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Daniel Pipes

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Daniel Pipes

“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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Daniel Pipes

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

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Daniel Pipes

“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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“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.”

Source/Notes: Bin Laden Is a Fundamentalist, National Review Online (2001-10-22)

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“Israelis must be encouraged to defeat the Palestinians.”

Source/Notes: Daniel Pipes, Peacemaker? - Mother Jones (magazine).

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

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Daniel Pipes

“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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“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 Muslims can be strong and rich again if they follow the Islamic law severely and in its entirety. This is a response to the trauma of modern Islam.”

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Daniel Pipes

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

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“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 we turn sacred cows into hamburger.”

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“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 fighting offense. As passions rise on both sides of the divide, Western provocateurs and Islamist hotheads have found each other, as confrontations occur with increasing frequency.”

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“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 completely inept.”

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

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