Islam discourages free mixing between men and women, especially when alone, but not all forms of interaction. The intention of all restrictions is to keep interaction at a modest level. They may, for instance, socialize in order to know each other as ordained by God in the Quran (Surah al-Hujurat), as long as there is no obscenity, touching, secret meetings or flirting, according to the general rules of interaction between the genders.There is no evidence from the Quran or Hadith that enforces the segregation of sexes.In fact, there is actually evidence of the opposite. Notable Canadian scholar Sheikh Ahmad Kutty has said segregation of the sexes is not a requirement in Islam, as men and women used to interact during Muhammed's time without any partitions
