Malala Yousafzai is a courageous girl and the symbol of courage in Pakistan and the rest of the world. Who would have thought that a small 14-year-old girl would create a stir in the world when she’d be attacked by the Taliban

Malala Yousafzai is a young girl living in swat, Pakistan. Malala has always had high dreams about herself and Pakistan. Living in an area which was haunted by Taliban rule, Malala always spoke up against the brutal lawlessness promoted by Taliban. It was 2005 when on FM radio, a message was sent across the Swat Valley that no girl shall be allowed to study further or would go to school, and those who’ll do it will themselves be responsible for the consequences.  Malala Yousafzai always wanted to study further to become a doctor. This ambition helped her to stand up and raise her voice.

The New York Times picked her story, and “Class Dismissed in Swat valley” and “A School Girls Odyssey” were two documentaries published by the New York Times on the story of the brave girl Malala.

Right from the age of 13, Malala Yousafzai maintained a blog on BBC website and created awareness about the atrocities of the Tehrik-e-Taliban and extremist. Malala Yousafzai already had many feathers in her hat, she was the first Pakistani girl to be nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize. South African Nobel laureate Desmund Tutu announced the nominations during a 2011 ceremony in Amsterdam, Holland, Malala Yousafzai got her nomination again, although she didn’t win it but surely made her presence felt across the world in terms of raising her agenda which was the protection of her own people from the atrocities of Tehrik-e-Taliban and extremists. She also received the first ever honorable award of National Peace by the government and was nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize by the advocacy group, KidsRights Foundation, in 2011.

Nothing harmed Malala Yousafzai, who after losing the prize, was still in high spirits and said that she was equally happy for Micheala, as Micheala is a disabled child and her efforts for the disabled have been great.

Malala became the only voice of the girls in swat, she was the activist for the education of girls and She said, “I had realized the importance of education during the period when the militants had taken hold of the less developed area Swat and destroyed most of the girls’ schools and colleges,” she added that it was the right time to make a commitment to raising the voice for girls education. “My aim is actually not only to promote girls education but also to establish a forum where kids who work as domestic servants could get education as I have come across many children who do want to go to schools but their families financial constraints have deprived them,” (the News,12)

Today, Malala Yousafzai is fighting the toughest battle of her life after being attacked by the Taliban; this courageous soul is immensely needed by Pakistan and will definitely bring change into the society.

 

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Momo Khan

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Unfortunately, you would not be able to deny that whenever a man is spotted with a long beard and a cap on his head the first thing that comes to everyone’s mind is that he is a “terrorist”. Even more lamentable is that such thoughts are not only common amongst non-Muslims but Muslims as well. Even in Muslim countries if a man decides to keep a beard and wear a cap, his life will immediately be made hell by all of his peers. They would taunt him, jeer him, call him a terrorist, point him out in various gatherings as well as in photographs as a molvi, terrorist, and what not.

None of those people would ever realize how much pain it inflicts on that person. As they say, any injury can be healed but not that is inflicted by the tongue. The Prophet Muhammad sallallaho alaihi WA aalihi WA sallam also said: “ a Muslim is he from whose hands and tongue other Muslims are safe”. So how can those so-called friends and peers of that person ever claim to be Muslims.

Who said that only terrorists were brain washed. No! It is such people that brain wash that person. While applying for a job, his backward an ‘uncool’ looks would hinder his way no matter how competent he might be. Those with lesser talent but better looks will be preferred over him. Similarly, at the time of marriage, girls will look down upon him. He will be rejected as he has that ugly beard and he may belong to a terrorist group.

When a person has to go through all this, when he is constantly downgraded upon his looks and personality, he gradually comes to accept that he is a stupid little jerk trying to be a good Muslim when nobody recognizes it or appreciate it. Therefore,  those jeers and taunts will drive him to such a point that he will give up all those efforts of trying to dress up as a modest Muslim. He will get frustrated and rebellious and will develop a bitter hatred for his religion.

That was the case if he happens to be in a Muslim state. If such a person is found in the West, that person will immediately be dubbed as a terrorist without any proof. All the cry outs of being unbiased and unprejudiced by all those so-called sophisticated and modernized Western people will be forgotten in a matter of seconds. Nobody will remember that it is highly immodest to judge people on their looks or attire.

Therefore, the point is that just like any other person a bearded man also has some feelings. It is highly inappropriate to jeer at somebody, form judgments and prejudices against him and call him a terrorist simply on the basis of his looks. Nobody can say anything to anybody unless they have some proof. Therefore, it’s time for all such people to change their mentality and stop hurting such people and passing out remarks on their looks and attire.

 

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