Dude, she was the champion of promoting education before she was hit by Talibans. World learned about it after the attack. She was not doing it for any cheap fame. She was fully involved in the issues of her area, way before she was 16. She was promoting education. Where was the whole nation then when Talibans were bombing the schools in Swat area?
My point is simple. If she got opportunity to be heard by a large audience, she should equally hilight the drone issue. Most of the time, she seems to portray one side of the picture. She is telling western media, what they already knew or what they want to hear / hilight for making their point.
I don’t care about NFP or his likes, the fact of the matter is that Suicide attacks are a Bigger problem for us as compared to drones. The champions of drones just muddy up the issue of suicide attacks and portray it as a collateral damage and hence give a clean chit to the animals. We have two groups at the moment anti drone groups who are more concerned about drones as compared to suicide attacks and the pro drone groups. Public sentiment is overwhelmingly with anti drone group. As a result we have lost 50000 people, still don’t know our enemies as they’re hiding behind conspiracy theories. Every one in the world is responsible for our plight CIA, raw, Mossad and afghan intelligence. Who TTP?
Oh goodness gracious people. Please don't let a 16 year old make y'all so insecure now. Pakistan should be proud as a nation that there is a little girl who actually has the guts to speak her mind.
Oh yeah, and did you ever wonder how a dead person who was killed by the drones could do all this? Is it possible? No. They died. She survived. She was already fighting for her rights to education. She got the attention. If she died, there wouldn't be anything yea?
My point is simple. If she got opportunity to be heard by a large audience, she should equally hilight the drone issue. Most of the time, she seems to portray one side of the picture. She is telling western media, what they already knew or what they want to hear / hilight for making their point.
You sure have misplaced priorities...criticizing 16 year girl & not her attackers who have destroyed over 1200 girls schools in tribal areas (b/c of drones?) & shot her in the head.
Thanks for sharing. This is the recent shift in her views. Did she talked against drones in her diary which made her aankh ka tara of western media? If she had and that is also included in her book, then that should be given more coverage to tell people that she felt their pain from the first day and not acting like a true politician all of sudden
Her diary was about life in swat (the area where she lived), where there were no drone strikes. She could only have brought into limelight how life was under the taleban. There is no connection between drones and swat's taleban.
Muqawee, actually this brave girl condemned the attacks while sitting with Obama, None of the sher khans of Pakistans could do what this chirya did. Loug oos ko sunna nahi chaatay to iss main oos kaa tou qusoor nahee.
"I thanked President Obama for the United States' work in supporting education in Pakistan and Afghanistan and for Syrian refugees," Yousafzai said in a statement published by the Associated Press. "I also expressed my concerns that drone attacks are fueling terrorism. Innocent victims are killed in these acts, and they lead to resentment among the Pakistani people. If we refocus efforts on education it will make a big impact."
This is interesting ... I'm more intrigued than ever to know how 'education' can solve wars and conflicts ... What type of education is being invoked here that it subdues a people in to passive states? And what about educating the West and the Western warmongers? I don't see a difference in literacy, numeracy and social awareness in the Pakistani people compared to the Amercian people ... This idea that the Muslim countries need to be educated whereas the West are being portrayed as the ideal of education to be followed is a dangerous precedent ... It is a call for putting our minds in to subservience to the Westwern way of life and it's ideals.
I think I get it ... She is calling for indoctrination of liberalism into the Muslim audience.
They are all being used! Why is there so much animosity to such a young girl in Pakistan? So many people wont even console a child after it has been shot. What sort of society is it? It appears to be quite a sick society.
Why do so many people in Pakistan support controversial Muslim characters as well? Malala could use her platform to condemn drone attacks but has she made speecehs condemning the Taliban or does she just talk about girls education?
My question for malala supporterz. Why West and US always support controvsl muslim characters? They used mukhtara mai and leter on suprem court declaired mukhtara mai case, a topi drama. They used salman rushdi. They used many muslims against muslims n now malala is being used by US undr the cover of education. Some guys are right there, why dont malala condan Drones attack openly? We love arfa kraem randaha kind of girls who showed a bright face of pakistan. But malala iz being used, everbody knws it in pakistan.
My question for malala supporterz. Why West and US always support controvsl muslim characters? They used mukhtara mai and leter on suprem court declaired mukhtara mai case, a topi drama. They used salman rushdi. They used many muslims against muslims n now malala is being used by US undr the cover of education. Some guys are right there, why dont malala condan Drones attack openly? We love arfa kraem randaha kind of girls who showed a bright face of pakistan. But malala iz being used, everbody knws it in pakistan.
I agree with you that the west always uses controversial characters, in the past they used alqaeda and other jehadis who are haunting the Muslim world for the past four decades. They are still supporting Saudi regime, the biggest curse on Muslims.
So many children have had their childhood ruined in Pakistan moreso to do with the terrorism which is striking the country.
No other girl would have got that much coverage as Malala did. She was a common girl, not from any elite background who had a blog, so she was already known in some circles who was then deliberately targeted. If she was not important why did they not attack other kids deliberately? Why specifically target Malala?
She is getting all the attention because it is a very 'saleable' story..........and secondl the villain in the story is Taliban..... providing a sense of validation for the wars being carried out......
i doubt if it was a boy who was shot by someone other than 'taliban' would get the same amount of media coverage.....
the girl's life has been ruined......once by talibans shooting in her in the head........and now the western media/governments making her out to be a dalai lama or something........... her childhood has been truly taken away..........sad....
So many children have had their childhood ruined in Pakistan moreso to do with the terrorism which is striking the country.
No other girl would have got that much coverage as Malala did. She was a common girl, not from any elite background who had a blog, so she was already known in some circles who was then deliberately targeted. If she was not important why did they not attack other kids deliberately? Why specifically target Malala?
I think they targeted Malala not because she was calling for education ... But because she is calling for their destruction and invoking outside help do it ... She is an anti-PR for them which makes her a target ... She could not represent peace.
The definition of a peace promoter is a person who calls his own people to stop harming others and is prepared to compromise for the benefit of society as a whole ... She identifies with the West and not with TTP ... Her stance on education is uncompromising ... She believes that education should be spread under the threat of war ...
If I stand for peace and I am with the greens and the blues want to fight the greens ... It is my duty to tell the greens to calm down and let the blues have something of what they wish ... I will not egg on the blues to fight the greens nor will I tell the greens to fight the blues to restore peace ... I will tell MY SIDE to back down ... If Malala wants peace she will tell her side (US and Pak Army) to back down ...and she will spend less time speaking out against her opposition ... Who are the TTP ... This is the way peace talks are done ...
you would have thought her education should have given her that much sense.
This is interesting ... I'm more intrigued than ever to know how 'education' can solve wars and conflicts ... What type of education is being invoked here that it subdues a people in to passive states? And what about educating the West and the Western warmongers? I don't see a difference in literacy, numeracy and social awareness in the Pakistani people compared to the Amercian people ... This idea that the Muslim countries need to be educated whereas the West are being portrayed as the ideal of education to be followed is a dangerous precedent ... It is a call for putting our minds in to subservience to the Westwern way of life and it's ideals.
I think I get it ... She is calling for indoctrination of liberalism into the Muslim audience.
For west religious madarsas are the nurseries of crimes, but they will never point out institutes like Howard, London School of Economics who produced Bin Laden and Umar Shaikh. Where did the people involved in 9/11 got education.. Jamiya Banoria Karachi or big universities of Europe and America?
By mentioning again and again that few innocent girls were killed in drone attacks, we can not overshadow the brave stance of Malala! We should not forget thousand and thousands of innocent young girls have been killed in attacks on muslims by the extremist muslims over the last 30 years - for instance young girls killed by so many suicide attacks on Hazaras of Quetta!
I think they targeted Malala not because she was calling for education ... But because she is calling for their destruction and invoking outside help do it ... She is an anti-PR for them which makes her a target ... She could not represent peace.
The definition of a peace promoter is a person who calls his own people to stop harming others and is prepared to compromise for the benefit of society as a whole ... She identifies with the West and not with TTP ... Her stance on education is uncompromising ... She believes that education should be spread under the threat of war ...
If I stand for peace and I am with the greens and the blues want to fight the greens ... It is my duty to tell the greens to calm down and let the blues have something of what they wish ... I will not egg on the blues to fight the greens nor will I tell the greens to fight the blues to restore peace ... I will tell MY SIDE to back down ... If Malala wants peace she will tell her side (US and Pak Army) to back down ...and she will spend less time speaking out against her opposition ... Who are the TTP ... This is the way peace talks are done ...
you would have thought her education should have given her that much sense.
what outside help was she calling for? Pakistan army are outsiders there? Even though she never asked the army to conduct operations there, what choice did the army have? She did bring to light the conditions of people under the taleban, thats another thing that many of us still fail to acknowledge that. While militants were butchering people, should the army have allowed them continue with their murderous campaign? Can a country allow a state within state? Do you want Pakistan to become a banana republic like Somalia where different warlords rule different areas?
What sort of stance should she have adopted vis a vis taleban? Maybe she should have kept quiet like the rest of us. Most of Pakistans public is still unmoved even after losing 50000 people, maybe their blood didn't have any value.
Taleban did have two years of rule in swat, ask the people of the area if they'd like to live under them again. It's very easy to chose things for others under which you dont want for yourself.
Malala was a well known name among circles of pashtun nationalists before taliban shot her. She had become symbol of voice against actions of taliban. ANP was promoting her as part of their anti-taliban compaign ......many pakistanis ask stupid questions that why another girl ( who got shot in hand after pointing out malala to the attacker) didnt get the same coverage? as if malala was discovered after taliban shot her.
In my opinion Pakistani media gave her extra coverage despite of the face that majority of pakistanis, particularly non-pashtuns had never heard about name of malala. When suddenly so much media hype was created in order to highlight the crime of taliban, pakistanis, as usual, smelled some thing fishy................because first thing in their mind was , who the fck is malala?
today i see lists of top 10 most hated persons in pakistan and i am not surprised to see that malala is always on top........people are saying why not arifa karim ? why not arifa sadiqui? why not me?
typical behavior of losers.....kisi ki taraqi daiki nahi jati........malala has registered her name in the world history, get over it you losers.
For west religious madarsas are the nurseries of crimes, but they will never point out institutes like Howard, London School of Economics who produced Bin Laden and Umar Shaikh. Where did the people involved in 9/11 got education.. Jamiya Banoria Karachi or big universities of Europe and America?
You are entitled to your own views, but the way some of our Muslim brothers are acting lately they are helping the westerners to connect the religion with terrorism. It's not easy to explain to outsiders now that Islam literally means peace.
That because most of the homicidal terrorists come out of madrasas. These so called schools are breeding grounds for terrorists.
Again, Howard and Oxford don’t produce terrorists…terrorists are produced by ideology/mindset & in this case its the specific brand of Islam where death is valued over life & destruction is preferred over construction by religious minded people.
Honestly people need to leave the girl alone including her parents and the media.
She's a young girl. Let her actually get "educated" first, let her just act her age and let her just build a new life in a totally alien world. I fail to understand how people are mindlessly cheering her saying things that kids of her age would barely understand. If anything her overly rehearsed, tastelessly mature and doctored speeches are failing to connect with the locals she believes to represent. And that's a huge shame.
And would some people just stop with this either with us or against us nonsense. Talk about the issues and respect the fact that she needs privacy. It will be a loss for the public if she's made into an 'educated' version of Hollywood kid. Such level of exposure, fan following and public scrutiny is toxic for any young mind.
The letter goes on to argue that “*t is a clear command of Shariah that any female who, by any means, plays a role in the war against mujahideen should be killed.”
It then seeks to justify the shooting of the schoolgirl by citing passages from the Koran in which a child or woman was killed.
**“If anyone argues about [Yousafzai’s] young age, then [consult] the story of Hazrat Khizar in the Koran relating that Hazrat Khizar – while traveling with the Prophet Musa – killed a child,” the letter reads. “Arguing about the reason for his killing, he said that the parents of this child are pious and in future [the child] will cause a bad name for them.”
** For those who argue that Yousafzai’s shooting was not justifiable because she was female, the letter says, “then we can see the incident [in the Koran] of the killing of a wife by a blind companion of the Prophet Muhammad because she spoke insulting words about the Prophet. And the Prophet praised this act.”