Daniel Pipes
ARTICLES BY: Daniel Pipes
ISIS Rampages, the Middle East Trembles
The jihadis' takeover of Mosul on June 9 won them control of Iraq's second-largest city, a major haul of weapons, US$429 million in gold, an open...
Opinion: Syria’s Looming Water Catastrophe
Two reports from Beirut's Al-Akhbar point to potentially catastrophic water problems about to affect Syria. The lesser concerns Aleppo, where mortar shells and barrel bombs have slackened off...
The Afghan War’s Dismal End; Blame Bush Too
Barack Obama's announcement recently that the number of U.S. troops will be reduced to 9,800 by year's end and to zero two years later virtually...
A 1914 Novel’s Prescient Vision of Londonistan
Exactly one century ago, the renowned British writer G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936), called by his admirers the greatest writer and thinker of the twentieth century, published a...
The Trajectory of Islam
Andrew C. McCarthy and I are allies over the long term, fighting the Islamist scourge in the same trench for two decades. But alliance does...
Can Islamists Move From Totalitarianism to Democracy?
Until now, Islamist rule has implied violence and dictatorship. Can it evolve into something decent? Put differently: If the brutality of Ruhollah Khomeini and Osama bin Laden marked...
‘Anti-Semite Max Blumenthal Incites Murder of Three in Kansas’
Max Blumenthal, like others on the far-Left, jumped on the July 2011 Norwegian massacre of 77 dead and 319 injured to impugn the counter-jihadi right....
No Longer Banned in the British Library!
The British Library, I documented recently, had blocked my website and those of the Middle East Forum while letting through some of the most foul antisemitic...
Exploring My New Polish Identity
In 2009, my elder two daughters both had plans to move to western Europe, so they asked me to apply for Polish citizenship. This would...
The Truth About Christie and Israel
A small but significant event took place on March 29 at the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas. Hosted by Sheldon Adelson, the mega-donor to Republican...
Opinion: Conservatives Protest on the Streets of Paris
On a recent Sunday in Paris, I had the opportunity to witness an anti-immigration street protest. The approximately 600 participants started next to the catacombs in...
Sisi’s Terrible, and Dangerous, Campaign Against Egyptian Islamists
An Egyptian court in short order sentenced some 529 people to death for the killing of a single police officer. News like this gives one...
The Worrisome Future of Special Operation Forces
I recently had an opportunity to learn first-hand about the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, headed...
Islam’s Inadvertent Patterns
How does Islam shape the way Muslims live? The religion's formal requirements are the narrow base for a far wider array of patterns that extend the...
