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Daniel Pipes, born on September 9, 1949, is an American historian whose research focuses on Middle Eastern history, politics, and Islam, particularly the rise and development of Islamic fundamentalism. Pipes' extensive writings analyze and offer insights into various aspects of the Middle East.

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

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“You can't just read the Koran to understand Muslim life. You have to look at history, at personalities, at economics, and so on.”

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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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“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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“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 a positive, modern direction. But that's the long term.”

Long States Government Term United United States Modern Benefits Islam Evolve Long Term Constraints

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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.”

Ifs Want Needs Trying Firsts Two Shows Seems Political Careers Roles Concern Islam Obvious Divides Relevant Before And After

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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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“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.”

Smart Strategy Exception Gaza Very Smart Lebanon

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“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 East and South Asia.”

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“Anti-Islamist Muslims - who wish to live modern lives, unencumbered by burqas, fatwas and violent visions of jihad - are on the defensive and atomized. However eloquent, their individual voices cannot compete with the roar of militant Islam's determination, money (much of it from overseas) and violence. As a result, militant Islam, with its West-phobia and goal of world hegemony, dominates Islam in the West and appears to many to be the only kind of Islam.”

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“The Jewish connection to Jerusalem is an ancient and powerful one. Judaism made Jerusalem a holy city over three thousand years ago and through all that time Jews remained steadfast to it.”

Years Made Three Powerful Cities Holy Thousand Years Ago Connections Ancient Jew Thousand Years Judaism Jerusalem Steadfast

Book:Nothing Abides: Perspectives on the Middle East and Islam

Source: Nothing Abides: Perspectives on the Middle East and Islam

“Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up.”

Giving Doe War Ends Process Sides Conflict Giving Up Dues Resolve Diplomacy

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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 than a century old. Militant Islam is the problem, but moderate Islam is the solution.”

Should Problem Evil Mistake Century Solutions Blame Islam Ideology Moderates Militant

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“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 customs and attitudes, but Muslim customs are more troublesome than most.”

Different Attitude Strange Standards Cooking Western Immigration Brown Immigrants Massive Customs Maintaining Exotic Troublesome Hygiene Unprepared

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“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 the needs of a later age...A few scholars go even further, doubting even the existence of Muhammad.”

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“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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“Israelis must be encouraged to defeat the Palestinians.”

Defeat Palestinian Be Encouraged

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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.”

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“The Palestinians are a miserable people...and they deserve to be.”

People Deserve Miserable Palestinian Miserable People

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“All immigrants bring exotic customs and attitudes, but Muslim customs are more troublesome than most.”

Attitude Immigrants Customs Exotic Troublesome

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

Civilization Including Compromise Insult Comeback Westerners No Compromise

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Born: September 9, 1949
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