Malala Yousafzai sat on the school bus on the way home, as several bearded, heavily armed men stopped the bus. Which of them is Malala?, They ruled the frightened children. Which showed the 14-year-old girl on the rear seats. Even as the student shook his head, pushed off two radical Islamic fighters. Shot the girl in the forehead and neck, and seriously hurt the two girls sitting next to it. Less than two hours later, a Taliban spokesman boasted official of the assassination on the girl."She was young, but she has become a symbol of Western culture. They propagated secularism", the Taliban justified her assassination. Should survive the student, they threatened to continue, they would try again to kill them. Seriously injured Malala Yousafzai is currently at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, the bullet was successfully removed from her head. Your chances of survival are good doctors have confirmed. From across the country arrive compassion and well wishes for the girl, even government and military leadership reacted in shock.
Secret diary
Malala is not unknown in Pakistan: For years, the daughter of a school principal shall publicly on blogs, interviews and videos to ensure that girls in Pakistan are allowed to visit the school. She herself had had to make a nine-year experience from one day to the next not being able to go to school: Radical Taliban had captured the Swat Valley, opponents hung from lampposts, all girls' schools closed and over a million people to flee their homes. At that time, the girl secretly and anonymously reported in a diary for the BBC of her life under the Taliban, from their fear of death, hiding under her clothes and school books from the constant worry of getting dumped by the Taliban acid in the face. After all, education for girls, which is from the perspective of the Taliban almost blasphemy. As the fanatical fighter in 2009 by the Pakistani military again displaced from the Swat valley, Malala went public. She tirelessly campaigned for the right of girls to education one, garnered awards and bravely defied the increasing threats from the corner of the Taliban. In the social networks of Pakistan on Wednesday broke a storm of protest over the assassination. "Yes, dear brethren, be REAL MEN, killing a school girl," was one of the bitter comments on Twitter. But the Taliban did know: Malala Yousafzais commitment to girls' schools was "obscene."
Malala Yousafzai , with only 11 years, challenged the Taliban after these invaded their city, Swat, northern Pakistan . It happened three years ago. She defended her love of books and education, becoming a symbol for peace. According to the newspaper The New York Times, Malala gained notoriety in 2009 to oppose the closure of the school, where she was educated and his father ran. However, as the Taliban sought to end education for women, school closure was inevitable. The growing violence forced Malala and his family to escape to Abbottabad, but the influence of the small in defending the rights of children gained strength. In 2011, the girl, her 13 years, was nominated for the International Children's Peace Prize and shortly after, the then Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani awarded the first National Peace Prize for his advocacy of human rights. Over the years, Malala stopped the idea of becoming a doctor and now, at 14, dreams of participating in politics to change the course of Pakistan. A few months ago, reports the New York Times, the young activist led a delegation of activists for the rights of children, sponsored by Unicef .
Malala Yousafzai waging an ideological against the Taliban since the age of 11 years. Between 2007 and 2009, the Swat region in the northwest of the country, where the girl resides, was under Taliban control. This influence had led to a restoration of sharia, Islamic law, and the closure or destruction of girls' schools. Before the army regains power, the girl begins to tell his daily blog on the BBC, "Diary of a Pakistani schoolgirl." She denounces the attacks against Taliban schools for girls and killings of opponents in Pakistan's Swat Valley. Regularly, the girl suffered threats to its local action: "We received letters to inform us that Malala had to stop what she was doing, or the outcome would be very bad," her father confessed to Reuters, which adds that denied the protection offered by the security services.
Malala, whose name means "the sorrow felt by" in Urdu, wrote under the pseudonym Gul Makai. She spoke in January 2009 his fear of not being able to return to school. "As today is the last day of school, we decided to stay and play in the playground a little longer. I hope it will reopen one day, but, starting, I looked at the building as if it were the last time. "
"An icon of courage and hope"
His fight, it is the Taliban who speak better. "Malala has been targeted for its pioneering role in the defense of secularism and the so-called moderate Enlightenment, claimed Tuesday the spokesman of the terrorist movement.TTP does not believe the attacks against women, but anyone who runs a campaign against Islam and sharia, Islamic law, should be killed. "Activist whose positions are considered" pro-Western "by the latter, declared "dream of a country where education prevail" and wanted to create his own foundation to provide access to education for poor girls. In its commitment, Malala is supported by her parents, whose father, a schoolteacher, had expressed pride in his daughter to campaign for the cause, according to the BBC . In 2011, Malala was distinguished by the Pakistani government, who gave him the first National Award for Peace, and has been nominated for the International Prize for Peace Foundation Kids Rights. Turn denounced by the United States, the Pakistani authorities and the European Union, including France, the attack caused a wave of protests from the local population. "Terrorists do not understand that Malala was not only a person but also a symbol of courage and hope to justify the immense sacrifices that the people of Swat and the nation have made the valley to snatch the scourge of terrorism" told her bedside General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Chief of Staff of the Army.
The government of the Pakistani province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, where 'state launched an ambush against the young activist Malala Yousafzai, announced a reward of 10 million rupees who collaborate 'in the identification of those responsible for the attack.This was confirmed by the Minister of Information of the province, Mian Iftikhar Hussain, quoted by local media. The 14 year old Malala and 'seriously injured yesterday in the head and neck in an attack claimed by the Taliban and launched in the district of Mingora on her way home from school. In the past Malala had criticized the Taliban for the way of life imposed years ago in the Swat Valley.
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