as fundamental rights, not to be tampered with by law. Society does not see anything wrong with drinking liquor nor, indeed, with becoming intoxicated. Only when one disturbs the peace under the influence of drink, say, by fighting with and abusing others does the law step in. Similarly, those who drive in a drunken condition are punishable by law because they are liable to harm