A BAD CHOICE – American Muslim groups were understandably upset to learn that President Bush had nominated super hawk Daniel Pipes to the board of the United States Institute of Peace, a federal think tank. Many of his statements and published works have prompted accusations of bigotry from Muslim and Arab-American organizations. The very idea of putting an advocate of force over negotiation onto the board of any organization with "peace" in its title seems odd.

Dallas Morning News, April 19, 2003
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