The antagonism towards Malala

[Vikrant]

It is sad to see this level of antagonism towards brave Malala.

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Winning any Nobel Prize - let alone the celebrated Nobel Peace Prize - is usually a cause for national jubilation.

But in Pakistan the excitement felt by some at the news that 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai has become the youngest person ever to win the peace prize has been met in equal part by antagonism.

On social media congratulatory messages were followed closely by scornful and sarcastic ones.

It did not even make the grade for Pakistani TV's typically hysterical breaking news marathons. Many Pakistanis would not even have known she was up for the award.

Indeed, Tariq Khattack, editor of the Pakistan Observer newspaper, actually condemned it, telling the BBC: "It's a political decision and a conspiracy."

"She is a normal, useless type of a girl. Nothing in her is special at all. She's selling what the West will buy."

BBC News - The antagonism towards Malala in Pakistan

 

[R.D.]

It helps proves she deserved it. Idiots

 

[deltex1]

Winning the Nobel is political. Taking a shot in the head is heroic. As usual the muslims miss the point. Fuck them.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Malala is a true, brave person.

Those who condemn her are cowards.

 

[Coyote]

Malala deserved it. Not for getting shot. Many have. But for her continual fight for education for girls in her part of the world.

We also shouldn't forget Kailash Satyarthi - who's worked against child exploitation and trafficking for many years.

Both, together, create an important message don't they?

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - you go, gurl...

Malala visits world's largest refugee camp in Kenya
Wednesday 13th July, 2016 - Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has celebrated her 19th birthday by visiting the world's largest refugee camp.

The teenager, who has campaigned on girls' rights after militants shot her in 2012 while she returned home from school in Pakistan, expressed concern that Kenya's plans to close the Dadaab camp within the year could create a lost generation. Malala was responding to the Kenyan government's announcement in May that it plans to close the camp by the end of the year. The advocate for girls' education said any return of the more than 300,000 refugees to neighbouring Somalia, which remains in the grip of extremist attacks, should be voluntary only. She said: "They should not be forced to move. "As we all know, the camp is going to be closed down soon, so I want to make sure that these girls don't become a generation lost and there are alternative facilities for them to continue with their education."

Malala warned if the camp closes and the girls move to Somalia where there are few schools, they "will be without education", pointing out that in Dadaab, they have access to lessons. Malala urged Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta to take his time in deciding on the camp closure and to take into consideration the need to provide schooling for the girls. Mr Kenyatta said repatriations from Dadaab, which has existed for 25 years, will be voluntary and carried out in a humane way. The international community has urged caution and warned against forceful evictions. Many of Dadaab's refugees have lived most if not all of their lives in the sprawling camp, which is a vast settlement of established homes and newcomers' huts constructed from thorn branches and other materials.

Malala Yousafza speaks to refugees in the Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya​

Malala explained that on each birthday she chooses a region where girls' education is neglected and needs attention. "I am here to speak for my unheard sisters of Somalia striving for education every day," she said. Since last year, she has been in contact via Skype with a group of girls in Dadaab and had been looking forward to meeting them and others, said Taylor Royle, her spokesman. Malala won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize following her recovery after the 2012 shooting in Pakistan, where she is an outspoken advocate for girls' education in a highly conservative culture.

The possibility that Dadaab camp in eastern Kenya, near the border with Somalia, will be closed brings yet more uncertainty to the refugees. Kenya's government believes Dadaab has become a security liability. The government also claims attacks on Kenya by the Somali extremist group al-Shabab were planned and facilitated in the camp. Al-Shabab has carried out numerous attacks in Kenya which have killed scores since 2011, when Kenya deployed troops to Somalia against the militants. Al-Shabab, which is linked to al-Qaida, has vowed to continue attacking Kenya.

Malala visits world's largest refugee camp in Kenya - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

 

[Coyote]

Winning the Nobel is political. Taking a shot in the head is heroic. As usual the muslims miss the point. Fuck them.

She's a Muslim.

 

[deltex1]

Winning the Nobel is political. Taking a shot in the head is heroic. As usual the muslims miss the point. Fuck them.

She's a Muslim.

Oh...I thought she was Irish.

 

[waltky]

Malala returns to Pakistan...

Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan for first time since shooting
28 Mar`18 - Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has returned to Pakistan for the first time since being shot by Taliban militants.

Ms Yousafzi, now aged 20 and a vocal human rights activist, was shot in the head by a gunman for campaigning for female education in 2012. She is expected to hold meetings with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. Details of the trip have been kept secret "in view of the sensitivity", an official told AFP news agency. Pakistani television broadcast video that appeared to show her with her parents at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International Airport under tight security. The trip is expected to last four days and she arrived with officials from her Malala Foundation group, local media report. It has not been confirmed if she will visit her family's hometown of Swat in the country's rural north-west during her visit.

Ms Yousafzai, now studying at Oxford University, was targeted on her way to school at 15​

At just 11, Ms Yousafzai began writing an anonymous diary for BBC Urdu about her life under Taliban rule. A vocal advocate for female education amid militant suppression, she was targeted on a school bus at 15, and her story catapulted her to international fame. The teenager sustained life-threatening injuries in the attack, and had to have part of her skull removed to relieve swelling on her brain. Following her shooting she was transported to the UK for treatment in Birmingham, where her family continue to live.

After initial surgery in Pakistan for her injuries in 2012, she was transferred to the UK for her recovery​

Ms Yousafzai became the youngest person, and first Pakistani to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. She and Indian activist Kailash Satyarthi were jointly awarded it for their efforts for children's rights. She has continued campaigning while pursuing her studies, and last year earned a place at Oxford University. The 20-year-old has repeatedly expressed her wishes to return to Pakistan, including at the World Economic Forum in January this year.

Malala returns to Pakistan for first time