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at their moment of triumph exactly which acts of Amanullah had stung them most deeply and provoked them to drive him from his kingship. "All his acts were contrary to the orders of the Koran and to the example set by the Holy Prophet. The following are clear examples of his violation of the Shariat of the Prophet and of introducing his own inventions instead. 1. He abandoned the forms of salutations and introduced instead a sign after the fashion of the unbelievers and against the example of the Prophet, and forcibly persuaded the Muslims to adopt this method. 2. He introduced hats after the fashion of the unbelievers and abandoned the turban which was worn by the Prophet, with which headdress only can prayers be performed completely. A man who violated Amanulla's rule regarding hats was subject to punishment. 3. He changed the Islamic dress which was used by Muslims of the past, and gave orders that all should resemble the unbelievers in the manner of dress. The new dress is still in use. 4. The Koran says that men and women who are strangers should not show their eyes to one another. Amanullah, however, cast aside this grand order of God and gave orders for the unveiling of women. 5. The religious lawyers considered it unlawful that a grown up women should go out of her house without the permission of her husband. Amanullah, however, gave orders that all women and 134