2008 Rays of Light in the Darkness Dinner Videos

United States Capitol, June 18, 2008

On June 18 hundreds of people packed the Rayburn House Caucus room to congratulate courageous individuals who received EMET’s second annual “Speaker of the Truth” Awards.  All of the recipients are people who have risked everything to speak out about the darkness of radical Islam, supporting the forces of democracy and respect for human rights in Arab countries.  All three of the Muslim-Americans can be seen here, along with syndicated columnist Cal Thomas.  One of the award winners, Wafa Sultan, is in hiding due to hundreds of death threats.  She came out to accept her award.   Their comments are riveting and truly inspiring.

 

  

Farid Ghadry

Farid Ghadry born in Syria and is the elected leader of the Reform Party of Syria. At the age of 17, Farid was arrested by the Syrian intelligence outside Damascus for civil disobedience. To this day, Farid is still pursued by Syrian intelligence. At 24, Farid was beaten with a cane by the Saudi religious police because he refused to pray in a mosque in Riyadh.  He was the first Syrian to ever be invited to speak before the Israeli Knesset. Afterwards, Farid’s Syrian passport was permanently revoked.

Watch Speech by Farid Ghadry

 

  

Wafa Sultan

Wafa Sultan is a Syrian born psychiatrist who is in hiding due to multiple death threats by Muslim extremists.  She made a rare appearance at the EMET dinner.  Since September 11, 2001, Dr. Sultan is extraordinarily open and frank.  In 2006, Time Magazine named Dr. Sultan as one of the “one hundred influential people of the world,” whose, “power, talent or moral example is transforming the world”.

Watch Speech by Wafa Sultan

 

  

Zeyno Baran

Ms. Baran, a practicing Muslim is a renowned scholar of Islam and the Arab world, and is the Director of the Center for Eurasia Policy at the Hudson Institute Born in Turkey and educated at Stanford University.  Her most recent articles have documented the lengthy reaches of the Muslim Brotherhood within the United States. When she speaks before Muslim audiences, Zeyno is often accused of being a “Zionist” or a “Secret Jew”.

Watch Speech by Zeyno Baran