Pakistani clerics mostly silent on Taliban’s shooting of child who wanted education for girls
“These religious parties have strong ideological links to the Taliban. Conceptually there is not much difference between them. They want to control the state and take up jihad against the West,” said Ijaz Khattak, a professor at the University of Peshawar who knows Yousafzai and her father, and a member of Swat’s peace jirga, or tribal council…
On Wednesday morning, Pakistan’s top military official, Chief of Army Staff Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, became the country’s first national leader to visit Yousafzai, who is being treated at a military hospital in Peshawar for gunshot wounds to the head and neck. Kayani, arguably Pakistan’s most powerful man, called the shooting “inhuman” and a “heinous act of terrorism.”…
The only statement from a religious group condemning the attack came from the Majlis-e Wahdat-e Muslimeen, a Shiite party that holds seats in Parliament.
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Why should they say anything? They encourage that kind of stuff.
cozmo on October 10, 2012 at 7:19 PM
Where’s the problem – it’s only a female, after all?
OldEnglish on October 10, 2012 at 7:24 PM
Bless her tiny heart. A child that these sub-humans wanted killed for stating her view. I just pray that she will be OK and that she isn’t killed by the rop type or her family.
Gads these sub-humans are horrible, I can’t say anything beyond that.
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letget on October 10, 2012 at 7:26 PM
Taliban and Muslim clerics are afraid of 14 year old girls who use words.
rbj on October 10, 2012 at 7:27 PM
Some doofuses on twitter the other day were laughing at Romeny for saying he wanted to help women and girls in his VMI speech. I knew exactly what Romney meant and this hadn’t even happened yet. Girls are still being regularly murdered for going to school in these sh*th*le islamic countries with no protestations from the left.
Blake on October 10, 2012 at 7:28 PM
It’s like the tyranny of Christian clergy 1000 years ago, in collusion with the state. Or the tyranny of the Church of England 400 years ago prompting people to flee to the New World. Islam as it’s presently constituted can’t, won’t, survive. The only question is how many others it will take down with it.
Paul-Cincy on October 10, 2012 at 7:32 PM
Stupid girl – EDUCATION is for BOYS! Now, get back in your ‘terror sack’ and fix my lunch, or I’ll PEACEFULLY behead you – in the name of “the prophet”. Ain’t islam wonderful?
Pork-Chop on October 10, 2012 at 7:32 PM
IIRC, Laura Bush was involved in improving the role of women in Afghanistan. Jay Leno’s wife too.
Paul-Cincy on October 10, 2012 at 7:33 PM
Yeah. They’re mostly silent because saying “Praise Allah, the girl was shot, inshallah, she’ll be killed soon” doesn’t exactly engender good will.
Washington Nearsider on October 10, 2012 at 7:35 PM
They can not talk about it because they failed in killing her. They are now dead, shot by other mujahedin in fail. And there was no heroes to be made in to a propaganda death video.
tjexcite on October 10, 2012 at 8:07 PM
Today I went shopping, and for the first time in America, I saw a woman in a full head-to-toe burka.
In Texas.
How long before what’s happening there starts happening here?
Oh, too late, it already is.
Rebar on October 10, 2012 at 8:27 PM
You don’t get out much if that was the first time you saw a Muslim woman in full burka. Yes, even for Texas.
bayview on October 10, 2012 at 9:09 PM
Too bad OFA couldn’t spare some SEIU professional protesters to stand with banners in the middle of Pohk-E-Stahn screaming “Shame Shame Shame Shame” Shame, Shame, Shame, Shame!
Key West Reader on October 10, 2012 at 9:19 PM
So are American feminists.
BKeyser on October 10, 2012 at 9:36 PM
The religion of pieces.
KMC1 on October 10, 2012 at 10:06 PM