Muslims Protest Bush Nominee (Daniel Pipes)

Washington Post ^ | 4/7/03 | Alan Cooperman

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It's Round 3 of the bare-knuckle slugfest between Daniel Pipes and U.S. Muslim organizations.

The first round was on the Internet, and it went to Pipes. The second round was on college campuses, and it went to Muslim groups. Round 3 is at the U.S. Institute of Peace.

President Bush last week nominated Pipes for a seat on the board of directors of USIP, a nonpartisan, federal think tank established by Congress to promote "the prevention, management and resolution of international conflicts."

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a D.C.-based civil rights group, called on the White House to rescind the nomination or the Senate to reject it.

Many American Muslims regard Pipes as "the nation's leading Islamophobe," the council said in an e-mail to its supporters.

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-----Original Message-----
From: (name)
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 6:24 PM
To: president@whitehouse.gov
Subject: Daniel Pipes nomination to board of US Institute for Peace -- Thank You!
Importance: High

Dear Mr. President:

Excellent choice placing Mr. Pipes on the board of the US Institute for Peace.

Thank You!

Prayers and warmest regards for you and Mrs. Bush,

(name)

[spodefly]

I got the feeling you would like this thread ... :)

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OFFICIAL BUMP(TOPIC)LIST

[lainde]

Daniel has been way ahead of the curve on the Islamic threat.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

"Pipes's anti-Muslim polemics have had the opposite impact of that sought by the institute. His views promote unending conflict, not peace."

Translation: Pipes is trying to defeat our efforts to take over the world. The left has promoted the Muslim cause simply to defeat America. The left and the Muslims are one, for the moment.