Editing Daniel Pipes (section)

{{Short description|American Middle East commentator (born 1949)}}
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| name             = Daniel Pipes
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| caption          = Pipes in June 2008
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| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1949|9|9}}
| birth_place      = [[Boston]], Massachusetts, U.S.
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| occupation       = [[Distinguished Visiting Professor]] at [[Pepperdine University]]'s [[Pepperdine School of Public Policy|School of Public Policy]] (Spring '07); President of [[Middle East Forum]]; Expert at [[Wikistrat]]
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| subject          = [[Middle East]], American foreign policy, [[Islamic terrorism]], [[Islamism]]
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| relatives        = [[Richard Pipes]] (father)
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| website          = {{URL|http://www.danielpipes.org/}}
| alma_mater       = [[Harvard University]] (AB, PhD)<ref>{{cite web |title=Biographical Sketch of Daniel Pipes |url=https://www.danielpipes.org/bios/ |website=danielpipes.org |publisher=Daniel Pipes |access-date=31 July 2024}}</ref>
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'''Daniel Pipes''' (born September 9, 1949) is an American former professor and commentator on foreign policy and the Middle East. He is the president of the [[Middle East Forum]], and publisher of its ''[[Middle East Quarterly]]'' journal. His writing focuses on [[American foreign policy]] and the Middle East as well as [[criticism of Islamism]].

After graduating with a doctorate from [[Harvard]] in 1978 and studying abroad, Pipes taught at universities including Harvard, [[University of Chicago|Chicago]], [[Pepperdine University|Pepperdine]], and the [[U.S. Naval War College]] on a short-term basis but never held a permanent academic position.<ref name ="Lockman" /> He then served as director of the [[Foreign Policy Research Institute]], before founding the Middle East Forum. He served as an adviser to Rudy Giuliani's [[Rudy Giuliani 2008 presidential campaign|2008 presidential campaign]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1641392220071119 |title= Giuliani style evokes concern among critics |work=[[Reuters]] |date=November 19, 2007 |first=Ellen|last=Wulfhorst|access-date=July 22, 2009}}</ref>

Pipes is a critic of Islam, and his views have been criticized by [[Muslim Americans]] and other academics, many of whom maintain they are [[Islamophobic]] or racist. Pipes has made claims about alleged "[[No-go area|no-go zones]]" overrun by [[Sharia]] law in Europe and about [[Barack Obama religion conspiracy theories|U.S. President Barack Obama practicing Islam]], and has defended [[Michelle Malkin]]'s book ''[[In Defense of Internment|In Defense of Internment: The Case for 'Racial Profiling' in World War II and the War on Terror]]''.<ref name="SPLC2018">{{cite web |last1=Beutel |first1=Alejandro |title=Anti-Muslim figure Daniel Pipes advocates partnering with far-right political parties |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/04/18/anti-muslim-figure-daniel-pipes-advocates-partnering-far-right-political-parties |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |access-date=24 February 2022 |language=en |date=18 April 2018}}</ref>

Pipes has written sixteen books and was the Taube Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Stanford University's [[Hoover Institution]].<ref name=Hoover>[http://www.hoover.org/fellows/9955 Daniel Pipes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427043635/http://www.hoover.org/fellows/9955 |date=2014-04-27 }}, Fellows, [[Hoover Institution]] website. Accessed July 24, 2011.</ref>