The author is dismayed by the book "Women in the Developing World: Thoughts and Ideals" by Bangladeshi feminist writer Hasna Begum in which she claims that, according to Islamic concepts, woman was created for the pleasure of man implying that her life itself is of no value whatsoever, attacks polygamy and criticizes other attitudes of Islam concerning women. He calls on the scholars of Al-Azhar to confront and refute her ideas.