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"The Middle East Forum (MEF) is an American conservative[2] think tank founded in 1990 by Daniel Pipes, who serves as its president.[3] MEF became an independen

"The Middle East Forum (MEF) is an American conservative[2] think tank founded in 1990 by Daniel Pipes, who serves as its president.[3] MEF became an independent non-profit organization in 1994. It publishes a journal, the Middle East Quarterly." [0] A quote, emphasis mine: "Both these groups are designated terrorist organizations in the United Arab Emirates". So the UAE doesn't like them. Why should we care that the UAE doesn't like them? Why specifically the UAE and just them? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_Forum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_Forum

mikeyouse 9y ago
Pipes is an odious person in his own right.. If Google ranks his posts lower than normal sources, I'd consider that algorithm working well. > To borrow a computer term, if Ayatollah Khomeini, Osama bin Laden, and Nidal Hasan represent Islamism 1.0, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (the prime minister of Turkey), Tariq Ramadan (a Swiss intellectual), and Keith Ellison (a U.S. congressman) represent Islamism 2.0. The former kill more people but the latter pose a greater threat to Western civilization. And he obviously doesn't understand what Silicon Valley Community Foundation is.. SVCF is a public charity that holds Donor Advised Funds for its clients. The checks to the charities that he dislikes came from the SVCF bank account, but only because one of their clients advised SVCF to give them a grant. Since all of SVCF's grants are available, you can easily see that the money went to the SFBay Area branch of CAIR who lately have been filing civil rights lawsuits against the Muslim ban.. not exactly Hezbollah: https://twitter.com/CAIRSFBA https://twitter.com/CAIRSFBA
yongjik 9y ago
Clicking through links gave me this gem[1] by a Daniel Pipes: > "If I were a Muslim I would let you know," Barack Obama has said, and I believe him. In fact, he is a practicing Christian, a member of the Trinity United Church of Christ. He is not now a Muslim. > But was he ever a Muslim or seen by others as a Muslim? More precisely, might Muslims consider him a murtadd (apostate), that is, a Muslim who converted to another religion and, therefore, someone whose blood may be shed? ... > These statements raise two questions: What is Obama's true connection to Islam and what implications might this have for an Obama presidency? Hmm, yeah, definitely someone qualified to lecture Silicon Valley on free speech. [1] http://www.danielpipes.org/5286/was-barack-obama-a-muslim http://www.danielpipes.org/5286/was-barack-obama-a-muslim
- subliminalpanda 9y ago
  The irony in the linked article is also somewhat lost when he cites the UAE, a country which threatens people to a fine and/or a jail sentence if you empathize with Qatar in any way [0]. [1] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40192730 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40192730

mikeyouse 9y ago

Pipes is an odious person in his own right.. If Google ranks his posts lower than normal sources, I'd consider that algorithm working well. > To borrow a computer term, if Ayatollah Khomeini, Osama bin Laden, and Nidal Hasan represent Islamism 1.0, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (the prime minister of Turkey), Tariq Ramadan (a Swiss intellectual), and Keith Ellison (a U.S. congressman) represent Islamism 2.0. The former kill more people but the latter pose a greater threat to Western civilization. And he obviously doesn't understand what Silicon Valley Community Foundation is.. SVCF is a public charity that holds Donor Advised Funds for its clients. The checks to the charities that he dislikes came from the SVCF bank account, but only because one of their clients advised SVCF to give them a grant. Since all of SVCF's grants are available, you can easily see that the money went to the SFBay Area branch of CAIR who lately have been filing civil rights lawsuits against the Muslim ban.. not exactly Hezbollah: https://twitter.com/CAIRSFBA https://twitter.com/CAIRSFBA

yongjik 9y ago

Clicking through links gave me this gem[1] by a Daniel Pipes: > "If I were a Muslim I would let you know," Barack Obama has said, and I believe him. In fact, he is a practicing Christian, a member of the Trinity United Church of Christ. He is not now a Muslim. > But was he ever a Muslim or seen by others as a Muslim? More precisely, might Muslims consider him a murtadd (apostate), that is, a Muslim who converted to another religion and, therefore, someone whose blood may be shed? ... > These statements raise two questions: What is Obama's true connection to Islam and what implications might this have for an Obama presidency? Hmm, yeah, definitely someone qualified to lecture Silicon Valley on free speech. [1] http://www.danielpipes.org/5286/was-barack-obama-a-muslim http://www.danielpipes.org/5286/was-barack-obama-a-muslim

subliminalpanda 9y ago
The irony in the linked article is also somewhat lost when he cites the UAE, a country which threatens people to a fine and/or a jail sentence if you empathize with Qatar in any way [0]. [1] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40192730 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40192730