Daniel Pipes

Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up.

— Daniel Pipes

You can't just read the Koran to understand Muslim life. You have to look at history, at personalities, at economics, and so…

— Daniel Pipes

So, this is my plea to all Western editors and producers: Display the Muhammad cartoon daily, until the Islamists become accustomed to…

— Daniel Pipes

It’s a mistake to blame Islam, a religion 14 centuries old, for the evil that should be ascribed to militant Islam, a…

— Daniel Pipes

In the long term, the United States could greatly benefit Islam by uniquely freeing the religion from government constraints and permitting it…

— Daniel Pipes

Integrationists are delighted to live in a democratic country where the rule of law prevails, whereas chauvinists wish to import the customs…

— Daniel Pipes

To me, every fundamentalist Muslim, no matter how peaceable in his own behavior, is part of a murderous movement and is thus,…

— Daniel Pipes

Again and again, when Westerners are perceived as denigrating Muhammad, the Koran, or Islam, Islamists demonstrate, riot or kill.

— Daniel Pipes

Nothing in the constitutions of Western states requires them to get involved in every foreign conflict.

— Daniel Pipes

My career divides in two: before and after 9/11. In the first part I was trying to show that Islam is relevant…

— Daniel Pipes

The Koran is a not 'a product of Muhammad or even of Arabia,' but a collection of earlier Judeo-Christian liturgical materials stitched…

— Daniel Pipes

Ultimately, there is no compromise. Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not.

— Daniel Pipes

Anti-Islamist Muslims - who wish to live modern lives, unencumbered by burqas, fatwas and violent visions of jihad - are on the…

— Daniel Pipes

All immigrants bring exotic customs and attitudes, but Muslim customs are more troublesome than most.

— Daniel Pipes

The Jewish connection to Jerusalem is an ancient and powerful one. Judaism made Jerusalem a holy city over three thousand years ago…

— Daniel Pipes

The Palestinians are a miserable people...and they deserve to be.

— Daniel Pipes

Western European societies are unprepared for the massive immigration of brown-skinned peoples cooking strange foods and maintaining different standards of hygiene. All…

— Daniel Pipes

I draw a distinction between traditional Islam and Islamism. Islamism emerged in its modern form in the 1920s and is driven by…

— Daniel Pipes

The Israelis are very smart about politics and strategy, but there are a few exceptions. One is Lebanon, the other is Gaza,…

— Daniel Pipes

There is no problem with Islam itself or with the Muslims, but these are difficult times, and the difficulty stems from radical…

— Daniel Pipes

Israelis must be encouraged to defeat the Palestinians.

— Daniel Pipes

Any Westerner can now buy a Koran for a dollar and burn it, while any Muslim with a platform can transform that…

— Daniel Pipes