We've all had those times when there were some things we wanted to write about but somehow we just couldn't get to actually write it. Well I've had that for quite a long time now, I don't remember how many times I've logged into blogger and then unfortunately had to log out.
But now there's this "issue" that I'd really like to write about. I'm calling it an issue because that's what our people have made it into. A simple,very unfortunate though but a very simple to understand for even the stupidest people, thing happened. Malala Yousafzai, the "Jewish conspiracy" as some refer to her, got shot in the head. Now let it be clear that she did not get shot for being a girl seeking education in the "terrorist producing country i.e Pakistan" she got shot simply for raising a voice against the barbarians who call themselves the taliban. After this most people don't use this word for what it means. "talib" means student, taliban is the plural form, now if someone refers to you as a talib, well God help you then, because America might let lose a drone aimed straight for your bedroom.
The taliban are promoting violence in the name of Islam, not understanding that Islam is a religion about nothing but peace, it teaches us to be good humans before teaching us to be good Muslims, many might argue about this, but a fact's a fact. How many stories have you read of the Prophet SAW killing someone simply because they didn't agree with what he said? Now, how many have you heard about him preaching peace? Have you read the following verse from the Quran: "let there be no compulsion in religion"? What do you make of this verse? Does it tell you to force religion down someone's throat or does it tell you to be patient, to preach what you know but not force people to follow what you preach? Let them make their own choices. Are they not sane adults? Can they not differentiate between right and wrong?
Anyway, back to my point, Malala, the little girl who happened to be the victim,one out of many, who got exposure. I've heard people applauding her courage and I've seen people calling her an agent who's part of a conspiracy. I, however am not part of both.Where I admire her courage and strength to recover from such a traumatizing incident I would like to criticize her a little, not much, don't worry don't go all moral brigade on me. She got shot for raising her voice against the terrorists (I refuse to refer to them as taliban) and that's something! But with the exposure she got she should've portrayed a better image of Pakistan, not ridicule it further. As Pakistanis, living abroad, some of you might have gotten the cold stare from some islamophobe or for being a 'bloody paki terrorist" isn't that an insult enough? Shouldn't we be building a positive image instead? I mean we're already known as terrorist and now we're known as cowards afraid of an educated woman. The whole of Pakistan isn't like that, I happen to have gotten all my education from Peshawar, in the very same province that is now known as a terrorist hub, and I have never faced any problem re my education, being a woman. There are many more in Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Quetta, and other cities. This incident has portrayed us, collectively, as a nation that has failed to give the women an equal right to education. Our country hasn't taken the right away from us, the terrorists have taken the right of peace and freedom of speech away from us and no American forces or any other power can fix that till we do something about it ourselves. Our leaders are all laid back since oh well, America's handling it, who cares if a dozen other people die in the process, as long as I get to sit in my air-conditioned room/office and enjoy this amazing cup of tea!
Oh and don't go blaming the Jews or any other non-muslims for putting us in this situation, the problem lies with in us, even if they are conspiring against us, we shouldn't give them a chance to get involved in the way OUR country is run.
With the exposure that Malala got and when she flew to the UK as an ambassador of Pakistan and got the honour of speaking in the UN assembly, it was her duty to portray us as a peace-loving nation who want an end to the power that these terrorists now have over us. Instead of giving the image of women living as slaves here and no one wants to do anything about it, she should've been speaking against the bacteria that SOME areas are now infected with and that something should be done to rid us of them. Just like when a cut on your finger gets severely infected you amputate the finger, instead of saying your entire body is infected. She should've appealed to the current govt. to laumch a mass killing spree or something against this, this plague!! Idk, something that could've benefitted us in some way.
I sincerely hope that Malala, her friends and other victims of terrorism and American drone strikes all get the opportunities to complete their education and accomplish all their goals. But I want them , if they get a chance, to talk about Pakistan positively! This is our country, our responsibility and righting all the wrongs is our duty. As they say, 'your shit, you clean it.'
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