"The other guest on the program, identified as an Egyptian professor of religious studies, Dr. Ibrahim al-Khouli, asked, 'Are you a heretic?' He then said there was no point in rebuking or debating her, because she had blasphemed against Islam, the Prophet Muhammad and the Koran."Dr. Sultan said she took those words as a formal fatwa, a religious condemnation. Since then, she said, she has received numerous death threats on her answering machine and by e-mail."One message said: 'Oh, you are still alive? Wait and see.' She received an e-mail message the other day, in Arabic, that said, 'If someone were to kill you, it would be me.' "Dr. Sultan said her mother, who still lives in Syria, is afraid to contact her directly, speaking only through a sister who lives in Qatar. She said she worried more about the safety of family members here and in Syria than she did for her own.'I have no fear,' she said. 'I believe in my message. It is like a million-mile journey, and I believe I have walked the first and hardest 10 miles.'"

Hu's virtue list

*Love, do not harm the motherland.
*Serve, don't disserve the people.
*Uphold science; don't be ignorant & unenlightened.
*Work hard; don't be lazy and hate work.
*Be united and help each other; don't gain benefits at the expense of others.
*Be honest and trustworthy, not profit-mongering at the expense of your values.
*Be disciplined and law-abiding instead of chaotic and lawless.
*Know plain living and hard struggle, do not wallow in luxuries and pleasures.