Daniel Pipes
Daniel Pipes
Daniel Pipesis an American historian, writer, political commentator and pro-israel lobbyist. He is the president of the Middle East Forum, and publisher of its Middle East Quarterly journal. His writing focuses on the American foreign policy and the Middle East. He is also an Expert at Wikistrat...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth9 September 1949
CountryUnited States of America
christian doubt age
The Koran is a not 'a product of Muhammad or even of Arabia,' but a collection of earlier Judeo-Christian liturgical materials stitched together to meet the needs of a later age...A few scholars go even further, doubting even the existence of Muhammad.
constitution conflict states
Nothing in the constitutions of Western states requires them to get involved in every foreign conflict.
personality looks economics
You can't just read the Koran to understand Muslim life. You have to look at history, at personalities, at economics, and so on.
civilization comeback insult
Ultimately, there is no compromise. Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not.
attitude exotic customs
All immigrants bring exotic customs and attitudes, but Muslim customs are more troublesome than most.
government long islam
In the long term, the United States could greatly benefit Islam by uniquely freeing the religion from government constraints and permitting it to evolve in a positive, modern direction. But that's the long term.
fashion war civilization
To me, every fundamentalist Muslim, no matter how peaceable in his own behavior, is part of a murderous movement and is thus, in some fashion, a foot soldier in the war that bin Laden has launched against civilization.
defeat be-encouraged palestinian
Israelis must be encouraged to defeat the Palestinians.
islam difficult-times problem
There is no problem with Islam itself or with the Muslims, but these are difficult times, and the difficulty stems from radical Islam.
mistake evil islam
It’s a mistake to blame Islam, a religion 14 centuries old, for the evil that should be ascribed to militant Islam, a totalitarian ideology less than a century old. Militant Islam is the problem, but moderate Islam is the solution.
islam muhammad riot
Again and again, when Westerners are perceived as denigrating Muhammad, the Koran, or Islam, Islamists demonstrate, riot or kill.
powerful years cities
The Jewish connection to Jerusalem is an ancient and powerful one. Judaism made Jerusalem a holy city over three thousand years ago and through all that time Jews remained steadfast to it.
country law wish
Integrationists are delighted to live in a democratic country where the rule of law prevails, whereas chauvinists wish to import the customs of the Middle East and South Asia.
determination voice goal
Anti-Islamist Muslims - who wish to live modern lives, unencumbered by burqas, fatwas and violent visions of jihad - are on the defensive and atomized. However eloquent, their individual voices cannot compete with the roar of militant Islam's determination, money (much of it from overseas) and violence. As a result, militant Islam, with its West-phobia and goal of world hegemony, dominates Islam in the West and appears to many to be the only kind of Islam.