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"Well, this ought to make a few of us reconsider our opinions of al-Jazeera. The NYT headline? "For Muslim Who Says Violence Destroys Islam, Violent Threats":

"In the [al-Jazeera] interview, which has been viewed on the Internet more than a million times and has reached the e-mail of hundreds of thousands around the world, Dr. Sultan bitterly criticized the Muslim clerics, holy warriors and political leaders who she believes have distorted the teachings of Muhammad and the Koran for 14 centuries."

Actually her criticism is as an avowed secular humanist. But the smackdowns she delivers to the Islamist host Al-Khouli are utterly priceless, and should be required viewing for every invertebrate politician in the wake of the Cartoon Jihad. Especially the part after Al-Khouli called her a heretic."
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There has been a spirited discussion at Winds about the context of the appearance of Syrian-American physician Wafa Sultan on Al-Jazeera TV last month. MEMRI published a video clip and transcribed excerpts of Sultan's remarks of 2/21/06. Her message was one that many Westerners hoped that the Muslim world would take to heart.

The group of reformist Muslim bloggers at 'Aqoul grew upset at what they viewed as the inadequacy and even dishonesty of MEMRI's excerpts, and this week 'Meph' produced a full 12-page translation of the Al-Jazeera program.
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