As a result of her blunt and provocative words on Al Jazeera television, Arab-American Psychologist Wafa Sultan is now being regarded internationally as either a fresh voice of reason or an heretical infidel who deserves to die. Her interview has been viewed on the Internet more than one million times and deserves to reach at least a million more. Dr. Sultan bitterly criticizes Muslim clerics, warriors and political leaders of the past 14 centuries who she says have distorted the teachings of Muhammad and the Koran. She says that today’s Muslims are wallowing in self-pity and violence instead of taking lessons from their neighbors - the Jews. She says that the present battle between modernity and barbarism is a battle that violent and reactionary Islam is destined to lose.

Listen to Arab-American Psychologist, Wafa Sultan, as she voices her views on MEMRI TV: (in Arabic with English subtitles)

"There Is No Clash of Civilizations but a Clash between the Mentality of the Middle Ages and That of the 21st Century Following are excerpts from an interview with Arab-American psychologist Wafa Sultan. The interview was aired on Al-Jazeera TV on February 21, 2006 . Wafa Sultan: 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."

VIDEO: Dr. Wafa Sultan on Al Jazeera | Transcript

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