Copyright 2010 Daniel Pipes Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:08:13 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Daniel Pipes :: Writings http://www.danielpipes.org MeqMef@aol.com (Daniel Pipes) webmaster@danielpipes.org en-us http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2010/03/darwish-pipes-sultan-joint-statement Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST A person calling himself Muhammad Rahuma announced on the Free Copts (Al-Aqbat Al-Ahrar) website (click here) that the three of us will be addressing a conference he will hold in Washington on May 1 on the subject of converting Muslims to Christianity. http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2010/03/the-worst-crisis-in-35-years Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST On the surface, that the Obama administration decided one fine day to pick a fight with the government of Israel looks like an unmitigated disaster for the Jewish state. What could be worse than its most important ally provoking the worst crisis http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2010/03/popping-linda-sarsours-balloon Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST According to a flattering profile about her, Linda Sarsour of Brooklyn has "got her hands in everything" as director of the Arab American Association of New York, the Coordinator of Community Initiatives for the YWCA Brooklyn, a member of the Coalition http://www.danielpipes.org/8097/cair-attacks-foreign-policy-research-institute Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST The Council on American-Islamic Relations is up to its usual assault on the discussion of Islam. Its Philadelphia chapter is holding a press conference on March 17 at which it plans "to announce the launch of a nationwide campaign to challenge anti-Islam http://www.danielpipes.org/8077/america-palestinian-militia Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST "The stupidest program the U.S. government has ever undertaken" – last year that's what I called American efforts to improve the Palestinian Authority (PA) military force. Slightly hyperbolic, yes, but the description fits because those efforts enhance http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2010/03/biden-in-israel Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST Joe Biden's trip to Israel fits neatly into the context of the Obama administration's internal struggle over Israel policy. The far left prevailed initially, as evidenced by Hilary Clinton's May 2009 declaration that Obama "wants to see a stop to http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2010/03/iraq-cosmetic-election Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST "It takes a cynical mind not to share in the achievement of Iraq's national elections." So writes the Wall Street Journal editorial board today. I'm no cynic, but my mood about Iraq could variously be described as depressed, despairing, despondent, http://www.danielpipes.org/8009/crisis-in-turkey Tue, 2 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST The arrest and indictment of top military figures in Turkey last week precipitated potentially the most severe crisis since Atatürk founded the republic in 1923. The weeks ahead will probably indicate whether the country continues its slide toward http://www.danielpipes.org/8131/jihad-through-american-courts Sun, 1 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST On March 20, 2002, officers from the FBI, customs, immigration, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), raided nineteen offices and residences in Virginia and Georgia in the largest action against suspected terrorism-financing http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2010/02/believe-rashad-hussain Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST Rashad Hussain, Barack Obama's special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, has run into a problem: He appears to be an Islamist. The evidence largely concerns a public statement he made six years ago, as Josh Gerstein reports in Politico http://www.danielpipes.org/7967/keith-ellison-where-are-you Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST The leftist magazine Tikkun, in its January–February 2010 issue, carries an "Interview with Keith Ellison" in which the magazine's editor asks the Democratic congressman from Minnesota about my recent article "Islamism 2.0": MICHAEL LERNER: You are aware http://www.danielpipes.org/7964/mideast-bet-on-strong-horse Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST The violence and cruelty of Arabs often perplexes Westerners. Not only does the leader of Hizbullah proclaim "We love death," but so too does, for example, a 24-year-old man who last month yelled "We love death more than you love life" as he crashed his http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2010/02/iran-revolution-anniversary Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST As protesters prepare to gather and the regime flexes its muscle, where does Iran stand? The regime, its grip there, its place in the world? The democracy advocates'? National Review Online asked our experts to assess the situation in Iran and how the http://www.danielpipes.org/7940/sarah-palin-endorses-bomb-iran Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST My National Review Online column last week carried the provocative title, "How to Save the Obama Presidency: Bomb Iran," and provoke it surely did. Leftists on websites like ThinkProgress and DailyKos reacted voluminously and in slightly crazed ways, http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2010/02/geert-wilders-western-civilization-on-trial Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST As the Geert Wilders case goes into pre-trial, National Review Online asked our experts: Is there any legitimate reason he's in court? What are the implications of such a trial being held, never mind its outcome? (For replies by Bat Ye'or, Paul