Women at war with the mullahs
March 19, 2006
There's a great piece in The Times about Dr Wafa Sultan, the outspoken critic of Islam, as well as other prominent Muslim/ex-Muslim female critics of Islam. Here are a few choice quotes from Dr Sultan:
"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. Only the Muslims defend their beliefs by burning down churches, killing people and destroying embassies. The Muslims must ask themselves what they can do for humankind, before they demand that humankind respect them."
and..
"This was the turning point of my life," says Sultan. She began to reread the Koran closely, gradually coming to the conclusion that the violence and oppression of most Muslim governments and some of those fighting against them stemmed directly from the teachings of Islam.
"I began to question every single teaching," she says. She noticed that "there are too many verses in the Koran which say you must kill those who are non-Muslim; you must kill those who don't believe in Allah and his messenger. I started to ask: is this right? Is this human? All our problems in the Islamic world, I strongly believe, are the natural outcome of these teachings. Go open any book in any class in any school in any Islamic country and read it. You will see what kind of teachings we have: Islam tells its followers that every non-Muslim is your enemy."
and...
Sultan has no intention of stopping her attacks on Islam even though she and her family in Syria have been threatened. Two of her brothers have been interrogated by the Syrian secret police, she says, since the Al-Jazeera broadcasts. In fact, Sultan's long intellectual journey has brought her to a radical conclusion: that reform of Islam is impossible.
"Muslims have been hostages of their beliefs and their teachings for 14 centuries," she says. "I believe the time has come and the truth should be spoken. I know that I am waging a very difficult war. It is going to take years. I might not be able to see it in my life, but I am strongly sure that the next generation will see the fruits of my writing and my message."
She is fighting for the enlightenment of humanity with conviction, and risking her life to do it. How many people are too afraid to stand up and say what they believe, because they might merely be teased, mocked or ostracised? I know I have been guilty of it. We can all learn from her example, and I take my hat off to her.
More importantly, we should speak up now, especially those of us who live in relatively free societies, where we CAN speak up. We must not let our rights to speak up be taken away by the politically-correct thought-police.
Links:
The Times Online - Women at war with the mullahs:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-2092167,00.html
(Hat-tip to USS Neverdock)
"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. Only the Muslims defend their beliefs by burning down churches, killing people and destroying embassies. The Muslims must ask themselves what they can do for humankind, before they demand that humankind respect them."
and..
"This was the turning point of my life," says Sultan. She began to reread the Koran closely, gradually coming to the conclusion that the violence and oppression of most Muslim governments and some of those fighting against them stemmed directly from the teachings of Islam.
"I began to question every single teaching," she says. She noticed that "there are too many verses in the Koran which say you must kill those who are non-Muslim; you must kill those who don't believe in Allah and his messenger. I started to ask: is this right? Is this human? All our problems in the Islamic world, I strongly believe, are the natural outcome of these teachings. Go open any book in any class in any school in any Islamic country and read it. You will see what kind of teachings we have: Islam tells its followers that every non-Muslim is your enemy."
and...
Sultan has no intention of stopping her attacks on Islam even though she and her family in Syria have been threatened. Two of her brothers have been interrogated by the Syrian secret police, she says, since the Al-Jazeera broadcasts. In fact, Sultan's long intellectual journey has brought her to a radical conclusion: that reform of Islam is impossible.
"Muslims have been hostages of their beliefs and their teachings for 14 centuries," she says. "I believe the time has come and the truth should be spoken. I know that I am waging a very difficult war. It is going to take years. I might not be able to see it in my life, but I am strongly sure that the next generation will see the fruits of my writing and my message."
She is fighting for the enlightenment of humanity with conviction, and risking her life to do it. How many people are too afraid to stand up and say what they believe, because they might merely be teased, mocked or ostracised? I know I have been guilty of it. We can all learn from her example, and I take my hat off to her.
More importantly, we should speak up now, especially those of us who live in relatively free societies, where we CAN speak up. We must not let our rights to speak up be taken away by the politically-correct thought-police.
Links:
The Times Online - Women at war with the mullahs:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-2092167,00.html
(Hat-tip to USS Neverdock)