“In their effort to build a way of life based purely on the Shar’i laws, Islamists strain to reject all aspects of Western influence—customs, philosophy, political institutions and values. Despite these efforts, they absorb vast amounts from the West . . . Even Ayatollah Khomeini, who was more traditional than most Islamists, failed in his effort to found a government purely on the principles of Shi’i Islam. He ended up with a republic based on a constitution that represents the nation via the decisions of a parliament which is chosen through popular elections—every one of these Western concepts. Militant Islam stealthily appropriates from the West while denying that it is doing so” (Daniel Pipes, Militant Islam Reaches America, pp. 7-8).
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