- Agree that women are encouraged to keep their father's name
*Agree that children get father's name
*Disagree that 'last names' are 'western ideology' not used in the Prophet's time. They were used---they originated as tribe or clan names or indicated the town the family was from. So for example, Fatima bint Muhammad was not simply Fatima bint Muhammad, but Fatima bint Muhammad al Qureishi, and 'al Qureishi' would help distinguish her outside her immediate circle and especially outside the clan. Over time as tribal or clan structures became less important, professions, castes, etc., replaced some of the tribal last names as last names. Even in the West, most of our last names originated in the same way----my maiden name is the clan name for my father's Scottish ancestors and I know anyone with the same name was originally from the same clan hundreds of years ago. So I think using either the father's last or first name is acceptable.