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Date: 23 October 2012 13:52:30
Like many people, I'm sure, this story just made me plain angry, but the selfishness of the some of the actions of the Taliban often have. Everyone has a right ot learn, whether they are male or female. Malala is a symbol of empowerment, as at her young age, and being a girl, she managed to scare the patriachal Taliban so much that they shot her. They are scared by her, and given the ridiculousness of some of their actions, I think they have reason to be. Such actions prove this. Shooting a teenage girl just for going to school....it shows her strength in the face of so much opposition. When she was shot there were crowds on the streets opposing the Taliban. Women and men were there. Everyone has been appalled by this case. I hope and pray that the staff at the QE hospital in Birmingham will be able to bring her back to health.
I've added www.educationenvoy.org to my Blogroll. This is Gordon Brown's site, supporting the world's campaign for education for girls who are denied it. It uses Malala's case as the prime example, and invites people to sign a global peition to ask the UN to take action. Brown is now the UN Envoy for Global Education. I would encourage everyone to check this out and to sign up to it, to support this campaign. Using a child's education as a political weapon (by taking it away, otherwise you get shot, before anyone says anything about our current goverment and education) is beyond the pail. It leaves a bitter taste of biilious fury in me.