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  • Group Pans Selection Of Phila. Man For Panel (CAIR Calls Pipes "Islamophobe")

    04/05/2003 4:57:53 AM PST · by joesnuffy · 4 replies · 242+ views
    Philidelphia Inqirer ^ | Fri, Apr. 04, 2003 | David O'Reilly
    Posted on Fri, Apr. 04, 2003 Group pans selection of Phila. man for panel By David O'Reilly Inquirer Staff Writer The White House yesterday announced that President Bush had nominated Daniel Pipes of Philadelphia, a controversial scholar of militant Islam, to the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace. An American Muslim advocacy group that Pipes has called "Osama bin Laden's representatives in Washington" quickly denounced the appointment as "insensitive" and called on Bush to rescind it. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) yesterday described Pipes as "the nation's leading Islamophobe" and an advocate for Israeli interests. Pipes is director...