Video: Wafa Sultan on the Mohammed cartoons; Update: Interview with Bassam Tibi
posted at 11:17 am on October 2, 2006 by Allahpundit
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We still get e-mails from people linking to the MEMRI video of her now world famous appearance on Al Jazeera last year saying, “YOU HAVE GOT TO SEE THIS.”
We’ve seen it.
But we hadn’t seen this yet, and odds are neither have you. Nine minutes of Sultan, in English, on Islam and the cartoon jihad. Is it really “the crack in the wall”?
Click the image to watch.
Update: Even better than the Sultan clip is this interview with Syrian-born German Islamic expert Bassam Tibi. Too much to blockquote but I’ll tempt you with this:
SPIEGEL: You are trying to say that critics of Islam are systematically silenced in Germany?
Tibi: Yes. Even the comparatively moderate Turkish organization DITIB says there are no Islamists, only Islam and Muslims — anything else is racism. That means that you can no longer criticize the religion. Accusing somebody of racism is a very effective weapon in Germany. Islamists know this: As soon as you accuse someone of demonizing Islam, then the European side backs down. I have also been accused of such nonsense, even though my family can trace its roots right back to Muhammad and I myself know the Koran by heart.
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“The beginning of a very long road” ….INDEED!
I think it was a crack in the wall. A smaill crack near the top (not at the base), but a crack nonetheless.
Although, honestly, I’m scared for her for whatever fatwah will be issued agaisnt her. She has more balls than our poiliticians!
SouthernGent on October 2, 2006 at 11:35 AM
Enjoyed the video of Wafa Sultan, but was that a young Phil Collins interviewing her? Just kidding?
We need to pry the crack in the wall wide open….Courage is all it takes.
d1carter on October 2, 2006 at 11:55 AM
Amazing woman. She takes personal courage to a new level.
tormod on October 2, 2006 at 12:40 PM
I’m glad she is optimistic about transforming Islam because I am not. It seems to me all the people in the Middle East are head cases with a built in resistance to common sense. They all pretty much have the governments they disserve. The Islam mentality is a big ball and chain on the mind and it shows.
Don’t look for any positive changes there any time soon. Years of being intellectual sheep will continue to take it’s toll on the Mid East public.
Shmo on October 2, 2006 at 1:19 PM
She needs to speak to our Congress!
dallas94 on October 2, 2006 at 1:55 PM
Wafa Sultan is what all truly moderate muslims should be. In some ways it’s a pity that she stands out so much because it highlights that fact that her type is so rare.
thirteen28 on October 2, 2006 at 1:59 PM
Dean Esmay needs to explain things to Tibi.
Alex K on October 2, 2006 at 2:11 PM
I pray for her safety….
Tom N on October 3, 2006 at 12:11 AM
This truly courageous woman takes a stand against Islam and makes a case for its transformation. Are there any Muslim men who will dare stand with her?
captried on October 3, 2006 at 1:48 PM
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