An interesting
exchange that has Wafa Sultan, an Arab American Psychologist versus Dr. Ibrahim
Al-Khouli aired over al-Jazeera TV.
Video of the debate
between the two:
A brief but
interesting synopsis of the debate:
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
the two opposites, between two eras.
It is a clash between
a mentality belonging to Middle Ages & a mentality belonging to 21st
Century.
It is a clash between
civilization and backwardness between barbarity and rationality.
It is a clash between
freedom and oppression between democracy and dictatorship.
It is a clash between human
rights on one hand and a violation of these rights on another hand.
It is a clash between
those who treat women like beasts and those that treat them like human beings.
What we see today is
not a clash of civilizations. Civilizations do not clash but compete.
HOST:
I understand from your
words that what is happening today is a clash between the culture of the West
and the backwardness and the ignorance of the Muslims.
Wafa
Sultan:
Yes, that is what I
mean.
Dr. Ibrahim
Al-Khouli
At the start, I state
that no one has the right to define or delineate concepts that no individual
can determine or apply.
What is your
understanding of civilization?
What is the definition
of civilization?
…..and the debate goes on where
Al-Khouli and the host seem to be speaking mostly on what they belief is true. The
slot was mostly dominated by Dr. Ibrahim somehow lacking clarity where he
emotionally counters Wafa with questions like “Can man be a woman and woman
becomes a man? The earth to be the sky and the sky to be earth” clearly lacking
his skills to control his emotion and put forth his argument in a productive
way.
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