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To: Machaon who wrote (21055)	8/23/2003 1:59:04 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21614

Bush bypasses Senate to appoint Pipes Muslim lobby's fierce opposition helped stall nomination on Hill August 22, 2003 Amid strong opposition from Muslim lobby groups, President Bush has bypassed the Senate and signed the recess appointment of Middle East scholar Daniel Pipes to the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace, the White House announced today. As WorldNetDaily reported, Pipes's nomination to the federally funded think tank was stalled in a Senate committee. The recess appointment allows Pipes to serve until the end of next year. Daniel Pipes Anticipating Bush's move, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and other Muslim, Arab-American and interfaith groups held a joint news conference last week to voice their displeasure. "This back-door move by the president is a defeat for democracy and an affront to all those who seek peace," said CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper in a statement. "Pipes's appointment calls into question all of President Bush's previous statements claiming that the war on terrorism is not an attack on Islam and shows distain for the democratic process." Pipes has been branded an "Islamophobe by CAIR, which has set aside a special section on its website for him. CAIR is among several U.S. Islamic activist groups contending Pipes unfairly paints Muslims in broad strokes. Pipes, director of a Philadelphia-based think tank, the Middle East Forum, makes a distinction between militant Muslims and Islam in general, but the U.S. activists insist his policy views are racist. Pipes argues his statements and writings have been distorted by opponents and taken out of context. Supporters of Pipes point out he is a respected scholar who warned of the dangers of al-Qaida to the U.S. several months before Sept. 11, 2001. Yet his warning was reviled as racist by some, including Columbia University professor Edward Said, who scoffed at "highly exaggerated racial stereotyping" that talked of hijacking jetliners and blowing up buildings. worldnetdaily.com