For Muslim Who Says Violence Destroys Islam, Violent Threats

NY TIMES ^ | 11 March 2006 | JOHN M. BRODER

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March 11, 2006 The Saturday Profile For Muslim Who Says Violence Destroys Islam, Violent Threats By JOHN M. BRODER

LOS ANGELES, March 10 — Three weeks ago, Dr. Wafa Sultan was a largely unknown Syrian-American psychiatrist living outside Los Angeles, nursing a deep anger and despair about her fellow Muslims.

Today, thanks to an unusually blunt and provocative interview on Al Jazeera television on Feb. 21, she is an international sensation, hailed as a fresh voice of reason by some, and by others as a heretic and infidel who deserves to die.

In the interview, which has been viewed on the Internet more than a million times and has reached the e-mail of hundreds of thousands around the world, Dr. Sultan bitterly criticized the Muslim clerics, holy warriors and political leaders who she believes have distorted the teachings of Muhammad and the Koran for 14 centuries.

She said the world's Muslims, whom she compares unfavorably with the Jews, have descended into a vortex of self-pity and violence.

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Perhaps her most provocative words on Al Jazeera were those comparing how the Jews and Muslims have reacted to adversity. Speaking of the Holocaust, she said, "The Jews have come from the tragedy and forced the world to respect them, with their knowledge, not with their terror; with their work, not with their crying and yelling."

She went on, "We have not seen a single Jew blow himself up in a German restaurant. We have not seen a single Jew destroy a church. We have not seen a single Jew protest by killing people."

She concluded, "Only the Muslims defend their beliefs by burning down churches, killing people and destroying embassies. This path will not yield any results. The Muslims must ask themselves what they can do for humankind, before they demand that humankind respect them."

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"The clash we are witnessing around the world is not a clash of religions or a clash of civilizations," Dr. Sultan said. "It is a clash between two opposites, between two eras. It is a clash between a mentality that belongs to the Middle Ages and another mentality that belongs to the 21st century. It is a clash between civilization and backwardness, between the civilized and the primitive, between barbarity and rationality."

[neverdem]

I almost posted this, but you beat me because I included this.

Arab-American Psychologist Wafa Sultan: There Is No Clash of Civilizations but a Clash between the Mentality of the Middle Ages and That of the 21st Century link to MEMRI TV clip and transcript

J. Emilio Flores for The New York Times
“I have no choice. I am questioning every single teaching of our holy book.” - DR. WAFA SULTAN

[Emmet Fitzhume]

"I believe our people are hostages to our own beliefs and teachings,"

They who follow Islam are eternal slaves to sin, and shall rise and be condemned in the afterlife.

Mohammedans should put down their scimitars and read John 8:34 or Romans 3:23 for more information.

[ThePythonicCow]

May the force be with her. She speaks important words.
I hope she survives the danger she has put herself in.

[Tzimisce]

...I'll kill her for saying Islam is not a peaceful religion! Allah Ackbar!!!

*goes to burn a car....*

[Dad yer funny]

bookmk ping

[ and g'night , ... its 2:34 here in NYC ]

[jennyp]

She said she no longer practiced Islam. "I am a secular human being," she said.

What a heroic woman. And to resist the urge to abandon one mystical religion simply to go join some other is doubly impressive.

[A Jovial Cad]

She said the world's Muslims, whom she compares unfavorably with the Jews, have descended into a vortex of self-pity and violence

She'd have her hands full here with the tiny minority of Islamo-fascist appeasers who swarm every thread squawking about how "peaceful" the entire Islamic world is--while the rest of us are "bigots" and "unappeasables."

Guess she hasn't gotten the memo yet from this crowd hereabouts:

Appeasables Gone Wild

[Just Lori]

God protect her.

[madconserv]

Yes but I'm afraid she may have blown it with that statement because now many Muslims will not listen to her. "She is no longer one of us. She is brain washed by the Infidels." But, yes, she has nailed it. Join the 21st century.

[308MBR]

No. Violence against non Muslims makes non Muslims angry and fearful. The man who is afraid of you WILL kill you at the first chance.

Keep it up there muzzies. Sooner or later, you'll reap the whirlwind and be reminded of why you don't use the cross as the symbol for addition. That's for the 5% of you who can read and have pulled your heads out of the Koran (or some mullah's rectum) to learn how to add.

[river rat]

Those that have NOT clicked on the link to witness this brave woman's debate with a couple of Islamists - have missed seeing one of the world's most courageous humans of either sex...

Semper Fi

[momfirst]

Wow - what a smart, brave, admirable woman! They should play that video on all television stations!!! (wishful thinking, I know)

I pray she stays safe, though, I'm sure she has more than one person a bit peeved.

[Dallas59]

She had some balls...unlike certain US leaders...

[Dajjal]

God bless her.

[ncountylee]

May God protect her from Mad Moe's vermin.

[TChad]

She is inspirational. I hope that she and her family survive. A bodyguard or three might help.