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To: LindyBill who wrote (1392)	5/24/2003 10:23:24 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793778

Where's the Muslim Debate? Islamists try to bork Daniel Pipes. Moderates are their real target. snip Although the Washington Post, among others, has editorialized against his appointment, the controversy should be seen in the context of the civil war of ideas in the Muslim world--between those who wish to reconcile adherence to their faith with modernity and those seeking the restoration of a mythical glorious past. The Pipes nomination has become a test of strength for those Islamists who wish to paint the war against terrorism as a war against Islam. At least, however badly done this essay is, it's good to see that the author puts the basic Bush binary spin on the Pipes nomination: the oppositon to Pipes nomination is basically against modernity. Good versus evil; truth versus falsehood; modernity versus tradition. What a load. Fortunately, it's only the usual National Review stuff.