The emancipation of women, more than any other single issue, is the touchstone of difference between modernization and westernization. The emancipation of women is westernization; both for traditional conservatives and radical fundamentalists it is neither necessary nor useful but noxious, a betrayal of true Islamic values.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The emancipation of women, more than any other single issue, is the touchstone of difference between modernization and westernization. The emancipation of women is westernization; both for traditional conservatives and radical fundamentalists it is neither necessary nor useful but noxious, a betrayal of true Islamic values." in the context of "Bernard Lewis, as quoted in "War Without End: Why Iraq Can Never Be A Stable Democracy" (20 June 2014), by Loren Thompson, Forbes." to mean that wisdom is timeless.