One of the few signs that the Bush Administration appreciates the important differences between Wahhabis and their Islamist ilk, on the one hand, and the rest of the Muslim world on the other, has been the President's courageous nomination of Daniel Pipes to the Board of Directors of the U.S. Institute of Peace.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: A moment for Truth: Daniel Pipes vs. the Islamists

The president has nominated Islamic scholar Daniel Pipes to the board of directors of the U.S. Institute of Peace.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The War for Islam

The American Muslim Council (AMC), the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and other groups whose leaders have backed Hamas, Hezbollah, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other terrorist causes, are trying to prevent Dr. Daniel Pipes, an internationally recognized authority on the operations of those causes, from joining the peace institute board.

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