Outcry over Pakistan attack on activist Malala Yousafza, 14

Cerise · Oct 9, 2012

An attack by Taliban gunmen in north-west Pakistan that wounded a 14-year-old who campaigned for girls' rights has caused an outcry in the country.
Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head on her way home from school in Mingora, the main town in the Swat Valley.
The president and prime minister have led condemnation of the attack.
Initial reports suggested she was out of danger, but there is growing concern over her condition with some reports saying she may need treatment abroad.
A Pakistani Taliban spokesman told the BBC they carried out the attack.
Ehsanullah Ehsan told BBC Urdu that they attacked her because she was anti-Taliban and secular, adding that she would not be spared.

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more brave actions...shooting a 14 year old girl because she wants to be educated. Dark age indeed.

David · Oct 9, 2012

I'm heartened that Pakistan is condemning this. Along with protecting that Christian girl and outing the Imam that did the actual desecration a while back seems to indicate the Pakistani gov't is resisting Islamists influences.

clax · Oct 14, 2012

Cerise said:
An attack by Taliban gunmen in north-west Pakistan that wounded a 14-year-old who campaigned for girls' rights has caused an outcry in the country.
Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head on her way home from school in Mingora, the main town in the Swat Valley.
The president and prime minister have led condemnation of the attack.
Initial reports suggested she was out of danger, but there is growing concern over her condition with some reports saying she may need treatment abroad.
A Pakistani Taliban spokesman told the BBC they carried out the attack.
Ehsanullah Ehsan told BBC Urdu that they attacked her because she was anti-Taliban and secular, adding that she would not be spared.

continues......http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19890022

more brave actions...shooting a 14 year old girl because she wants to be educated. Dark age indeed.

This part of the world perplexed me, in one case you have a child of fourteen standing up in a frightening act frankly with the Taliban hanging out. Pure act of courage, on the other hand you have first century despots who would view a child sa threat.

ThirdTerm · Oct 14, 2012

This Pakistani girl is living in Pakistan's Swat Valley which is now controlled by the Taliban and she gained celebrity status after she won a national peace award for her blogging activities criticising the Taliban's treatment of women. But no matter what she does, Pakistan will not be transformed into a democracy and she should keep a low profile just to stay alive in the danger zone and it was a failed assassination attempt which she barely survived and she has been sent to the UK for medical treatment.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/15/malala-yousafzai-treatment-uk

reader · Nov 3, 2012

David said:
I'm heartened that Pakistan is condemning this. Along with protecting that Christian girl and outing the Imam that did the actual desecration a while back seems to indicate the Pakistani gov't is resisting Islamists influences.

I'd like to think like that but I believe militants and government have an unwritten agreement there. İt's possıble that government is using them time to time, political regime is able to accept them. Or more simply, we don't see any real action to destroy all these groups from the government.

And we should not accept this as ''Islamists influences''.

tdbatista · Nov 18, 2012

ThirdTerm said:
This Pakistani girl is living in Pakistan's Swat Valley which is now controlled by the Taliban and she gained celebrity status after she won a national peace award for her blogging activities criticising the Taliban's treatment of women. But no matter what she does, Pakistan will not be transformed into a democracy and she should keep a low profile just to stay alive in the danger zone and it was a failed assassination attempt which she barely survived and she has been sent to the UK for medical treatment.

I do not live there, but from what little I know, Pakistan is one of the few countries in the Middle East that keep a government in the Western mold, and despite the Islamic roots, he baseA in the constitution of the Indies and Britain is a country with a Sunni majority. The country does not support radical Islamic groups, but as the wave of jihadists is increasing, there members within the government working for them and make things easier there. I hope that Pakistan does not become an Iran in the future.

tecoyah · Nov 18, 2012

Pakistan seems to be in a very difficult transitional period. Though in ways striving for something close to western prosperity and standards, it faces the mentality of thousand year old tradition and dogma. In ways in is the micro of the Middle Eastern Macro.
What is termed the Arab Spring has been playing out in the country for some time, with much the same effect. Hardcore elements do not wish to see the change and push against it in the same way they have for throughout history...violence and willful ignorance.

With luck and assistance, Pakistan will eventually stabilize...but until then it risks becoming a nuclear Iran.

tdbatista · Nov 18, 2012

I think this is a great blessing of the Internet. If the internet did not exist many such things would not happen. Very brave girl! Hopefully other women and even men who live under the Taliban take courage to face and eat them.

Outcry over Pakistan attack on activist Malala Yousafza, 14

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