Innovations To Islam
Islamists and Islamic revivalists have striven to eliminate Western practices in their lives - the use of toothbrushes, mixing of the sexes, women walking about with uncovered heads, Saturday-Sunday weekend days off, applause of speakers - but according to Daniel Pipes, "even in rejecting the West, they accept it," and introduce Western-style innovations to Islam.
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