If there is a simple human decency that unites people around the world, Ziauddin Yousafzai embodies it. He spent 14 years running a school for girls in his native region of Swat, Pakistan. When the Taliban overran his hometown, he closed the school to keep his students – including his own daughter, Malala — safe. But he refused to leave. He did not want to hand over his beloved hometown to the Taliban.
“I must bring them out from that quagmire,” he told a documentary filmmaker in 2009. “This is my duty, and if I die for that, I think there is no chance for me to die better than this.”
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The maker of the NY Times documentary is studying in Boston this year, and a group of his classmates and NGO experts set up this site to help Malala and her family. http://www.indiegogo.com/FriendsofMalala
Islam has a responsibility to basic humanity. If this is how Muslims treat women and children, then Islam should be outlawed by constitutional amendment in Pakistan and elsewhere. You are leaving the rest of humanity no choice. Get your act together.
Encouraging news from Britain is that she is able to stand and communicate.
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Lets pray this young girl survives and continues in her quest for the freedom to learn for all young girls not only in Pakastan but all over the world. This shows what the Taliban are all about and their beliefs. Sharia law and simular laws against women must be condemned by all.
Amen to that, chief. How does the Taliban expect to thrive in the long term if they hate women and children so?
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Back when this story first came out, I said this shooting could become a tipping point for Pakistani Muslims. I hope I'm not wrong. Time will tell.
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