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A God Who Hates: The Courageous Woman Who Inflamed the Muslim World Speaks Out Against the Evils of Islam

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I have just completed my reading of Wafa Sultan's book, "A God Who Hates". This is a must read book! Many are familiar with her brilliant debate with a Saudi Sheikh on al jazeera television in which she excoriated the coercive violence endemic to the Muslim world. Here she reviews the sources and foundations of that worldview that creates such pathologies. Many accuse her of hating. What I found in her book was a passionate love for Muslims and a desire to open their minds to escape from the oppression that is endemic to Islam...Period. This is a woman who has received hundreds of death threats for simply telling the truth as she experienced it. Having just completed my own careful reading of the Qur'an using Muslim commentaries I affirm that her picture of the message pervasive in the Qur'an is absolutely accurate. She devastates the usual arguments brought against so-called "cherry-picking" of negative things in the Qur'an. Most importantly, she shows, with the acumen of a trained doctor, the results of a consistent application of this world-view to children and adults. The results are devastating. The closer you get to orthodox Arabic Islam, the worse it gets. Having lived in Muslim countries for 11 years I found myself over and over saying, "wow, for the first time I have an explanation for the behaviors that I saw". This is a book that I am going to buy 50 copies of and give to friends, especially Muslim friends. They may become angry, but some will quietly admit, this is the problem. The problem of the Muslim world is not its lack of application of Islam. The problem of the Muslim world is Islam...period. We need to have the love, courage and compassion to give Muslims an opportunity to consider an insider's critique of their own system. Growth only comes through challenging long established assumptions. Doubt is not a "shaytan". In fact, when extreme oppression is established, it is a "word" from God and a "spirit" from God. That God is love, not hate. Thank you, Wafa, for your great courage! You have inspired me to love my Muslim friends enough to challenge their assumptions.

Under Islamic Sharia Laws and the teachings of Muhammad and Quran, atrocities has been committed against many over the centuries . Since 9/11 these acts, specially towards women, honor killings, rapes, stoning, murders and slavery have been noticed more. Between 1979, the beginning of the Iranian Revolution and formation of the Islamic Republic Of Iran till 1997, some 1500 Iranian women have been hanged, some as young as 10 years old. Thanks to the writings of brave women like Wafa Sultan, Brigitte Gabriel, Nonie Darwish and Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who have put their lives on the line by pouring their gut wrenching stories out in the open, about their personal lives under Islam, the western world seems to be waking up, howbeit still not fully. Then we read the reviews of Sultan's book by 2 folks on this space by the name of, you guessed it, Muhammad, who much in vain and with total hypocrisy call her unqualified for telling the truth about Islam's treatment of women. They attempt to discredit Dr. Sultan simply because she hasn't been educated in " theology of Islam ". What a farce. What a theology !

How can these people live with themselves for denying what is so obvious to the entire world except to those who follow such a dark and hateful religion.

" A God Who Hates " must be read by all curious minds, as well as a book which will show the reader as why Islam is the way it is, by showing who Muhammad really was. "Understanding Muhammad, A Psychobiography" By: Ali Sina

Wafa Sultan does not claim to be an Islamic scholar, but she has seen Islam close up for the first thirty years of her life. The ogre that has a billion and a half people cowering in fear and shame is reflected in the oppressed lives of his subjects. What is so gripping about Dr. Sultan's account is how the affliction is passed from one generation to another -- diminished women give birth and nurturing to children who end up equally diminished. Worse yet, women embrace their defectiveness in a kind of Stockholm Syndrome. Dr. Sultan writes, "[W]omen have become convinced of their defectiveness and have indeed sanctified that defectiveness as divine decree." The solution, according to Dr. Sultan, is for Muslims and non-Muslims to read the Islamic sacred documents first-hand without distortion or falsification.

Dr. Sultan writes from the heart but has the insight of not only a medical doctor but also a mother and patriotic American. Her book is a highly readable, personal account that will have you laughing and crying as you follow her journey from the sad valley of the ogre to the land of opportunity, hope, and a God who loves.

While this is Dr. Sultan's first book in English, she is widely read in the Arabic media, and she is sometimes called the "Dear Abby" of the Muslim world. It is noteworthy that the two readers who panned her book (so far) are named Mohamed.

From a literary standpoint, this book does have a few flaws, however its message is so important that I could not give it anything buy 5 stars. The Arab proverbs and jokes that she includes to illustrate the Muslim Arab mind-set are more than worth the price of the book by themselves. One fault she has is that she tends to repeat herself rather often. Another minor point is that though she believes she has liberated herself from the Islamic culture she was brought up in, it still influences her thinking in places. For example, throughout the book she makes the claim that it was the pre-Islamic Arid desert Bedu culture of Arabia that produced and caused the evils of Islam. That is an unfair (and untrue) statement and is a direct result of Islamic propaganda which denigrates pre-Islamic Arabia calling it the Jahiliyyah (or age of ignorance). Nothing could be further from the truth. The traditional Bedu raiding culture, though it did exist, was not as vile as she made it out to be. In their raids against each other there was very little taking of life out of fear of tha'ir, or blood revenge. It was only when Islam turned these raids outward against "others" that the raiding culture took on a more deadly form. Furthermore, pre-Islamic Arabia was not all Bedu culture. There were many cities, empires, and high civilizations in pre-Islamic Arabia that rivaled those in the so-called fertile crescent. Jews, Gnostic Christians, Orthodox and Catholic Christains, and pagan Arabs of all sorts all co-existed in pre-Islamic Arabia, and there was a great deal of intellectual ferment. The status of women was much higher than in surrounding areas (such as Greece and Rome for example), as women could become rulers of states (history counts at least 42 that we know of), Goddesses, or owners of companies (Muhammad's first wife for example). In fact the chivalry code of Europe's Middle Ages was heavily influenced by pre-Islamic Arabic poetry brought to Spain by the Arabs. Unfortunately all of this came to an end with the advent of Islam. In other words, it wasn't Arabia's so-called "intellectual desert" that created Islam, it was Islam that turned Arabia into an "intellectual desert." Islam has trashed every country it has taken over, and none more so that Arabia. In a bit of a self-contradiction, Ms. Sultan even admits as much on page 205 where she says "Islam subjugated the cultures of all the peoples it afflicted, but it eradicated all traces of indigenous Arab culture more thoroughly than those of any other." All-in-all, though, this book is a must read for anybody interested in the Middle East, Islam, Terrorism, the fate of the west and/or women's rights.

Wafa Sultan has written a very heart-wrenching story about the abuse that Syrian women suffer from uncaring husbands and other male relatives; abuse Sultan contends originates in the anti-female attitudes of the prophet Mohammad (the founder of Islam) and his fawning god Allah. The author worked in Syrian hospitals during the early 1980s, before moving to the U.S. Her book is of personal anecdotes while living in an Islamic society, and how even young boys are taught to disrespect women. Although she portrays herself as a psychologist, this is not a collegiate study of serious personality disorders amongst Muslim women. Nor is it a rigorous psychoanalytical study of Islam (see "Psychoanalysis and the Challenge of Islam" by Fethi Benslama). The author two or three times will refer to the Muslim male's `conscious and unconscious' thoughts about women and how they are influenced by anti-female attitudes as espoused by Mohammad, in either the Quran or the ahadith. Her book is informative as to how she had to overcome her Muslim-induced anti-Jewish feelings, even after having lived in California for several years. What I had hoped for in her book would have been more of an `analysis' of the flawed foundations of Islam. She offers a handful of anti-female ayats in the Koran, and while she does cite some anti-female quotations from the ahadith, she provides specific citations of sources for maybe only half of them. It would have been helpful if she had provided specific citations, as some of her quotes are worded differently from similar quotations from the ahadith that I have read. My point is here that her opinions are based on a handful (okay: many, but not really numerous) of anecdotes, which really don't lead one to the conclusion that Islam is really rotten to its core - just that there are some `bad apples' in the mosque-barrel. (A better look at how women are mistreated in Islamic cultures is "Woman in the Muslim Unconscious" by Fatna Sabbah and "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam" by Robert Spencer.)

Wafa Sultan is an incredibely courageous muslim woman. Would you put your life at stake to express your lifetime experience with Islam ? I didn't even dare writing my own name under this comment.
This is definitely a must-read by everybody who wants to know the truth about Islam and how to deal with a religion based on fear and hatred instead of love. Bravo Wafa, you already deserve all my admiration. Your book must be translated in arabic and distributed all over the Arab World and read loudly on Al-Jazira TV, hoping it will open their eyes so they start respecting others before they ask the rest of the World to respect them.

This book is about "Allah" the God of Islam. Just make a search in the Koran about some key words like "love" or "kill" you'll find that "kill" is mentionned 133 times in 100 verses, while "love", only 64 times in 55 verses, noting that "love" of the Koran talks only about love of Allah to Mohammad or about muslims loving their prophet, not one time about loving each others, not to talk about your ennemy ! Wafa knows much more about Islam than anybody else.

Dr. Wafa Sultan is one of the finest, bravest, and most insightful people in the world. She is a friend of mine. I dedicated to her my book on "Combating Terrorists in the USA: Protecting the CONUS from Terrorists" for speaking out against the evils of Islam. Wafa distinctly clarifies the God who hates (i.e., Allah), the truth about the ogre's messenger (Muhammad), and the cruel and demeaning way the typical Muslim man treats his wife/wives and children. If Muhammad lived today, he would be considered a pedophile, sexual pervert, adulterer, and a sexual child abuser, which is totally disgusting and despicable. All of those who write nasty posts about Wafa and her book are those we need to watch and be aware of, for they hate America and plan to do our country harm. If they hate America so much, they should get out of here and live where they can find their paradise back in the Middle East somewhere.
By being a medical doctor and psychiatrist, Dr. Sultan makes a very good and accurate psychological analysis of the Islamic men and why they are fearful, raid, and treat women "like shoes" the way they do. Of course, I am only writing about those Muslim men who treat their women as chattel, which is the majority of Muslim/Islamic men. Wafa Sultan had stated in her book: "You poor Americans! If you only realized what Amal [and other Muslims living in the U.S. who hate us so much] thinks of the United States, you'd realize that you're digging your own graves with your naivete!" It is my hope that this book will shake more Americans out of their naivete, open their eyes, and prepare for dealing with these hate mongers. We need to stop being deceived by the Muslims in America who hate us and plan our demise and to place us under Sharia Law.
My hat is off to Dr. Wafa Sultan - a great American and patriot - for writing this milestone of a book that gives the average American an accurate insight into those Muslims who are living in America for the purpose of destroying our country. They are part of "the enemy within" that must be stopped.

Excellent book, must read, brave woman, speaks the truth, exposes the violence, hate and evil of a religion that promotes terror and killing of kafirs, infidels.
Dr. Wafa sultan is a great, smart, brave ,educated, and talented lady. her book is worthy of 5 stars.I recommend all to read it.

Wafa Sultan's courage shines throughout this book. She dares to criticize the oppression of women in Muslim countries while still expressing her strong emotional bond to Islam. "A God Who Hates" is filled with anecdotes from Sultan's own life and from her work as a doctor in Syria. She made two contrasts that I found especially helpful in my efforts to understand the source of the violence so often connected with Islam: one, she points out that in Mohammed's day, Arabian tribes survived by raiding to acquire the food and water they needed in the desert and to assure themselves that the tribes they raided would not retaliate. This life style plays out today, she asserts, as one Muslim forces his will on another, whether this is nation against nation or husbands against wives, brother against sister. The other point she makes is that Muslim conversation always turns to disagreement, which concludes with people shrieking at each other. In America, by contrast, people listen during conversation. For centuries, Muslims have refused to examine the doctrines and practices of Islam. Instead, they shriek that they are right which reminds me of the responses from Muslims such as CAIR whenever anyone hints that a terrorist may have Muslim connections (i.e., Fort Hood incident). Her training as a psychiatrist enhances her insights regarding behavior, especially among children, and the violent influence of Koranic teachings which tend toward negative expressions,as in Sura 2:10, ""they shall be sternly punished for their lying." She suggests, "Can God not use more positive language to demonstrate the importance of truthfulness?" I highly recommend this book for those seeking to understand Islam and for those concerned with its treatment of women.

Wafa Sultan was born in 1958 Syria and emigrated to the U.S. in 1989. "A God Who Hates" describes Ms. Sultan's experiences, as well as those of her family, wile growing up. The most obvious point of her story is that the Muslim religion is very disrespectful of women, even teaching young males this perspective. Fortunately, her family was relatively lax by Muslim standards, and she didn't live in a much starker environment such as Northern Pakistan or Afghanistan. Early on she had a love of learning and reading, but was persuaded by pursue medical studies instead and became a psychiatrist. She is best known for having told a Muslim cleric in 2006 to "Be quiet - it's my turn!" while on an Al-Jazeera televised debate in L.A. and then contending that the conflict between the West and Muslims "Is a clash between civilization and backwardness, between the civilized and the primitive, between barbarity and rationality."

I have no doubts whatsoever of the truth of Sultan's allegations - just recently a Muslim father in my area killed his daughter (ran over her and a friend) for becoming "too Westernized." Sultan contends that Islam is a religion of fear, but this doesn't explain why the intense negativity against Westerners.