I'm personally sympathetic with your comments on his politics, but the only part of your comment that is relevant here is "He is an awesome scientist and has ma

I'm personally sympathetic with your comments on his politics, but the only part of your comment that is relevant here is "He is an awesome scientist and has made real contributions to the field computer science." According to Wikipedia he is the father of Daniel Pearl, the journalist who was murdered by al-Qaeda. This may colour his views on things.