Wafa Sultan on CNN..........

"SULTAN: When you teach your child to kill whoever non-Muslim, the problem with the thought, not with the child. LAWRENCE: Sultan first said some of these same things during the debate on al Jazeera TV. Thousands saw the broadcast, a million more on the Internet. Sultan's been condemned for saying Islam is corrupt for comparing Muslim suicide bombers to the Jews who survived the holocaust.

Even some moderate Muslims who agree that Islam need reform criticize Sultan.

Hussam Eyloush is with the Council on Islamic Relations. He says Sultan left Islam and now wants to tear it down from the outside.

HUSSAM AYLOUSH, COUNCIL ON AMER-ISLAMIC RELATIONS: When someone blanket a whole religion and labels a whole religion as beyond reform. This is nothing short of Islamophobia.

LAWRENCE: Sultan says she may be the most unlikely critic of Islam, but she won't stop any time soon.

SULTAN: I can assure you my voice is much stronger than they believe.

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LAWRENCE (on camera): Moderate Muslims say she's repeating some of what they've been saying for years. Stop the suicide bombings and allow more rights for women. Wolf?

BLITZER: Chris, thanks very much. She certainly touched a nerve in the Muslim world. Is Wafa Sultan feeling the heat for her outspoken comments?

Dr. Sultan, thanks so much for joining us. One of the leaders of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Southern California said this, "Reform is alive and well within Islam, but it will only happen by those from within Islam and not those who hate Islam."

You abandoned Islam years ago, is that right?

SULTAN: You know what? If I hate Islam let me make it very clear, I cannot hate Islam to the point Islam hates me. I am not trying to insult the faith of Islam. I am trying to defend myself as a woman, as a human being again, against the insult of Islam.

BLITZER: What has been the reaction to your words on al Jazeera to your life? How has this impacted your life?

SULTAN: You know, people ask me if I am afraid, and I would like to make it clear that I am not afraid. My message has been said. My books have been written. They might kill me, but there is no way they can kill my message. There is no way they can kill my message. There is no way they can kill my books. I will keep doing it. My goal is noble. My determination is great. People's reactions are very supportive and encouraging. Why shouldn't I believe in victory?

BLITZER: Have you received death threats? SULTAN: I have received too many of them. But they're not going to be able to change my way.

BLITZER: Will you continue to speak out on al Jazeera and other television stations around the world?

SULTAN: Absolutely. Whenever I am invited. I am ready to do it again and again and again. It doesn't matter how long it's going to take me.

BLITZER: Dr. Sultan, you're a very courageous woman, thanks so much for joining us here in THE SITUATION ROOM.

SULTAN: Thank you. It's my pleasure."



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