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Give an Ear To This

Dr. Wafa Sultan is a Syrian born, now American psychologist, speaking out against the violence on the part of many Muslims. She is not a Muslim, Christian, or Jew. She considers herself a secular humanist. Tovia Singer, one of my favorite radio personalities, interviews her on Arutzsheva. Go listen.

From another interview:

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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