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Spain Arrests two Accused of Connections to ISIS

coldjoint said:
Middle East expert Daniel Pipes. Others are higher.
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Expert? lol. Ok, you got the figure from a fellow islamophobe.. Where did he get it from?

Daniel Pipes is a neo-conservative Zionist who is director of the Middle East Forum, and a columnist for right-wing newspapers.

https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Daniel_Pipes


In 1990, Pipes asserted: "Western European societies are unprepared for the massive immigration of brown-skinned peoples cooking strange foods and maintaining different standards of hygiene...All immigrants bring exotic customs and attitudes, but Muslim customs are more troublesome than most."

Pipes has stated that the views of far-right French racist Jean-Marie Le Pen “represent an important outlook in the national debate over immigration and Islam” and said that he (Pipes) supports racial and religious profiling of Muslims and Arabs.


Just a moment...

Pipes goes out of his way to lavish praise on Wilders, calling him “the most important European alive today.” (No word from the Vatican on if the Pope has any response to his relegation to the number two position by Pipes.)

For years, Pipes has denied accusations that his columns have espoused Islamophobic rhetoric, but his recent column in the National Review goes out of its way not just to endorse Geert Wilders, but also to explicitly praise anti-Muslim statements made by Wilders.

Pipes writes:

In addition, Wilders is a charismatic, savvy, principled, and outspoken leader who has rapidly become the most dynamic political force in the Netherlands. While he opines on the full range of topics, Islam and Muslims constitute his signature issue. Overcoming the tendency of Dutch politicians to play it safe, he calls Muhammad a devil and demands that Muslims ‘’tear out of half of the Koran if they wish to stay in the Netherlands.’’ More broadly, he sees Islam itself as the problem, not just a virulent version of it called Islamism. [Emphasis added.]

https://lobelog.com/daniel-pipes-steps-out-of-the-closet-as-an-islamophobe/

A widely noted 2011 report published by Center for American Progress listed Pipes and MEF as core participants in an informal grouping of organizations in the United States that have championed divisive anti-Islamic—or “Islamophobic”—rhetoric and policies. According to the report, MEF is one of “five key think tanks led by scholars who are primarily responsible for orchestrating the majority of anti-Islam messages polluting our national discourse today.”

The report contends that Pipes, who has a doctorate in medieval Islamic history, “has parlayed his prestigious academic credentials to great effect,” but has “become increasingly out of touch with the realities of the Muslim world at home and abroad, making more extreme and unfounded observations about Islam in the United States.”


Daniel Pipes - Right Web - Institute for Policy Studies


This is like shooting fish in a barrel.
 
zyzygy said:
Expert? lol. Ok, you got the figure from a fellow islamophobe.. Where did he get it from?

Daniel Pipes is a neo-conservative Zionist who is director of the Middle East Forum, and a columnist for right-wing newspapers.

https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Daniel_Pipes


In 1990, Pipes asserted: "Western European societies are unprepared for the massive immigration of brown-skinned peoples cooking strange foods and maintaining different standards of hygiene...All immigrants bring exotic customs and attitudes, but Muslim customs are more troublesome than most."

Pipes has stated that the views of far-right French racist Jean-Marie Le Pen “represent an important outlook in the national debate over immigration and Islam” and said that he (Pipes) supports racial and religious profiling of Muslims and Arabs.


Just a moment...

Pipes goes out of his way to lavish praise on Wilders, calling him “the most important European alive today.” (No word from the Vatican on if the Pope has any response to his relegation to the number two position by Pipes.)

For years, Pipes has denied accusations that his columns have espoused Islamophobic rhetoric, but his recent column in the National Review goes out of its way not just to endorse Geert Wilders, but also to explicitly praise anti-Muslim statements made by Wilders.

Pipes writes:

In addition, Wilders is a charismatic, savvy, principled, and outspoken leader who has rapidly become the most dynamic political force in the Netherlands. While he opines on the full range of topics, Islam and Muslims constitute his signature issue. Overcoming the tendency of Dutch politicians to play it safe, he calls Muhammad a devil and demands that Muslims ‘’tear out of half of the Koran if they wish to stay in the Netherlands.’’ More broadly, he sees Islam itself as the problem, not just a virulent version of it called Islamism. [Emphasis added.]

https://lobelog.com/daniel-pipes-steps-out-of-the-closet-as-an-islamophobe/

A widely noted 2011 report published by Center for American Progress listed Pipes and MEF as core participants in an informal grouping of organizations in the United States that have championed divisive anti-Islamic—or “Islamophobic”—rhetoric and policies. According to the report, MEF is one of “five key think tanks led by scholars who are primarily responsible for orchestrating the majority of anti-Islam messages polluting our national discourse today.”

The report contends that Pipes, who has a doctorate in medieval Islamic history, “has parlayed his prestigious academic credentials to great effect,” but has “become increasingly out of touch with the realities of the Muslim world at home and abroad, making more extreme and unfounded observations about Islam in the United States.”


Daniel Pipes - Right Web - Institute for Policy Studies


This is like shooting fish in a barrel.
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All I see is rhetoric. Watch out the fish are getting away. Just more name calling of people with legitimate criticisms. Try again because someones political lean doesn't stop them from being informed or keep that information from being true.

Your response is nothing more than a weak apology.
 
Moot said:
180 persons arrested in connection to Islamic militants since 2015.
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joG said:
But my question was more, whether 180 was a high or comparatively low number, when set off against similar countries.
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#181 is in the bag, literally;

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Spanish Police Arrest Dutch-Moroccan Suspected of Belonging to ISIS
https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/20...rest-dutch-moroccan-suspected-belonging-isis/
 
zyzygy said:
So now they are all terrorists? Make up your mind. How many of the 1.6 billion Muslims in the world are engaged in terrorism?
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A hell of a lot more than the 2.2 billion Christians are :mrgreen:
 
coldjoint said:
All I see is rhetoric. Watch out the fish are getting away. Just more name calling of people with legitimate criticisms. Try again because someones political lean doesn't stop them from being informed or keep that information from being true.

Your response is nothing more than a weak apology.
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Show me the sources for Pipe's figures. Otherwise they will remain rhetoric.
 
There are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world. If 10 percent of them are terrorists then there are 160,000,000 Muslim terrorists in the world. A ridiculous idea.
 
zyzygy said:
There are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world. If 10 percent of them are terrorists then there are 160,000,000 Muslim terrorists in the world. A ridiculous idea.
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It's more like 1% are terrorists but 50% are sympathetic to terrorism.
 
zyzygy said:
Show me the sources for Pipe's figures. Otherwise they will remain rhetoric.
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If they remain rhetoric to you it is no skin off my nose.
 
reinoe said:
It's more like 1% are terrorists but 50% are sympathetic to terrorism.
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Zyzygy has seen the Pew polls and still denies the fact terror is supported by a lot of European Muslims and a majority of ME ones.
 
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