[news] Bush appoints anti-Muslim to peace role

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Date: 25 Aug 2003 22:30:48 -0700

Bush appoints anti-Muslim to peace role

Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington
Saturday August 23, 2003
The Guardian

A Middle East expert who has written dismissively of diplomacy and holds 
views to the right of the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, was 
yesterday named to the board of the US Institute of Peace.

The largely honorary appointment of Daniel Pipes, a gift of President George 
Bush, has outraged Democratic senators, American Muslims and Arabs, liberal 
Jews and a large portion of the academic community, who say his opinions are 
not conducive to peace.

The manner of Mr Pipe's appointment is likely to deepen the sting. Mr Bush 
exploited the summer recess to avoid a congressional vote on his selection. 
But as a recess appointment, Mr Pipes will serve less than 18 months rather 
than the normal four years.

Mr Pipes would not comment until his appointment was formally announced but 
he has been no stranger to controversy, especially since the September 11 
attacks.

As a frequent commentator, he has warned that America's Muslims are the 
enemy within and called for unrestricted racial profiling and monitoring of 
Muslims in the military.

>From his own thinktank in Philadelphia, he has also clashed with fellow 
scholars, who say his Campus Watch website has initiated a witch-hunt 
against those he views as critics of Israel or lacking in patriotic zeal.

Within the community of Middle East scholars, he is regarded as extreme. He 
opposes the "road map" for the Middle East, as he opposed the Oslo peace 
accords, and objected to efforts to reform the Palestinian Authority.

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