Don’t sit on the fence

OK, so the footage is edited, doubtless to eliminate gaps and further increase the impact of her tirade, but Arab-American psychiatrist Dr Wafa Sultan’s discussion (and a very one-sided one at that) with an Egyptian cleric on Al-Jazeera TV is a lucid, thumping denouncement of Islamic dogma. The video is here and the transcript is here.

In the light of the recent opportunist histrionics over the Muhammad cartoons, her timing is perfect. When the West has responded with an utter absence of backbone to the cowing of screaming fundamentalist loonies who exploited the cartoon controversy to claim even more protection from criticism, and openly threaten all ‘disbelievers’, this woman has had the courage to say what most wouldn’t. As if to prove her point, she has received numerous death threats.

Related

• For Muslim Who Says Violence Destroys Islam, Violent Threats – NY Times
• Interview on Israel National News (starts 26 minutes in)

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