MEMRI - Wafa Sultan
Arab-American Psychologist Wafa Sultan during an interview on Al-Jazeera:
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"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." |
MEMRI originally posted a video of this interview which has been viewed over a million times. They are also reporting about the backlash Wafa Sultan is receiving because of these remarks.
Check out the video and article: http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD110706
**Update**
I noticed the above link no longer works, so here is the link to the MEMRI archive of the story.
Also, if you are interested in learning more about Wafa Sultan go to wafasultan.org.