Daniel Pipes

About the author: Daniel Pipes is a political analyst whose articles have appeared in numerous publications including the Atlantic Monthly, Foreign Affairs, Harper's, the National Review, the New Republic, and the Weekly Standard. He has also written several books, such asThe Hidden Hand: Middle East Fears of Conspiracy and The Long Shadow: Culture and Politics in the Middle East.

After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, pundits spoke in defense of Islam and the millions of American Muslims who are not associated with terrorist groups. Although these moderate Muslims constitute the majority of Muslims in America, a small but significant faction of fundamentalist Muslims, or Islamists, conspire to take over America. These Islamists believe that triumph over America would signify dominance over liberalism and Christianity that are so...