Daniel Pipes Quotes

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• 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…
• Western European societies are unprepared for the massive immigration of brown-skinned peoples cooking strange foods and maintaining different standards of hygiene. All immigrants bring exotic…
• 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…
• There is no problem with Islam itself or with the Muslims, but these are difficult times, and the difficulty stems from radical Islam.
• Israelis must be encouraged to defeat the Palestinians.
• 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,…
• The Palestinians are a miserable people...and they deserve to be.
• All immigrants bring exotic customs and attitudes, but Muslim customs are more troublesome than most.
• Ultimately, there is no compromise. Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not.
• Again and again, when Westerners are perceived as denigrating Muhammad, the Koran, or Islam, Islamists demonstrate, riot or kill.
• Nothing in the constitutions of Western states requires them to get involved in every foreign conflict.
• You can't just read the Koran to understand Muslim life. You have to look at history, at personalities, at economics, and so on.
• Any Westerner can now buy a Koran for a dollar and burn it, while any Muslim with a platform can transform that act into a…
• I draw a distinction between traditional Islam and Islamism. Islamism emerged in its modern form in the 1920s and is driven by a belief that…
• 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…
• 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.…
• So, this is my plea to all Western editors and producers: Display the Muhammad cartoon daily, until the Islamists become accustomed to the fact that…
• The Israelis are very smart about politics and strategy, but there are a few exceptions. One is Lebanon, the other is Gaza, where they were…
• 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…
• 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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