Well known “Mideast Scholar” and bigot Daniel Pipes recently called for reform in Islam during a series of lectures in Michigan. The Michigan Daily reports almost a genial tone in Pipe’s speech and mentions that protesters, while present, did not disrupt the speech. In this article, it seems that Pipes only wants what is best for Muslims, saying that radical Islam is detrimental for both Muslims and non-Muslims. The protesters, however, saw through Pipes’s words:
“Henry Herskovitz, a member of Jewish Witnesses for Peace and Friends, was among the protesters opposed to Pipes’s visiting campus. Herskovitz, an Ann Arbor resident, said Pipes’s Zionist views “run contrary to the essence of Judaism.”
Zeeshaan Bhatti, president of the Muslim Students’ Association, described Pipes’ views on Islam as ‘biased, misinformed and distorted.’ “
In a related article entitled “Giuliani Advisor: Raze Palestinian Villages” published by Harper’s on September 14, reporter Ken Silverstein delves into the hypocrisy pertaining to Israel and Palestine. He cites how Daniel Pipes, who is also the new Foreign Policy Advisor for Republican Candidate Rudy Guiliani, can get away with proposing war crimes against the Palestinians. Meanwhile current Democratic Candidate Barack Obama has to scramble to distance himself from the book The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, after a “sponsored by” link on Amazon.com’s page for the book included a link to Obama’s campaign, and ensure everyone knows his unwavering support for Israel.
Silverstein ends with these words: “For the record, there’s much I disagree with in the Mearsheimer/Walt Book [The Israel Lobby]. But there’s something terribly wrong with the American debate on the Middle East when, due to public criticism, Obama’s campaign flees from an unintentional link to that book, while a Giuliani advisor argues for a policy of ethnic cleansing against Palestinians and his comments pass unremarked.”
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