I Win Apologies, Retractions, and Corrections

Writing about the Middle East and Islam is a rough business, one where my critics sometimes go over the line into factual misrepresentation. I on occasion – in particular, when factual mistakes are involved – take the time to point this out. Here's a running log, in reverse chronological order, of the apologies, retractions, and corrections as I extract them.

• "Irfan Yusuf Apologizes to Daniel Pipes." September 17, 2008. Yusuf apologizes for writing in the Canberra Times that I stated that "Muslims thoroughly deserved" to be victims of a new Holocaust in Europe. Oct. 1, 2008 update: The same article also appeared in the New Zealand Herald and Yusuf today apologized a second time, for the calumny in that publication; see "Irfan Yusuf Apologizes Again to Daniel Pipes."

• "‘Muslim Weekly' Apologizes to Daniel Pipes." March 3, 2008. The London publication retracts its reporting of Tariq Ramadan's accusation against me.

• "[The Canadian Islamic Congress:] An Islamist Apology, July 19, 2005. The CIC apologizes for asserting that I want "to ethnically cleanse America of its Muslim presence."

(September 17, 2008)

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