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Submitted by Sol Levitin (United States), Oct 2, 2003 at 10:49

Dear Dr. Pipes,

As your ardent supporter and admirer, I'd like to understand why you refuse to debate reps of militant Islam? Isn't an open debate a good old american tradition/virtue?

Respectfully,

Sol Levitin

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Daniel Pipes replies:

Look at the transcripts of when I did argue with them, and the insults, shouting, and calumnies. I neither wish to subject myself to this treatment nor to legitimize them by my presence.