When World Views Collide

This is one of those video clips that everyone should see. Arab-American Psychologist Wafa Sultan on Al-Jazeera TV states unequivocally the position the world faces today in the constant upheaval of cultural clashes we see before us. This lady is incredibly bold and unflinching. It is amazing and enlightening to read the transcript, but watch the video. You will see the conviction of her stance in everything she states. She is not afraid.

The 'best' her opponents can do is label her 'heretic' and tell her there is no talking to her as such. Nice...

Wafa Sultan: The clash we are witnessing around the world is not a clash of religions, or a clash of civilizations. 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. It is a clash between freedom and oppression, between democracy and dictatorship. It is a clash between human rights, on the one hand, and the violation of these rights, on other hand. It is a clash between those who treat women like beasts, and those who treat them like human beings. What we see today is not a clash of civilizations. Civilizations do not clash, but compete.
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Dr. Ibrahim Al-Khouli: Are you a heretic?

Wafa Sultan: You can say whatever you like. I am a secular human being who does not believe in the supernatural...

Dr. Ibrahim Al-Khouli: If you are a heretic, there is no point in rebuking you, since you have blasphemed against Islam, the Prophet, and the Koran...

Wafa Sultan: These are personal matters that do not concern you.

Ms. Sultan's comments should not be ignored.

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