Apr. 11, 2012 update : Ha'aretz opened its pages to Carl Perkal , a self-described “documentary film producer and media consultant living in Israel.” to attack this column in “Daniel Pipes' attack on Israeli Arabs is baseless and inflammatory.” I am accused of writing “an aggressive and confused jumble of half-truths and misunderstandings about the Arabs citizens of Israel.” Trouble is, I barely recognize what I wrote in Perkal's “baseless and inflammatory” attack on me. So, I won't respond to it. Apr. 22, 2012 update : Happily, Ariel Solomon replied to Perkal today in the Times of Israel , in “ Haaretz Publishes Spurious Attack Against Daniel Pipes.” Solomon comments there that “In his delusional piece, Perkal makes a number of erroneous arguments, writing as if he did not actually read Pipes's article.” Precisely. May 15, 2012 update : Perkal goes another round at “A Reply to Ariel Solomon,” where he disagrees with many specifics and concludes rather grandly by advising Solomon to “respond to the bigger picture as I have presented it both here and in my previous article. The fate of Israel may well depend on it.” Related Topics: Israel & Zionism , Palestinians receive the latest by email: subscribe to daniel pipes' free mailing list This text may be reposted or forwarded so long as it is presented as an integral whole with complete and accurate information provided about its author, date, place of publication, and original URL. Comment on this item बिडम्बना है कि इन कार्यों का सबसे बडा परिणाम यह होगा कि अधिकतर अरब इजरायली मुखर रूप से यहूदी राज्य के अस्वामिभक्त नागरिक बने रहेंगे ( फिलीस्तीनी राज्य के स्वामिभक्त नागरिक के विपरीत) । इससे आगे अनेक मध्य पूर्वी मुस्लिम इजरायली बनने की आकाँक्षा रखते हैं ( जिसे मैं मुस्लिम आलिया कहता हूँ) । मेरे अनुसार इन प्राथमिकताओं से इजरायल की सरकार कठिन स्थिति में आ जायेगी और इसके लिये पर्याप्त प्रतिक्रिया नहीं दे पायेगी जिसके चलते आज जो कुछ शांतिपूर्ण दिख रहा है वह कल के लिये समस्या बन जायेगा।
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Apr. 11, 2012 update : Ha'aretz opened its pages to Carl Perkal , a self-described “documentary film producer and media consultant living in Israel.” to attack this column in “Daniel Pipes' attack on Israeli Arabs is baseless and inflammatory.” I am accused of writing “an aggressive and confused jumble of half-truths and misunderstandings about the Arabs citizens of Israel.” Trouble is, I barely recognize what I wrote in Perkal's “baseless and inflammatory” attack on me. So, I won't respond to it. Apr. 22, 2012 update : Happily, Ariel Solomon replied to Perkal today in the Times of Israel , in “ Haaretz Publishes Spurious Attack Against Daniel Pipes.” Solomon comments there that “In his delusional piece, Perkal makes a number of erroneous arguments, writing as if he did not actually read Pipes's article.” Precisely. May 15, 2012 update : Perkal goes another round at “A Reply to Ariel Solomon,” where he disagrees with many specifics and concludes rather grandly by advising Solomon to “respond to the bigger picture as I have presented it both here and in my previous article. The fate of Israel may well depend on it.” Related Topics: Israel & Zionism , Palestinians receive the latest by email: subscribe to daniel pipes' free mailing list This text may be reposted or forwarded so long as it is presented as an integral whole with complete and accurate information provided about its author, date, place of publication, and original URL. Comment on this item बिडम्बना है कि इन कार्यों का सबसे बडा परिणाम यह होगा कि अधिकतर अरब इजरायली मुखर रूप से यहूदी राज्य के अस्वामिभक्त नागरिक बने रहेंगे ( फिलीस्तीनी राज्य के स्वामिभक्त नागरिक के विपरीत) । इससे आगे अनेक मध्य पूर्वी मुस्लिम इजरायली बनने की आकाँक्षा रखते हैं ( जिसे मैं मुस्लिम आलिया कहता हूँ) । मेरे अनुसार इन प्राथमिकताओं से इजरायल की सरकार कठिन स्थिति में आ जायेगी और इसके लिये पर्याप्त प्रतिक्रिया नहीं दे पायेगी जिसके चलते आज जो कुछ शांतिपूर्ण दिख रहा है वह कल के लिये समस्या बन जायेगा।
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Apr. 11, 2012 update : Ha'aretz opened its pages to Carl Perkal , a self-described “documentary film producer and media consultant living in Israel.” to attack this column in “Daniel Pipes' attack on Israeli Arabs is baseless and inflammatory.” I am accused of writing “an aggressive and confused jumble of half-truths and misunderstandings about the Arabs citizens of Israel.” Trouble is, I barely recognize what I wrote in Perkal's “baseless and inflammatory” attack on me. So, I won't respond to it. Apr. 22, 2012 update : Happily, Ariel Solomon replied to Perkal today in the Times of Israel , in “ Haaretz Publishes Spurious Attack Against Daniel Pipes.” Solomon comments there that “In his delusional piece, Perkal makes a number of erroneous arguments, writing as if he did not actually read Pipes's article.” Precisely. May 15, 2012 update : Perkal goes another round at “A Reply to Ariel Solomon,” where he disagrees with many specifics and concludes rather grandly by advising Solomon to “respond to the bigger picture as I have presented it both here and in my previous article. The fate of Israel may well depend on it.” Related Topics: Israel & Zionism , Palestinians receive the latest by email: subscribe to daniel pipes' free mailing list This text may be reposted or forwarded so long as it is presented as an integral whole with complete and accurate information provided about its author, date, place of publication, and original URL. Comment on this item बिडम्बना है कि इन कार्यों का सबसे बडा परिणाम यह होगा कि अधिकतर अरब इजरायली मुखर रूप से यहूदी राज्य के अस्वामिभक्त नागरिक बने रहेंगे ( फिलीस्तीनी राज्य के स्वामिभक्त नागरिक के विपरीत) । इससे आगे अनेक मध्य पूर्वी मुस्लिम इजरायली बनने की आकाँक्षा रखते हैं ( जिसे मैं मुस्लिम आलिया कहता हूँ) । मेरे अनुसार इन प्राथमिकताओं से इजरायल की सरकार कठिन स्थिति में आ जायेगी और इसके लिये पर्याप्त प्रतिक्रिया नहीं दे पायेगी जिसके चलते आज जो कुछ शांतिपूर्ण दिख रहा है वह कल के लिये समस्या बन जायेगा।
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These commanding majorities are higher than in earlier years, suggesting that opinion in Europe is hardening and will grow yet more hostile to Islamism over time. In this way, Islamist aggression assures that anti-Islamism in the West is winning its race with Islamism. High-profile Muslim attacks like the ones in Boston exacerbate this trend. That is its strategic significance. That explains my cautious optimism about repulsing the Islamist threat. Apr. 27, 2013 update : Herbert Eiteneier translates me into German and often catches mistakes or adds interesting commentary to my writings. Today he points out that “People won't harden their views on Islamism but on Islam.” He's right - and that is the gist of the many indicators in my piece above. Those political parties and polling results from Europe are not about Islamism but Islam. The reason I overlooked this is my expectation that, with time, Europeans and others will grow more sophisticated. But for now, yes, the hostility is to Islam itself. Apr. 29, 2013 update : Ha'aretz , “the Palestinian newspaper printed in Hebrew” (in the felicitous phrase of Steven Plaut ) has served up the weirdest response to this article. In a commentary by one Bradley Burston , the paper castigates Mark Steyn and me for rejecting “any association between Islamist terrorism and U.S. - and for that matter, Israeli - military operations” in the case of the Boston marathon attack. Comment : Leave it the sicko Israeli left to label the Jewish state as the root cause when no one else so much as mentioned it. Related Topics: Muslims in the West , Public opinion polls , Terrorism receive the latest by email: subscribe to daniel pipes' free mailing list This text may be reposted or forwarded so long as it is presented as an integral whole with complete and accurate information provided about its author, date, place of publication, and original URL. Comment on this item यह संख्या पिछले कुछ वर्षों के मुकाबले कहीं अधिक है जिससे कि प्रकट होता है कि यूरोप में लोगों का विचार कठोर होता जा रहा है और आने वाले समय में इस्लामवाद के विरुद्ध यह अधिक शत्रुवत होता जायेगा। इस प्रकार इस्लामवादी आक्रामकता से यह सुनिश्चित होता है कि पश्चिम में इस्लामवाद के मुकाबले इस्लामावाद विरोध विजयी हो रहा है। बोस्टन की भाँति उच्च स्तरीय मुस्लिम आक्रमण इस रुझान को अधिक गति प्रदान करते हैं। यही इसका रणनीतिक महत्व है। इसी के चलते इस्लामवादी खतरे को लेकर मेरा सतर्क आशावाद है।
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These commanding majorities are higher than in earlier years, suggesting that opinion in Europe is hardening and will grow yet more hostile to Islamism over time. In this way, Islamist aggression assures that anti-Islamism in the West is winning its race with Islamism. High-profile Muslim attacks like the ones in Boston exacerbate this trend. That is its strategic significance. That explains my cautious optimism about repulsing the Islamist threat. Apr. 27, 2013 update : Herbert Eiteneier translates me into German and often catches mistakes or adds interesting commentary to my writings. Today he points out that “People won't harden their views on Islamism but on Islam.” He's right - and that is the gist of the many indicators in my piece above. Those political parties and polling results from Europe are not about Islamism but Islam. The reason I overlooked this is my expectation that, with time, Europeans and others will grow more sophisticated. But for now, yes, the hostility is to Islam itself. Apr. 29, 2013 update : Ha'aretz , “the Palestinian newspaper printed in Hebrew” (in the felicitous phrase of Steven Plaut ) has served up the weirdest response to this article. In a commentary by one Bradley Burston , the paper castigates Mark Steyn and me for rejecting “any association between Islamist terrorism and U.S. - and for that matter, Israeli - military operations” in the case of the Boston marathon attack. Comment : Leave it the sicko Israeli left to label the Jewish state as the root cause when no one else so much as mentioned it. Related Topics: Muslims in the West , Public opinion polls , Terrorism receive the latest by email: subscribe to daniel pipes' free mailing list This text may be reposted or forwarded so long as it is presented as an integral whole with complete and accurate information provided about its author, date, place of publication, and original URL. Comment on this item यह संख्या पिछले कुछ वर्षों के मुकाबले कहीं अधिक है जिससे कि प्रकट होता है कि यूरोप में लोगों का विचार कठोर होता जा रहा है और आने वाले समय में इस्लामवाद के विरुद्ध यह अधिक शत्रुवत होता जायेगा। इस प्रकार इस्लामवादी आक्रामकता से यह सुनिश्चित होता है कि पश्चिम में इस्लामवाद के मुकाबले इस्लामावाद विरोध विजयी हो रहा है। बोस्टन की भाँति उच्च स्तरीय मुस्लिम आक्रमण इस रुझान को अधिक गति प्रदान करते हैं। यही इसका रणनीतिक महत्व है। इसी के चलते इस्लामवादी खतरे को लेकर मेरा सतर्क आशावाद है।
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These commanding majorities are higher than in earlier years, suggesting that opinion in Europe is hardening and will grow yet more hostile to Islamism over time. In this way, Islamist aggression assures that anti-Islamism in the West is winning its race with Islamism. High-profile Muslim attacks like the ones in Boston exacerbate this trend. That is its strategic significance. That explains my cautious optimism about repulsing the Islamist threat. Apr. 27, 2013 update : Herbert Eiteneier translates me into German and often catches mistakes or adds interesting commentary to my writings. Today he points out that “People won't harden their views on Islamism but on Islam.” He's right - and that is the gist of the many indicators in my piece above. Those political parties and polling results from Europe are not about Islamism but Islam. The reason I overlooked this is my expectation that, with time, Europeans and others will grow more sophisticated. But for now, yes, the hostility is to Islam itself. Apr. 29, 2013 update : Ha'aretz , “the Palestinian newspaper printed in Hebrew” (in the felicitous phrase of Steven Plaut ) has served up the weirdest response to this article. In a commentary by one Bradley Burston , the paper castigates Mark Steyn and me for rejecting “any association between Islamist terrorism and U.S. - and for that matter, Israeli - military operations” in the case of the Boston marathon attack. Comment : Leave it the sicko Israeli left to label the Jewish state as the root cause when no one else so much as mentioned it. Related Topics: Muslims in the West , Public opinion polls , Terrorism receive the latest by email: subscribe to daniel pipes' free mailing list This text may be reposted or forwarded so long as it is presented as an integral whole with complete and accurate information provided about its author, date, place of publication, and original URL. Comment on this item यह संख्या पिछले कुछ वर्षों के मुकाबले कहीं अधिक है जिससे कि प्रकट होता है कि यूरोप में लोगों का विचार कठोर होता जा रहा है और आने वाले समय में इस्लामवाद के विरुद्ध यह अधिक शत्रुवत होता जायेगा। इस प्रकार इस्लामवादी आक्रामकता से यह सुनिश्चित होता है कि पश्चिम में इस्लामवाद के मुकाबले इस्लामावाद विरोध विजयी हो रहा है। बोस्टन की भाँति उच्च स्तरीय मुस्लिम आक्रमण इस रुझान को अधिक गति प्रदान करते हैं। यही इसका रणनीतिक महत्व है। इसी के चलते इस्लामवादी खतरे को लेकर मेरा सतर्क आशावाद है।
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These commanding majorities are higher than in earlier years, suggesting that opinion in Europe is hardening and will grow yet more hostile to Islamism over time. In this way, Islamist aggression assures that anti-Islamism in the West is winning its race with Islamism. High-profile Muslim attacks like the ones in Boston exacerbate this trend. That is its strategic significance. That explains my cautious optimism about repulsing the Islamist threat. Apr. 27, 2013 update : Herbert Eiteneier translates me into German and often catches mistakes or adds interesting commentary to my writings. Today he points out that “People won't harden their views on Islamism but on Islam.” He's right - and that is the gist of the many indicators in my piece above. Those political parties and polling results from Europe are not about Islamism but Islam. The reason I overlooked this is my expectation that, with time, Europeans and others will grow more sophisticated. But for now, yes, the hostility is to Islam itself. Apr. 29, 2013 update : Ha'aretz , “the Palestinian newspaper printed in Hebrew” (in the felicitous phrase of Steven Plaut ) has served up the weirdest response to this article. In a commentary by one Bradley Burston , the paper castigates Mark Steyn and me for rejecting “any association between Islamist terrorism and U.S. - and for that matter, Israeli - military operations” in the case of the Boston marathon attack. Comment : Leave it the sicko Israeli left to label the Jewish state as the root cause when no one else so much as mentioned it. Related Topics: Muslims in the West , Public opinion polls , Terrorism receive the latest by email: subscribe to daniel pipes' free mailing list This text may be reposted or forwarded so long as it is presented as an integral whole with complete and accurate information provided about its author, date, place of publication, and original URL. Comment on this item यह संख्या पिछले कुछ वर्षों के मुकाबले कहीं अधिक है जिससे कि प्रकट होता है कि यूरोप में लोगों का विचार कठोर होता जा रहा है और आने वाले समय में इस्लामवाद के विरुद्ध यह अधिक शत्रुवत होता जायेगा। इस प्रकार इस्लामवादी आक्रामकता से यह सुनिश्चित होता है कि पश्चिम में इस्लामवाद के मुकाबले इस्लामावाद विरोध विजयी हो रहा है। बोस्टन की भाँति उच्च स्तरीय मुस्लिम आक्रमण इस रुझान को अधिक गति प्रदान करते हैं। यही इसका रणनीतिक महत्व है। इसी के चलते इस्लामवादी खतरे को लेकर मेरा सतर्क आशावाद है।
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Apr. 12, 2007 update : In two-part essay titled “Is European Civil War Inevitable by 2025?” Paul Weston calls it inevitable that Europe will find itself engaged a civil war so bloody it would make “WWII look like a bun fight.” In part I , he makes this argument on the basis of demographic projections. In part II , he focuses on Islamic imperialism and predicts quite specifically when the European reaction will set it: “Somewhere between 2017 and 2030, during a period of heightened tension, Islamists in France, Holland or Britain will blow up one church, train or plane too many. Retaliation will begin and they, in turn will respond.” Apr. 16, 2007 update : In a major review of Philip Jenkins ' new book, God's Continent: Christianity, Islam, and Europe's Religious Crisis, Richard John Neuhaus writes skeptically of Jenkins' roseate views about the European future. Writing in the May 2007 issue of First Things (“ The Much Exaggerated Death of Europe ”), Neuhaus concludes the review with this anecdote: दुर्भाग्यवश ऐसे आशावाद का आधार काफी क्षीण है। यूरोप के लोग अभी भी अपनी ईसाई पहचान प्राप्त कर अधिक सन्तान उत्पन्न कर अपनी विरासत को सँभाले रख सकते हैं। वे गैर मुस्लिम आप्रवास को प्रोत्साहित कर अपने मध्य स्थित मुसलमानों को उनकी संस्कृति से दूर रख सकते हैं। परन्तु न तो ऐसे परिवर्तन हो रहे हैं और न ही उनकी सम्भावना दिखती है। इसके बजाय मुसलमान अपने पड़ोसियों से शिकायत रखते हैं और उनसे विपरीत महत्वाकांक्षायें रखते हैं। चिन्ता इस बात कि है कि प्रत्येक मुस्लिम पीढ़ी अपनी पुरानी पीढ़ी की अपेक्षा अधिक अलग-थलग पड़ती जा रही है। कनाडा के उपन्यासकार ह्यूज मैकलेनन ने टू सालीट्यूड्स में अपने देश में अंग्रेज फ्रेन्च विभाजन के माध्यम से इसी रूप को चित्रित किया था जिस पर अधिक चर्चा नहीं हुई। उदाहरण के लिये ऐसे ध्रुव पर ब्रिटिश मुसलमान अधिकांश संख्या में मुस्लिम पहचान और ब्रिटिशपने के मध्य संघर्ष देखते हैं तथा इस्लामी कानून की स्थापना चाहते हैं।
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Apr. 12, 2007 update : In two-part essay titled “Is European Civil War Inevitable by 2025?” Paul Weston calls it inevitable that Europe will find itself engaged a civil war so bloody it would make “WWII look like a bun fight.” In part I , he makes this argument on the basis of demographic projections. In part II , he focuses on Islamic imperialism and predicts quite specifically when the European reaction will set it: “Somewhere between 2017 and 2030, during a period of heightened tension, Islamists in France, Holland or Britain will blow up one church, train or plane too many. Retaliation will begin and they, in turn will respond.” Apr. 16, 2007 update : In a major review of Philip Jenkins ' new book, God's Continent: Christianity, Islam, and Europe's Religious Crisis, Richard John Neuhaus writes skeptically of Jenkins' roseate views about the European future. Writing in the May 2007 issue of First Things (“ The Much Exaggerated Death of Europe ”), Neuhaus concludes the review with this anecdote: दुर्भाग्यवश ऐसे आशावाद का आधार काफी क्षीण है। यूरोप के लोग अभी भी अपनी ईसाई पहचान प्राप्त कर अधिक सन्तान उत्पन्न कर अपनी विरासत को सँभाले रख सकते हैं। वे गैर मुस्लिम आप्रवास को प्रोत्साहित कर अपने मध्य स्थित मुसलमानों को उनकी संस्कृति से दूर रख सकते हैं। परन्तु न तो ऐसे परिवर्तन हो रहे हैं और न ही उनकी सम्भावना दिखती है। इसके बजाय मुसलमान अपने पड़ोसियों से शिकायत रखते हैं और उनसे विपरीत महत्वाकांक्षायें रखते हैं। चिन्ता इस बात कि है कि प्रत्येक मुस्लिम पीढ़ी अपनी पुरानी पीढ़ी की अपेक्षा अधिक अलग-थलग पड़ती जा रही है। कनाडा के उपन्यासकार ह्यूज मैकलेनन ने टू सालीट्यूड्स में अपने देश में अंग्रेज फ्रेन्च विभाजन के माध्यम से इसी रूप को चित्रित किया था जिस पर अधिक चर्चा नहीं हुई। उदाहरण के लिये ऐसे ध्रुव पर ब्रिटिश मुसलमान अधिकांश संख्या में मुस्लिम पहचान और ब्रिटिशपने के मध्य संघर्ष देखते हैं तथा इस्लामी कानून की स्थापना चाहते हैं।
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Apr. 12, 2007 update : In two-part essay titled “Is European Civil War Inevitable by 2025?” Paul Weston calls it inevitable that Europe will find itself engaged a civil war so bloody it would make “WWII look like a bun fight.” In part I , he makes this argument on the basis of demographic projections. In part II , he focuses on Islamic imperialism and predicts quite specifically when the European reaction will set it: “Somewhere between 2017 and 2030, during a period of heightened tension, Islamists in France, Holland or Britain will blow up one church, train or plane too many. Retaliation will begin and they, in turn will respond.” Apr. 16, 2007 update : In a major review of Philip Jenkins ' new book, God's Continent: Christianity, Islam, and Europe's Religious Crisis, Richard John Neuhaus writes skeptically of Jenkins' roseate views about the European future. Writing in the May 2007 issue of First Things (“ The Much Exaggerated Death of Europe ”), Neuhaus concludes the review with this anecdote: दुर्भाग्यवश ऐसे आशावाद का आधार काफी क्षीण है। यूरोप के लोग अभी भी अपनी ईसाई पहचान प्राप्त कर अधिक सन्तान उत्पन्न कर अपनी विरासत को सँभाले रख सकते हैं। वे गैर मुस्लिम आप्रवास को प्रोत्साहित कर अपने मध्य स्थित मुसलमानों को उनकी संस्कृति से दूर रख सकते हैं। परन्तु न तो ऐसे परिवर्तन हो रहे हैं और न ही उनकी सम्भावना दिखती है। इसके बजाय मुसलमान अपने पड़ोसियों से शिकायत रखते हैं और उनसे विपरीत महत्वाकांक्षायें रखते हैं। चिन्ता इस बात कि है कि प्रत्येक मुस्लिम पीढ़ी अपनी पुरानी पीढ़ी की अपेक्षा अधिक अलग-थलग पड़ती जा रही है। कनाडा के उपन्यासकार ह्यूज मैकलेनन ने टू सालीट्यूड्स में अपने देश में अंग्रेज फ्रेन्च विभाजन के माध्यम से इसी रूप को चित्रित किया था जिस पर अधिक चर्चा नहीं हुई। उदाहरण के लिये ऐसे ध्रुव पर ब्रिटिश मुसलमान अधिकांश संख्या में मुस्लिम पहचान और ब्रिटिशपने के मध्य संघर्ष देखते हैं तथा इस्लामी कानून की स्थापना चाहते हैं।
