Malala Yousafzai – Is This The Beginning Of The End To Female Subjugation?

[naomi24]

The little girl shot by the Taliban for wanting an education is recovering, and a fund has now been set up to help others currently denied an education. My admiration of her bravery knows no bounds. Go girl!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21321070

http://vitalvoices.org/global-initiatives/support-malala-fund

[SeaJayPea]

Absolutely. She's an inspiration to so may other kids round the world. And seems to bear no malice to her attackers either.

[mushroom25]

let's just hope that birmingham's resident religious nutters don't see today's newspaper headlines - "The Girl the Taliban Couldn't Silence" as a challenge.

[DangerUXD]

I'd hope so but Islam is a such a backward religion, I doubt anything with change. She'll probably be assassinated for rocking the boat.

[TheHangman]

This is a religion that demands equality in Britain and throughout the world, an equality that demands that they are free to keep their women unequal. In order to survive from the moment you are born you need to learn. The same culture frowns upon female births and would be quite happy if all babies were born male and haven't the sense to see where this would lead them. The girl seems bright and wants to learn not only to better herself but to better others too and they want to suppress this?

[NOX]

One would hope it's part of the beginning of the end. Both female subjugation and class subjugation are enormous problems worldwide, but there are long established groups like the Saudi groups of women who want the right to drive etc who have been vociferous for years and the ' Girl Child' initiative as well in Asia which has struggled to address this. Sadly we are partly to blame because until someothing sensational like this happens we really don't do enough to bring pressure on countries where women are subjugated to book.

[emmie]

hope this is the start, but fear that some of these men are so backward that it will take them many years before they actually catch up with the rest of the world, who would believe that it is 2013.

[ludwig]

Let's hope so. She's an incredibly impressive person.

[RATTER15]

The only problem I see with that video is that she thinks she is recovering "thanks to God" no mention of the surgeons that operated on her, where was God when she was being shot in the head?

The courage of this girl is amazing, I just wish she could understand the reality of what has happened and that her belief in God will help her none!!

[cj69]

Much as I admire her and consider her very brave as well as inspirational, it does grate a little that she thanks god for giving her a second chance, but apportions no blame on him/her for what happened to her. It was the scientists that gave her the second chance and the religious nuts that caused the problem.
I still wish her good luck and hope she can be a source of inspiration for other subjugated people

[naomi24]

In fairness, she speaks of God because she's been brainwashed from birth. Hopefully the education she seeks will some day remedy that.

[RATTER15]

I understand that Naomi, I doubt she will ever learn any different in her culture. Great shame really. Such a lovely child as well.

[youngmafbog]

Brave girl, but she is fighting a loosing battle.

The religious nutters will soon have her under control, or dead.

Lets face it we cannot control the nutters in this country and very soon Sharia law will become law here too thanks to the right-on liberal brigade.

[sandyRoe]

It's unlikely that she'd ever be safe if she returned to her own country. Women's rights there have a way to go.
Incidentally, did anyone notice the footage on BBC news of her being wheeled in her bed to the operating theatre? The faces of the people moving her were obscured. Did someone think that was enough to make them a target?

[TheHangman]

As the question of Malala Yousafzai as arisen-:

1) How many are in favour of tighter border control and less immigration?
2) How many would be willing to offer this girl British citizenship?

[RATTER15]

I am in favour of tighter border controls and immigration but I would not want to prevent genuine cases like Malala Yousafzai from entering for our much needed help, Also anybody that comes to this country and want to live by Sharia law should be sent back immediately.

[sandyRoe]

The Hangman, if anybody qualifies as a refugee, she does.

[society]

People like this deserves all the help they could get

[Ric.ror]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2273719/Torment-mother-Lama-al-Ghamdi-raped-tortured-death-celebrity-cleric-ex-husband-Fayhan-al-Ghamdi.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2273308/Sheikh-Abdullah-Daoud-Saudi-cleric-sparks-outrage-calling-baby-girls-wear-burka.html

Bit of a way to go though

[modeller]

No! This is not the beginning. No way. The whole Muslim world is going more than backwards . It is worse today than pre-Islam.
Even in so called secular Turkey they have elected an Islamic government.

To a certain extent the women are themselves partly to blame, even in the UK many don't exercise their UK rights , in dress, in marriage , in work.
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[Bazile]

//To a certain extent the women are themselves partly to blame, even in the UK many don't exercise their UK rights , in dress, in marriage , in work. //

I suspect that it is rather a case that they / many are not allowed to exercise their rights , by their men folk