8 popular anti-Malala arguments answered

[Shot-Caller]

I feel hopeless for this nation, Only very twisted people would hate her

So she shot herself in the face to tarnish Pakistan's already non-existent image? come on, just say this, I expect you people to be this absurd

wake up come out of the delusions you are smoking, the whole world praises her, she actually improved Pakistan's image.

If you'll quote bits of my post to satisfy yourself and evade my questions, better stop quoting me.

 

[Ryz09]

She got famous in this forum now this thread is closed move on

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

< Supports her!

@Akheilos Why do you dislike her!??

 

[Raja.Pakistani]

what about many of such malalz in burmaaz? Why world dont speak for them? just because burmi talibsn has no beard

 

[Dubious]

@Akheilos Why do you dislike her!??

I dislike anything channeling something to 1 person....It gives unwarranted attention and at a young age that is the last thing you want from the West!

 

[TankMan]

Malala's efforts are undoubtedly admirable and she is definitely not a CIA agent, but there are some legitimate issues of her narrative being hijacked.

The article didn't address all the statements about Pakistan in 'her' book.

I was greatly disappointed when I read things like ''people in Pakistan wear black arm bands on the 14th of August to protest the creation of our own country'' in the book that is called 'I Am Malala' but ironically was mostly written by Christina Lamb and is full of political statements and, quite frankly, propaganda. Everything from Pakistan's official policies in the 80s to public opinion, patriotism and our loyalty to our country was very distorted, or at least portrayed at its very worse.

Surely the book could've been written without it including politics and events that took place before Malala's birth. And why did it even have to mention Salman Rushdie?

The cause of education and Malala's campaign could've been upheld as a uniting one, but instead they decided to mention everything controversial they possibly could find in this book and then exaggerate it, as if only to stick it to us Pakistanis.

Also, this article really, really needs to check its facts and sources. The hyperlink here:

here are mass protestsagainst her in the country

Is a link to what is obviously a stupid satire. The very least the author of the OP could've done was read through the article he is linking to! Because it is extremely obvious that an article containing the following can not be a serious one:

It’s said that the association, which represents a network of some 150,000,000 private schools in Pakistan, is planning a ‘Pro-Polio day’ for its next stunt, followed by a ‘Flat Earth day’ in solidarity with the members of the Westboro Baptist Church in the United States.

At this point, Mr Kashif Ali asked to be excused, saying that he had to go celebrate his birthday, otherwise known as ‘Illiterate Fools Day’.

It even says:

Disclaimer: This post being satire is for entertainment purposes only.

 

[Atheria]

what about many of such malalz in burmaaz? Why world dont speak for them? just because burmi talibsn has no beard

Our own minorities are being killed in the most horrendous way possible, the apathy is pathetic, and you have time to cry for burma?

The article didn't address all the statements about Pakistan in 'her' book.

Look , you can disagree with a few points in that book, does that give anyone the right to demonise her? I don't think so

 

[Raja.Pakistani]

I dislike anything channeling something to 1 person....It gives unwarranted attention and at a young age that is the last thing you want from the West!

Last week, the Nobel Peace Prize committee announced two winners: Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai and India's Kailash Satyarthi for their struggle for the rights of children. While for most Indians K Satyarthi's name was a bit of a mystery, Malala was already a widely known international figure, her personal story documented on magazine covers around the world.

The celebration of Malala in the West has long inspired conspiracy theorists who view her as a CIA stooge -- and that she is now the youngest recipient for the Nobel Peace Prize is likely to prove more fodder for the same. But you don't have to be paranoid to ask the question raised by Murtaza Hussain in Al-Jazeera: What about Nabila Rehman?

'Nabila who?' great many will ask of the other Pakistani girl who has been casting light on a far more uncomfortable truth: drones strikes in the North Waziristan.

Nabila's story is no less moving. The 10-year-old girl survived a drone attack in 2012 (she was eight then) and has testified before the US Congress to describe the horror of these attacks. Hussain notes that the strike killed Nabila's grandmother Momina Bibi, severely injured seven children.

Nabila, along with her 13-year-old brother who survived the attack and her father Rafiq ur Rehman, a Pakistani primary school teacher, appeared on Capitol Hill last November to testify against the US drone strike and demand justice. But where the US Congress was sufficiently moved by Malala's heroism to award her a Congressional gold medal, only five out of 430 representatives showed up for Nabila's testimony, as the Al-Jazeera report points out.

Nabila Rehman in this screenshot from a YouTube video.

The Guardian report describes Nabila's account of the attack, "Everything was dark and I couldn't see anything. I heard a scream. I think it was my grandmother but I couldn't see her. All I could think of was running." Her testimony was so moving that even the translator broke down in the midst of the hearing. But none of it could quite compare to the power of Malala's story which has a far more palatable villain, ie the big, bad Taliban.

Husain argues this vast discrepancy between the reception of the two Pakistani girls reflects the United States' priorities, where Malala "was seen as a potential tool of political propaganda to be utilised by war advocates," to justify the war on terror, which can then be portrayed as crusade to liberate Muslims from their oppressors.

Nabila's story, on the other hand, turns the spotlight on the actual human costs of the war on terror, and puts a face to what is otherwise dismissed as 'collateral damage'. She puts the focus on the tough questions about civilian deaths in drone strikes (close to 900 people according to an Amnesty International report last year), about torture, illegal imprisonment and more.

Where Malala allows Americans to play the role of the knight in shining armour, Nabila's tale casts Americans inevitably in the role of villains. Last year when Malala wasn't given the Noble peace prize, Max Fisher in theWashington Post argued that "the entire West [was] trying to co-opt Malala, as if to tell ourselves: 'Look, we're with the good guys, we're on the right side. The problem is over there.'"

"While Malala was feted by Western media figures, politicians and civic leaders for her heroism, Nabila has become simply another one of the millions of nameless, faceless people who have had their lives destroyed over the past decade of American wars," writes Hussain.


There will be no Nobel prizes for Nabila, no fawning acknowledgements of her heroism, no tears of sympathy for the plight of Pakistani girls like her, who leave alone the right to education, are not even accorded the right to life.

"While Malala was feted by Western media figures, politicians and civic leaders for her heroism, Nabila has become simply another one of the millions of nameless, faceless people who have had their lives destroyed over the past decade of American wars," writes Hussain.

There will be no Nobel prizes for Nabila, no fawning acknowledgements of her heroism, no tears of sympathy for the plight of Pakistani girls like her, who leave alone the right to education, are not even accorded the right to life.

The other Pakistani girl: Malala got the Nobel peace prize; here is why Nabila won't - Firstpost

 

[TankMan]

Look , you can disagree with a few points in that book, does that give anyone the right to demonise her? I don't think so

I never said it gave anyone the right to demonize her. I acknowledged her efforts and expressed my disagreement with the conspiracy theories in the very first line of my post.

But you can't just brush away my legitimate concerns and disagreements with ''you're demonizing her'' when I'm clearly not 'demonizing' her in any way.

this vast discrepancy between the reception of the two Pakistani girls reflects the United States' priorities, where Malala "was seen as a potential tool of political propaganda to be utilised by war advocates," to justify the war on terror, which can then be portrayed as crusade to liberate Muslims from their oppressors.

Nabila's story, on the other hand, turns the spotlight on the actual human costs of the war on terror, and puts a face to what is otherwise dismissed as 'collateral damage'. She puts the focus on the tough questions about civilian deaths in drone strikes (close to 900 people according to an Amnesty International report last year), about torture, illegal imprisonment and more.

Where Malala allows Americans to play the role of the knight in shining armour, Nabila's tale casts Americans inevitably in the role of villains. Last year when Malala wasn't given the Noble peace prize, Max Fisher in theWashington Post argued that "the entire West [was] trying to co-opt Malala, as if to tell ourselves: 'Look, we're with the good guys, we're on the right side. The problem is over there.'"

This perfectly sums up my point about her cause being hijacked. They've politicized Malala, and too much. A simple read through 'her' book makes it blatantly obvious.

 

[FunkyGen]

lets hate malala but love our terrorist aunty jailed abroad who probably would've provided funds to talibs in case she was free... what was that bitch name again?

 

[VCheng]

There will be no Nobel prizes for Nabila, no fawning acknowledgements of her heroism, no tears of sympathy for the plight of Pakistani girls like her, who leave alone the right to education, are not even accorded the right to life.

There is nothing preventing the Pakistani media from showering lots of coverage and highlighting her achievements, is there? TV interviews, may be an ISPR funded movie, the list goes on. A lot can be done, why not do it?

 

[Atheria]

lets hate malala but love our terrorist aunty jailed abroad who probably would've provided funds to talibs in case she was free... what was that bitch name again?

yeah that terrorist aafia sidiqui is a hero and malala is a villain for talking about education and against taliban.

 

[Dubious]

Last week, the Nobel Peace Prize committee announced two winners: Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai and India's Kailash Satyarthi for their struggle for the rights of children. While for most Indians K Satyarthi's name was a bit of a mystery, Malala was already a widely known international figure, her personal story documented on magazine covers around the world.

The celebration of Malala in the West has long inspired conspiracy theorists who view her as a CIA stooge -- and that she is now the youngest recipient for the Nobel Peace Prize is likely to prove more fodder for the same. But you don't have to be paranoid to ask the question raised by Murtaza Hussain in Al-Jazeera: What about Nabila Rehman?

'Nabila who?' great many will ask of the other Pakistani girl who has been casting light on a far more uncomfortable truth: drones strikes in the North Waziristan.

Nabila's story is no less moving. The 10-year-old girl survived a drone attack in 2012 (she was eight then) and has testified before the US Congress to describe the horror of these attacks. Hussain notes that the strike killed Nabila's grandmother Momina Bibi, severely injured seven children.

Nabila, along with her 13-year-old brother who survived the attack and her father Rafiq ur Rehman, a Pakistani primary school teacher, appeared on Capitol Hill last November to testify against the US drone strike and demand justice. But where the US Congress was sufficiently moved by Malala's heroism to award her a Congressional gold medal, only five out of 430 representatives showed up for Nabila's testimony, as the Al-Jazeera report points out.

Nabila Rehman in this screenshot from a YouTube video.

The Guardian report describes Nabila's account of the attack, "Everything was dark and I couldn't see anything. I heard a scream. I think it was my grandmother but I couldn't see her. All I could think of was running." Her testimony was so moving that even the translator broke down in the midst of the hearing. But none of it could quite compare to the power of Malala's story which has a far more palatable villain, ie the big, bad Taliban.

Last week, the Nobel Peace Prize committee announced two winners: Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai and India's Kailash Satyarthi for their struggle for the rights of children. While for most Indians K Satyarthi's name was a bit of a mystery, Malala was already a widely known international figure, her personal story documented on magazine covers around the world.

The celebration of Malala in the West has long inspired conspiracy theorists who view her as a CIA stooge -- and that she is now the youngest recipient for the Nobel Peace Prize is likely to prove more fodder for the same. But you don't have to be paranoid to ask the question raised by Murtaza Hussain in Al-Jazeera: What about Nabila Rehman?

'Nabila who?' great many will ask of the other Pakistani girl who has been casting light on a far more uncomfortable truth: drones strikes in the North Waziristan.

Nabila's story is no less moving. The 10-year-old girl survived a drone attack in 2012 (she was eight then) and has testified before the US Congress to describe the horror of these attacks. Hussain notes that the strike killed Nabila's grandmother Momina Bibi, severely injured seven children.

Nabila, along with her 13-year-old brother who survived the attack and her father Rafiq ur Rehman, a Pakistani primary school teacher, appeared on Capitol Hill last November to testify against the US drone strike and demand justice. But where the US Congress was sufficiently moved by Malala's heroism to award her a Congressional gold medal, only five out of 430 representatives showed up for Nabila's testimony, as the Al-Jazeera report points out.

Nabila Rehman in this screenshot from a YouTube video.

The Guardian report describes Nabila's account of the attack, "Everything was dark and I couldn't see anything. I heard a scream. I think it was my grandmother but I couldn't see her. All I could think of was running." Her testimony was so moving that even the translator broke down in the midst of the hearing. But none of it could quite compare to the power of Malala's story which has a far more palatable villain, ie the big, bad Taliban.

Husain argues this vast discrepancy between the reception of the two Pakistani girls reflects the United States' priorities, where Malala "was seen as a potential tool of political propaganda to be utilised by war advocates," to justify the war on terror, which can then be portrayed as crusade to liberate Muslims from their oppressors.

Nabila's story, on the other hand, turns the spotlight on the actual human costs of the war on terror, and puts a face to what is otherwise dismissed as 'collateral damage'. She puts the focus on the tough questions about civilian deaths in drone strikes (close to 900 people according to an Amnesty International report last year), about torture, illegal imprisonment and more.

Where Malala allows Americans to play the role of the knight in shining armour, Nabila's tale casts Americans inevitably in the role of villains. Last year when Malala wasn't given the Noble peace prize, Max Fisher in theWashington Post argued that "the entire West [was] trying to co-opt Malala, as if to tell ourselves: 'Look, we're with the good guys, we're on the right side. The problem is over there.'"

"While Malala was feted by Western media figures, politicians and civic leaders for her heroism, Nabila has become simply another one of the millions of nameless, faceless people who have had their lives destroyed over the past decade of American wars," writes Hussain.


There will be no Nobel prizes for Nabila, no fawning acknowledgements of her heroism, no tears of sympathy for the plight of Pakistani girls like her, who leave alone the right to education, are not even accorded the right to life.

"While Malala was feted by Western media figures, politicians and civic leaders for her heroism, Nabila has become simply another one of the millions of nameless, faceless people who have had their lives destroyed over the past decade of American wars," writes Hussain.

There will be no Nobel prizes for Nabila, no fawning acknowledgements of her heroism, no tears of sympathy for the plight of Pakistani girls like her, who leave alone the right to education, are not even accorded the right to life.

The other Pakistani girl: Malala got the Nobel peace prize; here is why Nabila won't - Firstpost

Yea I posted her story here...no one knew her or said another word...

lets hate malala but love our terrorist aunty jailed abroad who probably would've provided funds to talibs in case she was free... what was that bitch name again?

Watch your language...

The very fact that it took YEARS to come up with a story against her which changed numerous times as it went around is questionable! Her condition in jail is another question altogether for those who aspire to be champions of human rights and demand this and that from other countries ....

 

[FunkyGen]

yeah that terrorist aafia sidiqui is a hero and malala is a villain for talking about education and against taliban.

truth is when she was made a hero our people were actually very pro taliban and here and there they'd pop up in discussions, and it'd be like "bus amreeka ko jaaney do phir dekho ye kia kartey india k sath"...
i do believe that we deserve some part of terrorism inflicted upon us as the society on a whole is to be blamed for worshipping animals to some extent...
but things have changed at least for the educated youth who are now growing up and we have to look at religion in a much critical way...

 

[Raja.Pakistani]

Our own minorities are being killed in the most horrendous way possible, the apathy is pathetic, and you have time to cry for burma?

No. i brought burma to show you that this all attenion malala got was politically motivated and america or west dont give a fack about lives of Muslims any where in the world