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How can this guy not be in the Administration?Reader comment on item: The Worst Book of 2007? Submitted by Charles Martel (United States), Sep 25, 2007 at 10:04 A career diplomat, a big business partner and seditious sell-out to Islam for money who is not in the Administration? He has the perfect credentials for the Bush White House -- I'm surprised he doesn't have a policy post to forward Moslem interests while the getting is good. Maybe he's a Democrat and will do the same things when Bush's incompetence hands it to Hillary next year? I'm curious about Dr. Pipes citing this as a statement that should be refuted: "Al-Qaeda is basically a Muslim Brethren offshoot." I would say that is true -- Extreme Sunnis certainly influenced by MB thinker Qutb. Submitting....
Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments". Daniel Pipes replies: There are various schools of Sunni Islamism, of which the MB, the Wahhabis, and Deobandis are the most influential. Al-Qaeda is mostly a Wahhabi phenomenon, with some influences from the other schools, to be sure. << Previous Comment Next Comment >> Reader comments (20) on this item
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