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Taliban Explains Why They Shot Malala by dadicvila(m): 5:51pm On Jul 17, 2013 |
A senior figure in the Pakistan Taliban has written an extraordinary letter to Malala Yousafzai setting out the reasons why she was shot, coming close to expressing regret. In the four-page document, written in shaky English and seen by The Daily Telegraph, Adnan Rasheed described his shock at hearing the 15-year old had been shot last year. He claimed he had wanted to warn her against criticising the Taliban because of his “brotherly” feelings towards someone from his own Yousafzai tribe. “When you were attacked it was shocking for me. I wished it would never happened and I had advised you before,” he wrote. Malala has spent the past nine months in Britain recovering from her injuries. She was shot twice by masked gunmen who singled her out among her friends on a school bus in the town of Mingora, Swat. Since then she has become a symbol of the campaign to help more girls into school. Last week, she addressed the United Nations in a speech that received global attention , where she declared: “One child, one teacher, one pen and one book can change the world. Education is the only solution.” Her story has provoked soul searching within the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Commanders sent out a slew of press releases in the aftermath of the shooting to justify why they had attacked a young girl as public opinion hardened against them. In the latest letter, first passed to a local journalist, Rasheed insisted Malala was not shot because of her campaign for education. “Taliban believe that you were intentionally writing against them and running a smearing campaign to malign their efforts to establish Islamic system in Swat and your writings were provocative,” he wrote. “You have said in your speech yesterday that pen is mightier than sword, so they attacked you for your sword not for your books or school.” The letter writer is one of Pakistan’s most notorious terrorists. He was in the Pakistan Air Force before being imprisoned for a plot to kill Pervez Musharraf but escaped in a mass jail break last year. Now he has a taste for flowery prose, quoting Bertrand Russell on science and referencing Sir TB Macaulay, who played a major role in introducing the English language to Indian schools in the 19th century. “Why they want to make all human beings English? Because Englishmen are the staunch supporters and slaves of Jews,” he wrote. Rasheed insisted the Taliban were not opposed to education, just an education system that would turn Pakistanis into slaves and had no room for Islam. He also asked whether Malala would have received as much attention if she had been hurt in a CIA drone strike. “I ask you and be honest in reply, if you were shot but Americans in a drone attack, would world have ever heard updates on your medical status? Would you be called ‘daughter of the nation? Would the media make a fuss about you?” The letter ends with an invitation to return and embrace the culture of her Pashtun population, which lives along the border with Afghanistan. “At the end I advise you to come back home, adopt the Islamic and Pashtun culture, join any female Islamic madrassa near your home town, study and learn the book of Allah, use your pen for Islam and plight of Muslim ummah and reveal the conspiracy of tiny elite who want to enslave the whole humanity for their evil agendas in the name of new world order.” Saleem Mehsud, the journalist who obtained the letter, said the TTP wanted to set the record straight on their reasons for shooting her. “They watched her speak at the UN and this is their reaction,” he said. “They wanted to get it out to as many people as possible.” www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/10185660/Senior-Pakistan-Taliban-figure-explains-why-they-shot-Malala-Yousafzai.html |
Re: Taliban Explains Why They Shot Malala by 50calibre(m): 11:48pm On Jul 17, 2013 |
wow! A top Taliban official writing to a 16 year old girl !!! When you are smart, you stand above your peers |
Re: Taliban Explains Why They Shot Malala by panafrican(m): 2:30am On Jul 18, 2013 |
Bottom line : why are western media ( CNN, ABC news, NBC news, The telegraph etc ) publishing the radical view of those backward folks called Taliban? |
Re: Taliban Explains Why They Shot Malala by henryblaze25(m): 9:11am On Jul 18, 2013 |
If Mercy Johnson had warned Tonto 4 referring to her in her abusive tweet, it would have made front page. But issues like this won't make headline in Nairaland, wetin dey sup 4 dis Nairaland sef ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Taliban Explains Why They Shot Malala by Nobody: 11:33am On Jul 18, 2013 |
^^^^ My guy the matter tire me o. How we wan take do am na? Meanwhile, as Malala continues with her campaign to put school-age children in school around the world, let's not forget that our very own Senator Yerima and his ilk would rather prefer that such kids remain their sex slaves, in the name of marriage. |
Re: Taliban Explains Why They Shot Malala by dadicvila(m): 2:10pm On Jul 18, 2013 |
HNosegbe: ^^^^Just today I heard Ghana is considering increasing marriage age for girls from 18 to 24,but in Nigeria the reverse is the case,people like Senator Yerima are making plans to get married to their great grand daughters,its a pity |
Re: Taliban Explains Why They Shot Malala by Nobody: 2:40pm On Jul 18, 2013 |
His letter astounds me into a mind-phucking stupor. When slaves accuse others of being victim to slavery, the universe implodes a little. ...and then he invites her back home aaahahaha ![]() |
Re: Taliban Explains Why They Shot Malala by dadicvila(m): 4:13pm On Jul 18, 2013 |
Flytefalls: His letter astounds me into a mind-phucking stupor. When slaves accuse others of being victim to slavery, the universe implodes a little.LOL,he wants his people to complete what they started,please extra security should be given to the girl,Aboki's can not be trusted |
Re: Taliban Explains Why They Shot Malala by dadicvila(m): 4:21pm On Jul 18, 2013 |
Flytefalls: His letter astounds me into a mind-phucking stupor. When slaves accuse others of being victim to slavery, the universe implodes a little. |
Re: Taliban Explains Why They Shot Malala by swtchicgurl: 4:37pm On Jul 18, 2013 |
what is a malala? ![]() |
Re: Taliban Explains Why They Shot Malala by Nobody: 4:54pm On Jul 18, 2013 |
swtchicgurl: what is a malala?Worthy of her own news tab on the Guardian website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/malala-yousafzai |
Re: Taliban Explains Why They Shot Malala by swtchicgurl: 6:17pm On Jul 18, 2013 |
Flytefalls: tnx ma'am! ![]() |
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