She lives here in Southern California. The Los Angeles Times ran a story on her Sunday. Here's an "abstract":
In a blunt interview on Al Jazeera television last month, Sultan harshly criticized Islam as violent and unfavorably compared Muslims with Jews. In remarks Sunday at her Corona home, Sultan, who said she left the faith after witnessing an act of religious extremism, went even further, saying Islam was beyond repair with teachings that exhorted Muslims to kill non-Muslims, subjugate women and disregard human rights.
Other Muslims questioned why groups outside the faith were so avidly promoting a non-Muslim to criticize Islam, a practice that has occurred before and is a sore spot in the Islamic community, particularly since many respected Muslims also advocate change.
Some Muslims, however, have embraced at least part of Sultan's message. Ani Zonneveld of the Progressive Muslim Union in Los Angeles, who has been fighting to gain wider acceptance of female musicians in Islam, said she put the link to Sultan's Al Jazeera interview on her personal website, under the title "[Wafa Sultan] Rocks!" But Zonneveld said Sultan's critiques were not new. Plenty of practicing Muslims, including Zonneveld, have been outspoken in criticizing the way some Muslims interpret their tradition's teachings on women, human rights and interfaith relations, she said.
This letter appeared today in the Times. The author makes a valid point, I suppose, but you still have to admire Ms. Sultan's incredible courage.
Wafa Sultan joins the ranks of other outspoken female critics of Islam, namely the Netherlands' Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Canada's Irshad Manji. The difference is that Sultan is an Arab who speaks flawless Arabic, which gives her access not only to Arabic media such as Al Jazeera but to the elite of the Islamic religious establishment. She is courageously using that access to "speak truth to power."
I would like to congratulate Sultan for her well-intentioned efforts to promote reform in the Arab and Islamic world. Yet despite her courage and fortitude, I am sad to say that her tactics, such as a recent debate with a Muslim cleric on Al Jazeera, will actually weaken the noble cause of reform. To understand why, we need only rely on our basic political common sense and the concept of "know your audience." Reformers should remember that Arabs and Muslims, in general, are ultraconservative and deeply religious. Therefore, they are unlikely to respond in a positive manner to a woman appearing on Arab TV unveiled, proudly asserting that she does not believe in God. Sultan's appearance on Al Jazeera had the approximate impact of a tattooed, body-pierced, pro-abortion, flag-burning, gay communist debating Rush Limbaugh on the Fox News Channel, trying to sway the audience toward a liberal philosophy. Would anyone consider that a successful tactic?
How long before some Muslim cleric issues a Fatwah calling for her execution? I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet. Of course, it would prove her point perfectly, so maybe that's making them think twice. Still, she has to be in real danger.
But seriously, I think it depends on the kid and his/her parents. You are right, 18 is bit high, but that's my stance on it. I can just see it now, "You live in my house, you follow my rules! 
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