Malala: the girl being prayed for by people of many different beliefs

[BetheButterfly]

Hello,

 

I just wanted to do an update on the beautiful, intelligent, and sweet Muslim girl who was shot by the Taliban. One thing that is so impressive and wonderful is all the prayers for her from Muslims, Christians, Hindus, and other groups of believers in God or the supernatural. Atheists and Agnostics as well send their good, positive thoughts wishing her well. That is so awesome!!! I really hope that this togetherness due to common values in education and the rights of human beings continues!!!

 

As for this brave girl, I really do wish that she and her family would move to the USA or another Western country. (I wish all the girls in places where they are in danger for going to school could move to places where they were not in danger, as well as all the girls and boys in danger of being burned or hurt in any way for any reason.) However, it strongly impacted me the bravery and convictions of her father who rejects offers I am sure he has received concerning moving with the family to a safe country.

 

The following made me think a lot:

 

"At first I laughed because after all of our sacrifices, my personal (sacrifices), and this attack on my daughter, we cannot have had such a cheap purpose that we would go to some other country and live the rest of our lives there,' Malala's father said.

Read more: Father of teenager shot in the head by Taliban insists he will take his daughter back to Pakistan once she has recovered | Mail Online

 

Wow. That is heavy.

 

Thank God and the medical people for her progress in health!!! May she continue to be a great blessing for her country and through this horrible tragedy, may education and the rights to live and believe what one believes be offered to all the people in Pakistan!

 

Below is a wonderful youtube about Malala's progress:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHCSfdmQRmU

 

Yep, Malala and her father are heroes!

Edited October 26, 2012 by a LoveShack.org Moderator
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[Eve]

Hello,

 

I just wanted to do an update on the beautiful, intelligent, and sweet Muslim girl who was shot by the Taliban. One thing that is so impressive and wonderful is all the prayers for her from Muslims, Christians, Hindus, and other groups of believers in God or the supernatural. Atheists and Agnostics as well send their good, positive thoughts wishing her well. That is so awesome!!! I really hope that this togetherness due to common values in education and the rights of human beings continues!!!

 

As for this brave girl, I really do wish that she and her family would move to the USA or another Western country. (I wish all the girls in places where they are in danger for going to school could move to places where they were not in danger, as well as all the girls and boys in danger of being burned or hurt in any way for any reason.) However, it strongly impacted me the bravery and convictions of her father who rejects offers I am sure he has received concerning moving with the family to a safe country.

 

The following made me think a lot:

 

"At first I laughed because after all of our sacrifices, my personal (sacrifices), and this attack on my daughter, we cannot have had such a cheap purpose that we would go to some other country and live the rest of our lives there,' Malala's father said.

Read more: Father of teenager shot in the head by Taliban insists he will take his daughter back to Pakistan once she has recovered | Mail Online

 

Wow. That is heavy.

 

Thank God and the medical people for her progress in health!!! May she continue to be a great blessing for her country and through this horrible tragedy, may education and the rights to live and believe what one believes be offered to all the people in Pakistan!

 

Below is a wonderful youtube about Malala's progress:

 

Father Of Malala Yousafzai Pakistani Schoolgirl Shot By Taliban Holds Press Conference - YouTube

 

Yep, Malala and her father are heroes!

 

Last I heard she was being treated in the same Hospital I birthed my second daughter in... well, obviously she is not in the maternity ward, lol. It is a good Hospital and there is a strong Muslim community probably about 25 miles away from there.

 

Hopefully she will stay in the UK. I think it would probably be the safest option for her to remain here.

 

Take care,

Eve x

[BetheButterfly]

Last I heard she was being treated in the same Hospital I birthed my second daughter in...

 

Wow that is so cool!!! Congratulations by the way on your kids.

 

well, obviously she is not in the maternity ward, lol. It is a good Hospital

I wonder if someday she can and might want to get married and have kids and give birth there? God knows.

 

and there is a strong Muslim community probably about 25 miles away from there.

It is wonderful the support she is receiving from Muslims around the world!!! It is also wonderful that people of many other beliefs/worldviews care for her!!! That just shows how we should be, despite of our differences. We shouldn't be interested in killing each other but rather helping each other make the world a better place!!!

 

Hopefully she will stay in the UK. I think it would probably be the safest option for her to remain here.

 

Take care,

Eve x

I agree with you, though I understand her father's position. Maybe he was talking about himself and her family and not her?

 

If she does go back to Pakistan, she needs awesome bodyguards and I personally think both the Pakistan government and the UK and/or USA government(s) should keep a close eye on protecting her. Yes, I believe she is a princess. Her "royalty" in my eyes is due to her and her father's stance on education, peace, and human rights. She deserves the best as she and her family strive to help all of Pakistan be a safe place for all people to get an quality education!!!

[Eve]

My children are no longer small children now but thank you very much for the congrats. They have grown to be lovely young people with their own minds.

 

Well, we will see what advice is given to the family regarding their return to Pakistan. I imagine they will want to return home at some point but right now I think they need to consider their plans very carefully. I am sure this will be the advice given to them and then they will be moved at a safer time with appropriate security. The Dad is probably just doing the Dad thing.. but I hope he listens to advisors.

 

I think many people want to support Malala in any way they can regardless of their religious or political links.

 

.. Even in just quietly believing she has a right to an education.

 

Take care,

Eve x

[BetheButterfly]

My children are no longer small children now but thank you very much for the congrats. They have grown to be lovely young people with their own minds.

 

Well, we will see what advice is given to the family regarding their return to Pakistan. I imagine they will want to return home at some point but right now I think they need to consider their plans very carefully. I am sure this will be the advice given to them and then they will be moved at a safer time with appropriate security. The Dad is probably just doing the Dad thing.. but I hope he listens to advisors.

 

I think many people want to support Malala in any way they can regardless of their religious or political links.

 

.. Even in just quietly believing she has a right to an education.

 

Take care,

Eve x

 

I'm not sure if her family will stay in the UK or not, but it's cool that her awesome Dad has been offered a job in the UK by the Pakistan government!!! :bunny: I am crying tears of joy while typing this!!! Malala is such an amazing and inspiring Muslim girl, and her Dad is such a supportive and kind Muslim Dad.

 

I boldened some of the article below:

 

Malala

LONDON: The government of Pakistan has decided to give a job to Malala Yousuzai’s father, Ziauddin Yousufzai, at the Pakistan Consulate in Birmingham, where Malala is receiving treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

The News can disclose that various options and modalities were discussed at a meeting in Pakistan High Commission in London where Pakistan’s High Commissioner to the UK Wajid Shamsul Hasan and Ziauddin Yousufzai were also present. He had been especially driven from Birmingham to London for this meeting in diplomatic protocol.

 

During the meeting in London, Ziauddin, who has worked as a senior teacher and administrator in Swat, was interviewed about his experience to judge what kind of job will suit him. The source said that Ziauddin will be either given grade 18 or 19 Counsellor rank or he will be appointed a senior administrator. He will be paid around $3,000, may be provided with a car and the housing facility. He will be appointed on a rolling yearly contract until the family decides to go back to Pakistan.

 

The doctors have told the family that the 15-year-old Malala, who was shot in the head by the Pakistani Taliban and later flown to Britain for the treatment at a hospital renowned for treating injured British soldiers, will take at least two years to fully recover from her severe injuries. It was considered at one point that Malala may be shifted to a London hospital but Pakistani officials requested the hospital administration to keep her there to avoid Pakistani politicians who could have formed a queue to get pictured with her.

 

Last week, a group of senators cancelled their planned trip to the UK after they were categorically told by Pakistan High Commission in London that there will be no photo-opportunity with Malala. “We don’t want any favour from the UK government or for that matter any other government. Our priority is the welfare of Yousufzai family and the government of Pakistan has stated that their needs will be fully looked after. Her two brothers are of school-going age and doctors have said that it is important that they stay around Malala and meet her occasionally for her to recover faster. They need to be schooled and housed locally. It will be best for Ziauddin to get a job locally in Birmingham so that not only he could make a living for his family but also be near Malala,” said the source.

 

Currently, the entire Ziauddin family is on visit visa and their visas will be expiring around March 2013.The doctors at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital have said that Malala is in a stable condition and she is responding well to the treatment. The hospital and Pakistan High Commission recently asked her well-wishers to donate money only to the fund which has been set up the Hospital and not be conned by the unscrupulous elements who have set up appeals in her name.

 

A source said the reports that Ziauddin was planning to apply for asylum in the United Kingdom are untrue and speculative. Many western NGOs, including the UN, have expressed their wish to arrange a job for Ziauddin but he will prefer working for a Pakistani organisation.

 

A Pakistan High Commission spokesperson told The News: “Government of Pakistan is responsible for the welfare of Malala and her family while they are in the UK. In view of the expected prolonged treatment of Malala in the UK, the Government of Pakistan is thinking about various options to properly look after the family.”

 

Below is a youtube of a wonderful Muslim lady, Humaira Bachal, who started a school for girls, boys, and poor children, including children workers in Pakistan. She started teaching other girls at the age of 11! She and her sister were the only 2 girls in her community that could afford/were allowed to go to school. I greatly admire her too, as well as all the people in Pakistan and Afghanistan who are striving to give a quality education to the girls and boys!

 

Karachi- Pakistan school gives hope to many girls - YouTube

[pie2]

Just saw this article and video about Malala's incredible recovery:

 

Malala the miracle educates us all

[Eclypse]

I'm not religious so I can't really "pray" but I was really cheering for her. What a trooper! And I'm so glad she made a recovery She was in my thoughts a lot of the time.

 

At the same time I also infuriated at the nerve of these people who shot her. Scum like that aren't human to me. They also aren't doing a very good job of selling their religion (which is also an injustice to the majority of peaceful Muslims).

[BetheButterfly]

I'm not religious so I can't really "pray" but I was really cheering for her. What a trooper! And I'm so glad she made a recovery She was in my thoughts a lot of the time.

 

There are many people who are not religious who care about this little Muslim girl and who wish her well!!! I think that's just so AWESOME!!!

 

At the same time I also infuriated at the nerve of these people who shot her.

ME TOO. :mad:

 

Scum like that aren't human to me

They are humans, which makes what they did so bad. If she got mauled by a tiger, for example, we'd say, "Oh that's their nature to attack," though normally tigers attack if they're hungry, have a disease that affects their mind, angry, or protecting their offspring. What makes it so horrible is that they are human and yet are attacking another person, trying to murder her.

 

. They also aren't doing a very good job of selling their religion (which is also an injustice to the majority of peaceful Muslims).

I am glad that there are many peaceful Muslims. Peace makes the world a much better place. I am glad there are many peaceful Atheists, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Agnostics, Jewish Orthodox, Reform... and the list goes on.

 

Without peace and freedom to believe or not believe, the world suffers.

 

Hopefully what happened to Malala will help motivate Pakistan to ensure/enforce freedom of speech, as well as enforce the right of all girls to get an education, as well as hopefully enforce freedom of religion and freedom of women to not wear the veil if they do not want to do so.

[pie2]

I'm not religious so I can't really "pray" but I was really cheering for her. What a trooper! And I'm so glad she made a recovery She was in my thoughts a lot of the time.

 

I was amazed. It's just such a mystery when and why things happen the way they do. A young girl like Malala can experience something so tragic, and bounce back. And there are other times when something so seemingly benign can mean the end. You just never know!

 

At the same time I also infuriated at the nerve of these people who shot her. Scum like that aren't human to me. They also aren't doing a very good job of selling their religion (which is also an injustice to the majority of peaceful Muslims

 

I wonder how many people though, in the back of their minds, wondered to themselves that she "brought it on her self", and "if only she'd acted like a good, little girl". Misogyny can run very deep. Not that anyone wished such a horror on her in any way. But women do get blamed for A LOT around the world .

[BetheButterfly]

I was amazed. It's just such a mystery when and why things happen the way they do. A young girl like Malala can experience something so tragic, and bounce back. And there are other times when something so seemingly benign can mean the end. You just never know!

 

Many doctors are amazed everyday by people who "bounce back" even when they (the doctors) did not think it likely.

 

 

I wonder how many people though, in the back of their minds, wondered to themselves that she "brought it on her self", and "if only she'd acted like a good, little girl". Misogyny can run very deep. Not that anyone wished such a horror on her in any way. But women do get blamed for A LOT around the world .

A long time ago, people in Europe were persecuted for reading the Bible in their own language. I think both men and women were killed for that. Anne Askew was one lady burned at the stake; she read the Bible from the age of 5 and did not agree with her nation's leaders.

http://voices.yahoo.com/anne-askew-burned-stake-1546-8814425.html

Horribly, in the USA, some women were accused of being witches and killed.

 

It is so sad that even nowadays, people are persecuted for different things, including going to school. I am so grateful though that Pakistan as a country is rallying behind Malala. She is such a brave little lady and she is one of my heroes. Her Dad is an awesome man and I am so glad for his love for his daughter and for the children in his country who need an education. I very much hope that Pakistan grows in understanding that all people are equal, regardless of gender, ethnicity, and belief.

 

Here is a youtube of her talking!!!

 

 

It would be such an honor to someday meet Malala, who is wise beyond her years. I would like to name my daughter after her.

 

It's so important to keep praying for her, as well as the girls and women in Pakistan, for protection and help. It's also just as important to actively help in protecting them and giving them the Love and education they need!!!

Edited February 15, 2013 by BetheButterfly

[pureinheart]

Hello,

 

I just wanted to do an update on the beautiful, intelligent, and sweet Muslim girl who was shot by the Taliban. One thing that is so impressive and wonderful is all the prayers for her from Muslims, Christians, Hindus, and other groups of believers in God or the supernatural. Atheists and Agnostics as well send their good, positive thoughts wishing her well. That is so awesome!!! I really hope that this togetherness due to common values in education and the rights of human beings continues!!!

 

As for this brave girl, I really do wish that she and her family would move to the USA or another Western country. (I wish all the girls in places where they are in danger for going to school could move to places where they were not in danger, as well as all the girls and boys in danger of being burned or hurt in any way for any reason.) However, it strongly impacted me the bravery and convictions of her father who rejects offers I am sure he has received concerning moving with the family to a safe country.

 

The following made me think a lot:

 

"At first I laughed because after all of our sacrifices, my personal (sacrifices), and this attack on my daughter, we cannot have had such a cheap purpose that we would go to some other country and live the rest of our lives there,' Malala's father said.

Read more:

Father of teenager shot in the head by Taliban insists he will take his daughter back to Pakistan once she has recovered | Mail Online

 

Wow. That is heavy.

 

Thank God and the medical people for her progress in health!!! May she continue to be a great blessing for her country and through this horrible tragedy, may education and the rights to live and believe what one believes be offered to all the people in Pakistan!

 

Below is a wonderful youtube about Malala's progress:

 

Father Of Malala Yousafzai Pakistani Schoolgirl Shot By Taliban Holds Press Conference - YouTube

 

 

Yep, Malala and her father are heroes!

 

You know Bethy, I'm divided concerning the family staying in Pakistan. A part of me says if you get the opportunity ..leave. Another part says that it could be Gods will that they stay.

 

Like the two Christian (of Iranian decent I believe) Pastors in Iran that are in jail for their faith. One is an Iranian resident and the other, an Iranian/American resident.

 

The one Pastor chose to go over there (Iran) and think he has family there also...he knew his life was in danger I think. His wife and two children are besides themselves here due to him being sentanced to 8yrs hard time in a radical prison, of which they don't expect him to survive.

 

But, who am I to say, "stay in America" to stay safe? I know something supernatural had to have driven both Pastors.

 

Gods will is Gods will and will not always make sense to "man". This girls father is the leader of the family and I would say that his choice to stay is a divine one. I mean seriously, what if this one family changed the hearts and minds of the Taliban? Yes, there are more terrorist groups outside the Taliban...but what if????