Voices of Islam, New York Post, September 23, 2003.
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Anti-Islamist Muslims - who wish to live modern lives, unencumbered by burqas, fatwas and violent visions of jihad - are on the defensive and atomized. However eloquent, their individual voices cannot compete with the roar of militant Islam's determination, money (much of it from overseas) and violence. As a result, militant Islam, with its West-phobia and goal of world hegemony, dominates Islam in the West and appears to many to be the only kind of Islam.

— Daniel Pipes

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About Daniel Pipes

Daniel Pipes (born 9 September 1949) is an American academic, author, writer and political commentator who focuses on the Middle East and Islam.