Dear bros and sistrs, here instead of focusing on the need of mixing between the genders, we should think whether there is a necessity for it or not. From the prophet (s.a.w) hadith which says, no man and woman are alone together, except shaitan is the third person, and from the qur\'anic verses which asks men and women to lower their gaze and cover themselves up, and to speak from a screen etc. and the concept of mahram, all these are taught to us to follow, not just to object because we are desperate in need of having a mix society. First of all, we must have faith that our beautiful religion is the true religion, and whatever is told to us in Qur\'an and authentic sunnah are only for the benifit of us in both the worlds. These rules of shari\'ah is to protect us from being offended and taken off our rights. Its for both men and woman, not just woman. But if there is a necessity, and a woman is in a situation all alone and has to go to market to buy something, and talks to a shop keeper who is a man, then ALLAH knows her situation and there\'s nothng wrong in it. We are being in our limits and yet fulfilling our needs. All these thoughts of craving for a mix society, first in schools, then in society etc etc. are nothing but a shaytanic deception, sponsored by the kuffar and it will ultimately lead us nowhere except committing sin and ending up in jahannam. Lets all try to be steadfast in holding to thee rope of islam, and follow whatever Quran and sunnah says and reject the rest! For this we need to have better understanding of our religion and have strong faith. And lets not imitate the unbilievers and wish to have those \"outward looking\" freedom which they posses, which is a \"restriction\" by itself. Islam is the only religion which protects and give rights in full.

Intermingling of the two sexes was banned only after the appearance of Juhayman and his followers in Saudi Arabia. Those extremists adversely affected people’s thoughts under the name of “the awakening,” which gives the impression that there is a new thought looming on the horizon. They spread their thoughts through cassette tapes and booklets, until they affected the convictions of the Muslims in our countries and made them extremists and skeptics, who mistrust all people. Now, the neighbor mistrusts his neighbor, and the brother mistrusts his brother because of those extremists. However, we used to hear that things were very good in the past, and many of the elders long for the old days, due to the purity of their hearts. The awakening thought is more dangerous than the thoughts of Kharijites. This awakening is the origin of terrorism and the explosions in the Muslim world and all over the world. It is also the origin of Takfir.

It is true that there is nothing wrong with having mixed company between men and women when it comes to work, however, the Prophet has forbidden the company between a man and woman alone; but as for mixing, there is no evidence!. We have become so weary of sitting at home, we want to work and we really need to. I don’t understand why the Saudi women are not allowed to work and drive, etc. Greetings from a weary teenage girl.