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Top Ten (Plus One) Islamophobes

September 06, 2011 by Muslim Portal Contributors

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Beck has made many inflammatory statements toward Islam and Muslims, including that there is a "global Islamic jihad against the West [that has formed a] working alliance with the secular socialist left both at home and abroad," and that one day Muslims and Arabs will be rounded up and "looking through a razor wire fence at the West."

Like many of the Islamophobes profiled in this gallery, Beck says he does not hate Islam or all Muslims, just extremists and "radical elements" of the faith. But numerous times on his radio and television shows, he professes a belief that all Muslims must somehow distinguish themselves from terrorists or extremists.

On his October 4, 2007 show, he said to Sharida McKenzie, organizer of a Muslim Peace March, "How do we know the difference between you and those that are trying to kill us?" And when Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN), the first Muslim elected to Congress, appeared on his November 11, 2006 show, Beck began the interview by saying to Ellison, "Sir, prove to me that you are not working with our enemies."

Sources:

http://frontpagemag.com/2011/02/02/glenn-beck-and-the-muslim-brotherhood-3/

http://smearcasting.com/smear_beck.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Beck

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/business/media/30beck.html

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Daniel Pipes

Daniel Pipes

Daniel Pipes, who holds his bachelor's and doctoral degrees from Harvard University, founded the Middle East Forum in 1990 with the mission to "define and promote American interests in the Middle East." The forum publishes the Middle East Quarterly and sponsors Islamist Watch, Campus Watch, the Legal Project, and the Washington Project.

Pipes, with his prestigious degrees, has moved from the academic realm to promoting an anti-Islam agenda through his books, articles, and many of his blog posts, for example stating in his 2003 book Militant Islam Reaches America that "all immigrants bring exotic customs and attitudes, but Muslim customs are more troublesome than most." He also has repeatedly put forth the false claim on his website that President Obama is a former Muslim. And, in 2008, he advocated for increased racial profiling of Muslims and Arabs due to an increased threat of radical Islam in the United States.

Like other Islamophobes, Pipes also puts forth the rhetoric that there is threat of "creeping sharia" in the U.S. And, in line with anti-Islam rhetoric, Pipes wrote that the Park51 center in New York City would "spread Islamist ideology." Pipes also expressed support in a January 2010 National Review article for controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders, who is best known for calling Prophet Muhammad a "devil" and saying that if Muslims wish to stay in Netherlands, they must "tear out half of the Koran." Pipes said Wilders was a "charismatic . . . principled leader" and that a hate-speech lawsuit against Wilders was ludicrous.

Pipes was nominated to the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace by President George W. Bush in 2003, but the nomination was retracted due to strong opposition. And, when it came time for his re-nomination in 2004, the White House backed off, with Bush's spokesman saying that the president didn't agree with Pipe's views about Islam.

Sources:

http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Pipes_Daniel

http://article.nationalreview.com/421544/why-i-stand-with-geert-wilders/daniel-pipes

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

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