In response to Daniel Pipes words comparing Nazis and Muslims CNS News.com
has published this retraction:
(CNSNews.com) - In an article published July 25, 2003, CNSNews.com inadvertently misquoted some remarks by Middle East Forum Director Daniel Pipes during a July 24 address to the Young America's Foundation National Conservative Student Conference in Washington, D.C.
The article erroneously stated that Pipes doesn't perceive the Islamic people as divided into two groups - radical terrorists and those who are not. In fact, Pipes used the term "supporters of militant Islam," not Islamic people.
"My view is 'no, there is no good and bad in militant Islam,' no more than there are good and bad Nazis," Pipes said, according to an audiotape of his remarks.
Pipes also criticized militant Islamists for misrepresenting the "personal faith of a billion people" and has differentiated between militant Islam and moderate Islam, saying militant Islam is the problem and moderate Islam is the solution.
Similarly, Pipes did not use the term militaristic Islam, but rather, "militant Islam."
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The full quote of Pipes' remark was obscured as a result of the quality of the audio recording of his speech.
C.A.I.R., through whom I was made aware of this story, published a link to this clarification as the very last item in their daily e-mail:
CNSNEWS.COM SAYS MIDDLE EAST ANALYST MISQUOTED
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=\ForeignBureaus\archive\200307\FOR20030729f.html
Right. I'm glad that was cleared up. It wouldn't have hurt to actually use Pipes name, would it?
