In order to maintain this strong influence of religion in their society, they chose to weaken their economic ties with the Western world. By doing so, they hoped this would serve as a means to protect their society from the un-Islamic influence of the Western society (Guillaud). The Islamic people were also wary of the Western world technologies that were introduced to them throughout the years, although they were eager to accept some of the Western innovations. For instance, paper was “eagerly adopted in the Middle East,” however the Islamic people refused the printing press because they saw it as “a potential instrument of sacrilege and heresy” (Landes,
In order to maintain this strong influence of religion in their society, they chose to weaken their economic ties with the Western world. By doing so, they hoped this would serve as a means to protect their society from the un-Islamic influence of the Western society (Guillaud). The Islamic people were also wary of the Western world technologies that were introduced to them throughout the years, although they were eager to accept some of the Western innovations. For instance, paper was “eagerly adopted in the Middle East,” however the Islamic people refused the printing press because they saw it as “a potential instrument of sacrilege and heresy” (Landes,