Pakistani schools network observes anti-Malala day

[cosmicone]

Source: Times of India

ISLAMABAD: An association of Pakistani schools held an "I am not Malala" day on Monday, condemning young Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai for what it called her support for controversial novelist Salman Rushdie.

Education campaigner Malala was shot in the head by the Taliban in October 2012 but recovered and went on to win this year's Nobel peace prize.

The 17-year-old has been hailed around the world for standing up for girls' rights to education, but the response to her in Pakistan has not been universally positive, with some seeing her as a "Western agent" on a mission to shame her country.

The All Pakistan Private Schools Federation last year barred its members from buying Malala's memoir "I am Malala" because of what the group said was its "anti-Pakistan and anti-Islam content."

Read more: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pakistani-schools-network-observes-anti-Malala-day/articleshow/45099215.cms

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I am speechless but not surprised one bit.

[AverageJoe90]

1. Fuck these misogynists & other assorted assholes.

But then again, seeing as that Pakistan does seem to be largely governed by Islamists, I'm not surprised by this, either, sadly.

[get the red out]

2. I completely agree

Everything you said.

[big_dog]

22. the bright light always outweighs the dark

[hifiguy]

45. It might be possible that someday the world will abandon

Bronze Age superstitions. But I am not going to hold my breath.

Religion = ignorance (flame away, this kind of shit makes me furious).

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Another generation victimized by propaganda.

[bravenak]

4. Anti Malala Day?

Grown men jealous of a little girl for being much smarter than they are. Poor babies.

[chrisa]

5. Brought to you by the country whose government hid and protected Bin Laden.

[samsingh]

11. they aren't concerned about a young girl being shot in the head

[toddwv]

20. Wrong.

I'd say that they are VERY concerned. She, and girls like her, threaten their power structures.

[samsingh]

21. okay

[Lefta Dissenter]

8. wow

many might say that about the United States, given some of our government's policies. Most Pakistanis are good, decent people just trying to live their lives, just like you'll find all over the world.

[AnalystInParadise]

12. Sure they are

Keep telling yourself that. 1200 against 2

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pakistani-christians-burned-alive-were-attacked-1-200-people-kin-n243386

[Lefta Dissenter]

13. right

I don't want to be judged by the extremists in my country or in my religion any more than I should judge others by the extremists among them.

My son just returned from living in Pakistan for a year. It's unfortunate that the extremists are terrorizing the majority of the people.

[Johnyawl]

14. In Pakistan the terrorists are the majority.

[Lefta Dissenter]

15. That's b.s.

But you're entitled to your opinion.

[Johnyawl]

16. And you're entitled to your wrong opinion.

[Lefta Dissenter]

17. Very gracious. (n/t)

[HERVEPA]

26. You're entitled to your own opinion, not your own facts,

[Johnyawl]

31. And what facts do you have that counter my opinion?

[LanternWaste]

42. You will provide objective evidence to support your allegation, yes?

You will provide objective evidence to support your allegation, yes? Else... it's merely a witless bumper-sticker.

[Johnyawl]

44. And you can provide objective evidence to refute my allegation, perhaps?

If not, what was the point of your post? Other then to register your own superior opinion, yes?

[Bradical79]

52. lol, that's not how it works.

If you want to claim the majority of a nation's population are terrorists you have to provide evidence, not the other way around. You can't prove a negative.

[AverageJoe90]

49. I'm sorry, but I doubt that.....

You know why, though? Pakistan would be so much more screwed up than it already is.....we're talking North Korea, at least, if that was even halfway true. Hell, America is by no means majority devoted racist(and hell, this applies to even just "white" America alone!) and this country already has it's problems. And if they WERE.....well, you can guess where I'm going with that, right?

[longship]

29. He's gone buh-bye.

MIRT was on the case, quickly, as usual.

yea! MIRT!

[Lefta Dissenter]

35. Whew.

His post made me feel sad and discouraged.

[AverageJoe90]

50. I'll second this, btw. nt

[avebury]

18. What you should be concerned about is the nuclear arsenal

in Pakistan and the chance that it could fall in the hands of the terrorists. Only India's arsenal might keep them in check.

[Marrah_G]

24. What the fuck is wrong with you?

[iandhr]

7. I will remember this next time there are people here...

… bashing Bill maher.

[samsingh]

10. exactly.

[Scairp]

34. Yes

Maher isn't a racist or in any way a bigot; people just aren't paying attention to precisely what he is saying.

[hifiguy]

46. Exactamundo.

[samsingh]

9. not unexpected

[Brigid]

19. She'll never be able to go back. It's just as well.

She is too good for them anyway.

[randome]

23. "...on a mission to shame her country."

Can't shame a people if they don't have something to be ashamed about.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Everything is a satellite to some other thing.[/center][/font][hr]

[Scairp]

25. A culture of misogyny and death

How awful these people are still so steeped in violence and the idea that females are of lesser quality and must be silenced by any means necessary should they speak out about their plight. How they are ever going to evolve is a mystery to me, but I don't think we should be paying them to continue to believe this way.

[get the red out]

27. +1

Well stated.

......I don't think we should be paying them to continue to believe this way.

[Comrade Grumpy]

28. This is ugly, but it doesn't excuse this place becoming a haven for bigots.

They're all over this thread.

[cosmicone]

30. Bigots?

So being anti-Malala is a race that is being persecuted?

[mimi85]

32. A bigot isn't necessarily about race. That would be a racist.

From the thesaurus:

bigot
noun
he comes off as a naïve, close-minded bigot: chauvinist, partisan, sectarian; racist, sexist, homophobe, dogmatist, jingoist.

[cosmicone]

33. So which of those applies here?

Is speaking out against anti-Malala bullies bigotry when the bullying is all over the news?

[mimi85]

39. I honestly have no idea what you mean. Sorry.

[ZombieHorde]

37. Just out of curiosity,

why did you choose to use a thesaurus over a dictionary?

[mimi85]

38. Why not?

Ok, here's the dictionary:

a person who is bigoted: as in religious bigots.

[ZombieHorde]

40. Synonyms and definitions are two different things. nt

[mimi85]

41. Um, yes I know. What's the question?

[ZombieHorde]

43. I haven't changed my question. nt

[christx30]

48. So where are the bigots you are decrying?

There have been an anti-Pakistani post, saying it needs to be bombed back to the stone age. The post was hidden, as it should have been. But most of the posts I've read have been just angry about the bigots and sexists over there doing their thing. I'd, personally, like to stop aid from going over there until they stop this garbage. I won't say "Most Pakistanis are terrible" or "Most Pakistanis are wonderful" because I honestly don't know. But the ones that are making the news in this OP are horrible people that don't deserve any help from us. This is about their intolerance and the sheer stupidity of their views, and not because of their religion or race.

[mimi85]

51. I think you meant to direct your question to Captain Grumpy or cosmiccone.

[Old Nick]

36. Fucking Assholes!

[closeupready]

47. BREAKING NEWS: race-baiting topic brings out DU's racists!!!

Story at 11:00!

SSDD.

[cosmicone]

55. So you are saying Muslims and Islam should never be criticized

even when they commit atrocities in the name of Islam or take actions such as observing an "anti-Malala day?"

The world should just remain silent and say nothing/do nothing because the poor innocent Muslims are misunderstood and persecuted?

By the way -- I belong to a so called "pagan" religion and we have done fine for thousands of years. We still do quite well despite scores of brutal Muslim invasions, tortures, killings, rapes and forced conversions perpetrated by the invaders from the 11th through the 15th century. Are you trying to say that Islam of today is any different from those dark times? If it is different, in what way?

In my opinion, Islam has not changed at all -- the only thing that has changed is the balance of military and economic power. If Islam became economically and militarily more powerful than others, there is a very good chance that the world will go back to the dark times of invasions, tortures, killings and rapes.

"Islam will dominate the world" is the battle cry of people like Anjem Chaudary and his followers -- do you think differently?

[Enrique]

56. thank you

[Quantess]

54. Assholes.