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Girl Stands Up to Taliban December 11, 2014 -- Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai received her Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday, delivering an impassioned speech on behalf of the "forgotten children" who crave the right to education and deserve peace. -- Los Angeles Times A Profile in Courage John F. Kennedy wrote a Pulitzer Prize winning book in 1955 called Profiles in Courage. On November 22, 1963 he was shot while serving as President, a day many of us still remember. If he were alive today to update of his book, he might well include Malala Yousafzai, a 14 year old girl who defied the Taliban in Pakistan, and was shot for her courage. President John F. Kennedy shot in Dallas
President John F. Kennedy shot in Dallas Malala began her acts of defiance in 2009 by making posts to a blog published by the BBC. She vividly described living in fear under the Taliban, as in this post from her diary: "I was afraid going to school because the Taliban had issued an edict banning all girls from attending schools.... On my way from school to home, I heard a man saying, 'I will kill you.' I hastened my pace, and after a while looked back [to see] if the man was still coming behind me. But to my utter relief, he was talking on his mobile and must have been threatening someone else over the phone."
Girl shot in Pakistan Photo: T. Mughal/EPA file The Taliban finally caught up with Malala on October 9, 2012 and shot her. She was headed home on a school bus when gunmen on a motorcycle stopped the bus and boarded it. They fired at Malala from point blank range. One of the bullets pierced her temple and lodged in her throat. By some miracle she did not die on the spot. The bleeding girl was carried to a hospital where she remains in critical condition. A friend of Malala named Shazia rode on the bus with her that day and was injured by a stray bullet. "They stopped our school van. They were riding on a bike. The masked man kept pointing guns at us and the other was shouting, 'Where is Malala?' I froze with a flashback to the old dark days: I remembered the headless bodies...the grotesque violence."
Malala Yousafzai Photo: Sherin Zada/AP The Taliban claimed credit for shooting this young girl named Malala. What kind of people would do such a thing? Let alone proudly take credit for it? If there is a single person in Pakistan supporting the Taliban, they should feel shame beyond words. Updates Malala was moved to a hospital in Birmingham, England so she can receive special care for her gunshot injuries. The Taliban has vowed to target her again. On January 3, 2013, her father was appointed by the Pakistan government to an attache position in Birmingham so he can be near his daughter. Data sources: Los Angeles Times, Zulfiqar Ali, Alex Rodriguez, Christian Science Monitor, Owais Tohid. October 11, 2013 -- The European Union awarded its top human rights prize Thursday to Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who was shot by the Taliban for championing education for girls. -- Los Angeles Times |
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