from Little Green Ghouls Man
Malala Yousufzai is a 14 year old political activist from Pakistan.Today she was shot in the neck and the head by the Taliban. [Ms. Yousafzai was removed from immediate danger after the operation in a military hospital in Peshawar early Wednesday, during which surgeons removed a bullet that had passed through her head and lodged in her shoulder, one hospital official said. ]
Malala is unlike many girls who grow up in a Taliban controlled Islam extremist area. She differs in one big aspect, and that aspect is education and voice. Malala has been defying the laws called an” edict” the Taliban had issued,banning all girls from attending schools.
Malala not only still went to school, but she blogged about it. She wrote about her daily fears and struggles and her urge to learn. She writes about how the extremist use force and intimidation to keep girls from going to school.
Malala’s online writing against the Taliban led to her being awarded Pakistan’s first National Peace Prize last November. Former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani directed Pakistan’s Cabinet to award the prize each year to a child under 18 who contributes to peace and education.
“Last year, Malala told CNN she feared “being beheaded by the Taliban because of my passion for education. During their rule, the Taliban used to march into our houses to check whether we were studying or watching television.”(source CNN)
She described how she used to hide her books under her bed, fearing a house search by the Taliban.” (source CNN)
Our prayers are with her.
[Pakistanis from across the political and religious spectrum united in revulsion at the attack on the 14-year-old education rights campaigner. ]