I feel that Daniel Pipes misleads people into thinking there is a "good islam" and a "bad islam". This is simply not the case.
I was concerned about this a while back an emailed him, he simply replied saying that he did not agree with my conclusions and he gave no reasons. I tried in vain to explain to him that his conclusions could mislead people.
If you want to stump him you can ask him the reason why that what he calls "moderate Islam" sympathizes with "militant islam" and he wont be able to give a clear answer.
What I feel he fails to understand is that every muslim aspires to be a good muslim, a "pure muslim". Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban followed this path. They did not follow Islam to the extreme as westerners like to think or allege but they did follow Islam "by the book" and as such they will be viewed within the muslim society not as extremists but as purists.
You see the Taliban follows not the rule of man, but rather the rule of Allah. Ask any muslim on the planet which law should supersede the other and they will ALWAYS say the rule of Allah.
Being a "moderate" would be interpreted by the majority of muslims as being not pure or not a complete muslim and as such, no muslim aspires to be a moderate.
There is not a "good islam" and "bad islam" but there are good muslims and bad muslims and this is where Daniel Pipes makes his mistake.