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
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Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts, ... Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up.
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Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up.
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My career divides in two: before and after 9/11. In the first part I was trying to show that Islam is relevant to political concerns. If you want to understand Muslims, I argued, you need to understand the role of Islam in their lives. Now that seems obvious.
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Treason as a concept is defunct in the West. To succeed in war, governments need take this change into account.
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I have a symbiotic relationship with my opponents -- their coming out against me arouses curiosity in what I have to say,
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Nothing in the constitutions of Western states requires them to get involved in every foreign conflict.
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You can't just read the Koran to understand Muslim life. You have to look at history, at personalities, at economics, and so on.
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Ultimately, there is no compromise. Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not.
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All immigrants bring exotic customs and attitudes, but Muslim customs are more troublesome than most.
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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.
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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.
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Israelis must be encouraged to defeat the Palestinians.
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There is no problem with Islam itself or with the Muslims, but these are difficult times, and the difficulty stems from radical Islam.
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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.