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President Trumps edict
Reader comment on item: Identifying Islamists through Interrogations
Submitted by Leslie Satenstein (Canada), Jan 30, 2017 at 21:47
Why did he, Trump, choose 7 countries from where there have been no violence or attacks and omit the other Arab countries.
The conjecture is that Trump businesses are in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Libya and therefore, he wanted to avoid attacks on his businesses.
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Daniel Pipes replies:
It appears he took the seven countries from a list the Obama administration had compiled in February 2016.
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 President Trumps edict [44 words]w/response from Daniel Pipes | Leslie Satenstein | Jan 30, 2017 21:47 | 236085 | ||
| Interview would not work [88 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Vander | Sep 9, 2016 17:08 | 232486 | ||
| Ted Cruz and Frank Gaffney are going to make IslamISM and national security the focus of the election, [505 words] | JOHN MOORE | Mar 21, 2016 20:23 | 228516 | ||
| Immigration to the US: Pork Eating, Muhammad Painting, Fatwa Fleeing, or Gay Muslims [693 words] | Robert | Mar 8, 2016 12:34 | 228358 | ||
| Too complicated [46 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Malcolm | Mar 4, 2016 17:32 | 228308 | ||
 Too complicated [105 words] | KBK | Mar 28, 2016 13:15 | 228308 | ||
| they'll just practice lying about it [33 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Bernardo Stevens | Feb 27, 2016 18:29 | 228250 | ||
| by their actions [125 words] | johnj | Feb 11, 2016 00:58 | 228036 | ||
| 2 | Who appoints the interrogators? [179 words] | Gary Kane | Feb 10, 2016 06:02 | 228020 | |
| Arabim. [60 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Adar. | Feb 7, 2016 22:15 | 227975 | ||
| 1 | More info, please! [42 words] | David Farer | Jan 30, 2016 15:33 | 227869 | |
| Islamism in the Republican Debate [252 words] | John Moore | Jan 29, 2016 09:31 | 227847 | ||
| Not so simple [103 words] | Anon | Jan 27, 2016 01:54 | 227826 | ||
| Yes, the one's who pass this review that will never be used can still "turn" at any time [251 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Mike Conlon | Feb 8, 2016 18:47 | 227826 | ||
| 3 | no difference in muslim vs, islamist [252 words] | aldo moltifiori | Jan 26, 2016 16:42 | 227823 | |
| Your analysis is the same as Trump's [102 words] | Jay Getty | Jan 24, 2016 09:59 | 227797 | ||
| complex problem [20 words] | srinivasan | Jan 23, 2016 14:14 | 227790 | ||
| humanism and cooperation are the eternal solution [45 words] | srinivasan | Jan 23, 2016 14:07 | 227789 | ||
| 6 | naturally [52 words] | William Bradford | Jan 22, 2016 13:49 | 227782 |
| 1 | Profiling Yes or No [21 words] | dhimmi no more | Jan 25, 2016 13:29 | 227782 | |
| Feasibility [121 words] | John Vagabond | Jan 21, 2016 14:47 | 227769 | ||
| That screening process [131 words] | Ed Moise | Jan 21, 2016 12:25 | 227768 | ||
| 3 | Maybe Trump and PEGIDA have a point [292 words] | Kepha Hor | Jan 20, 2016 21:38 | 227763 | |
| Proper interrogation [56 words] | diana | Jan 19, 2016 10:10 | 227752 | ||
| 2 | Stay in your own country if you don't want to follow their laws!! [111 words] | Jaladhi | Jan 19, 2016 07:30 | 227751 | |
| Muslims should do some soul searching [97 words] | Prashant | Jan 21, 2016 23:31 | 227751 | ||
| Who are we really trying to exclude? [292 words] | James Luce | Jan 18, 2016 10:01 | 227733 | ||
| Putting the horse in back of the cart [47 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Max Cohen | Jan 18, 2016 06:38 | 227728 | ||
| 1 | Identifying Islamists [123 words] | Manuel Adame | Jan 17, 2016 18:02 | 227713 | |
| 4 | the poison fruit of the Muslim tree [241 words] | Charles Martel | Jan 16, 2016 17:42 | 227695 | |
| 4 | Non-Islamists are also a danger! [129 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Rich Mc | Jan 15, 2016 14:53 | 227676 | |
| 2 | gravitate toward sharia [199 words] | myth | Jan 18, 2016 18:55 | 227676 | |
| The Continuum between Islam and islamism [228 words] | Philip | Feb 23, 2016 09:23 | 227676 | ||
| Clarification of arguments [241 words] | Philip | Feb 26, 2016 07:26 | 227676 | ||
| Assassins [32 words] | Blitz | Jan 15, 2016 10:24 | 227672 | ||
| back to square one [48 words] | myth | Jan 15, 2016 07:02 | 227670 | ||
| 2 | Trump's comments not inconsistent with Dr. Pipes' [62 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Rich McMahon | Jan 15, 2016 00:57 | 227669 | |
| Muslims and why I re-think constantly [494 words] | Albert | Jan 14, 2016 22:49 | 227666 | ||
| Makes sense [42 words] | Mike | Jan 14, 2016 16:55 | 227660 | ||
| 1 | Buck stops with Muslims'... [117 words] | Muhammad | Jan 14, 2016 15:29 | 227659 | |
| Reply to fake Muhammad [59 words] | Aamir Imtiaz | Jan 25, 2016 21:32 | 227659 | ||
| 1 | Circular reasoning [154 words] | Prashant | Jan 29, 2016 00:09 | 227659 | |
| A good step forward [538 words] | WeMustResist | Jan 13, 2016 21:40 | 227646 | ||
| Everyone wants their team to win [145 words] | Darwin B | Jan 13, 2016 20:19 | 227644 | ||
| There are more teams than Islam! [362 words] | Demsci | Jan 22, 2016 04:09 | 227644 | ||
| Why bother? [63 words] | ktchnsnk | Jan 13, 2016 19:56 | 227642 | ||
| Distinguish more between the good + the rest, than between the bad + the rest [267 words] | Demsci | Jan 13, 2016 16:59 | 227639 | ||
| It's easier to make the case that America must stop "Jihadist sympathisers" from moving to America [248 words] | Anon. | Jan 13, 2016 16:56 | 227638 | ||
| A Red Under Every Bed? [110 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | TL Winslow | Jan 13, 2016 13:11 | 227634 | ||
| Fine Plan, But PC Extremism Huge Obstacle [159 words] | Dave | Jan 13, 2016 13:11 | 227633 | ||
| The key question to ask [348 words] | Anon | Jan 13, 2016 12:48 | 227632 | ||
| Probable Method [61 words] | Darlene Casella | Jan 13, 2016 12:36 | 227628 | ||
| 1 | So different from Trump? [349 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Barry | Jan 13, 2016 12:27 | 227627 | |
| In search for Moderate Islam [104 words] | Ugri | Jan 13, 2016 10:54 | 227624 | ||
| All this still not enough? [103 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Peter Chew | Jan 13, 2016 10:39 | 227621 | ||
| Politics Art of the Possible not practice of the Granular [160 words] | Brendan Doran | Jan 13, 2016 09:39 | 227619 | ||
| Deja Vu [71 words] | Barry Black | Jan 13, 2016 09:32 | 227616 | ||
| ID of Islamists [151 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Andrew | Jan 13, 2016 09:21 | 227615 | ||
| Not Good Enough. And [141 words] | Gary Sack | Jan 13, 2016 09:12 | 227614 | ||
| Waste of time [195 words] | Philip | Jan 13, 2016 08:12 | 227613 | ||
| repudiation required [146 words] | rw | Jan 13, 2016 03:06 | 227605 | ||
| 11 | Identifying Islamists [145 words] | Haile Sresser | Jan 13, 2016 01:02 | 227601 | |
| agree with Haile Sresser [81 words] | lippy | Jan 13, 2016 11:03 | 227601 | ||
| 3 | Islam [58 words] | Robin Rosenblatt | Jan 13, 2016 00:40 | 227600 | |
| 13 | Why should we go to all the trouble? [154 words] | Paul137 | Jan 13, 2016 00:31 | 227599 | |
| 1 | But, why is this our problem? [128 words] | SAKOVKT | Jan 14, 2016 18:09 | 227599 | |
| Muslims and the American Dream [145 words] | Albert | Jan 14, 2016 22:33 | 227599 | ||
| 1 | Indeed, why we should go through this exercise in futility!! [67 words] | Jaladhi | Jan 19, 2016 20:02 | 227599 | |
| 6 | Just hire Israelis only for TSA, and let them do their stuff [165 words] | Michael S | Jan 12, 2016 23:53 | 227597 | |
| 9 | What happens when those apparent moderates raise islamist kids? [10 words] | FC | Jan 12, 2016 22:41 | 227594 | |
| 1 | All Muslims are Islamists! [61 words] | Jaladhi | Jan 13, 2016 09:54 | 227594 | |
| Brilliant idea [36 words] | Eugene | Jan 14, 2016 06:49 | 227594 | ||
| 1 | I agree, mostly [142 words] | Philip | Jan 18, 2016 07:59 | 227594 | |
| Westernized Muslims [64 words] | probityrules | Feb 22, 2016 03:19 | 227594 | ||
| Further in response [194 words] | Philip | Feb 26, 2016 06:58 | 227594 | ||
| Further on Opposing Islamists, Deception, Britz [639 words] | probityrules | Mar 7, 2016 19:07 | 227594 | ||
| Response to Probityrules comments [532 words] | Philip | Mar 9, 2016 04:39 | 227594 |
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