The banned militant organisation Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which claimed responsibility of shooting 14-year-old peace activist Malala Yousafzai in the head, issued a statement Wednesday, using Islamic Shariah to defend the attack.
In the statement sent out by TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan from an undisclosed location, the banned outfit said that although they do not believe in attacking women, “whom so ever leads a campaign against Islam and Shariah is ordered to be killed by Shariah.”
The assassination attempt on the life of the young National Peace Award winner has drawn widespread condemnation from the government, political parties and civil society groups, terming it a bid to silent voice for peace and education.
The statement says that it is “not just allowed … but obligatory in Islam” to kill such a person involved “in leading a campaign against Shariah and (who) tries to involve whole community in such campaign, and that personality becomes a symbol of anti-Shariah campaign.”
Malala had won international recognition for highlighting Taliban atrocities in Swat with a blog for the BBC three years ago, when the Islamist militants burned girls’ schools and terrorised the valley.
Her struggle resonated with tens of thousands of girls who were being denied an education by the militants across northwest Pakistan, where the government has been fighting the local Taliban since 2007.
The Taliban statement further challenges – with Quranic and religious references – condemnation of the assassination attempt on the tender-aged girl, adding that it is a clear command of Shariah that any female playing a role in “war against mujahideen” should be killed.
“If anyone argues that she was female, and then we can see the incident of killing of wife by a blind companion of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) because she used to say demeaning words for the Prophet and the Prophet praised that act,” it argues equating the TTP act with that of a the prophet’s companion.
The statement goes on to defend the attack with a reference from the time of Hazrat Khizar, a revered figure in Islamic history who was described as a righteous servant of God and endowed with the qualities of unmatched wisdom and mystic power. “If anyone argues about her young age, then the story of Hazrat Khizar in the Quran (states that) while traveling with Prophet Musa (AS), (he) killed a child. Arguing about the reason of his killing, he said that the parents of this child were pious and in the future he (the child) would cause a bad name for them,” adds the statement.
Malala Yousufzai, who was also nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize by advocacy group KidsRights Foundation in 2011, had raised her voice against the militants’ ban on and threats against education for women in Swat.
The Taliban spokesman defends the education-ban in the statement, saying: “Tehrik-i-Taliban’s crime wasn’t that they banned education for girls. Instead, our crime was that we tried to bring education system for both boys and girls under Shariah. We are against co-education and secular education system, and Shariah orders us to be against it.”
The statement further defends the assassination attempt, blaming the media for spreading “propaganda against Taliban mujahideen with their poisonous tongues.” “If anyone thinks that Malala was targeted because of education, that is absolutely wrong, and propaganda of media. Malala was targeted because of her pioneer role in preaching secularism and so called enlightened moderation. And whomsoever will commit so in future too will be targeted again by TTP,” it adds.
taliban are not muslim and human being they are wrose than animals. I hate the taliban as they are ani pakistani ani muslim and rental dogs. Please do not consider the taliban as a muslim.
taliban are not muslim and human being they are wrose than animals. I hate the taliban as they are ani pakistani ani muslim and rental dogs. Please do not consider the taliban as a muslim.
Malala is a true profound hero. The Taliban are so poisoned by religion they think carrying out a cowardly ungodly attack like they did against Malala is pleasing to God. This shows Thomas Paine was right when in his thought provoking book on God and religion, The Age of Reason, The Complete Edition, he called for a revolution in religion based on our God-given reason and Deism (Deism is belief in God/the Supreme Intelligence based on the application of our reason on the laws and designs in Nature). A Deistic revolution in religion would free us of the violence and fear producing "revealed"/hearsay religions and their man-made "holy" scriptures masquerading as the "word of God." All three of the "holy" scriptures of all three Abrahamic "revealed" religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam promote religious fear and violence. People need to realize that God gave us reason and not religion.
Progress! Bob Johnson http://www.deism.com
taliban of any part me the world are confused animals. They should be wiped out by Pakistan army and politics of Pakistan stands at a crossroad. Pakistanis have to take up arms and kill these animals.
Are those “people” crazy?? In what middle-aged society do they live, if they believe such nonsense? I pity those who have to live among such idiots every day. I hope some day Pakistani people will have the luxury of living in a free, modern, country. But that will not happen as long as such religious extremists are tolerated in society. I hope that the Pakistan government will act with courage!
Pakistan today is ruled by mullahs, military and their affiliates in judiciary and media. These so called defendants and warriors of Islam have brought nothing but misforture to Pakistan and Muslims. They are responsible for countless terrorist attacks against innocent human beings and have done everything in their power to impose their own perverted brand of Islam on the people of Pakistan. For all practical purposes, they have hijacked and ruined not only Pakistan but also the very religion they claim to uphold. Here is a very interesting video that exposes mullahs’ perverted, bigoted and extremely narrow approach to Islam. It clearly shows that in order to ensure Pakistan’s very existence, we need to boldly confront extremist mullahs and their mentors and affiliates.
اليوم لقد اتيتكم بموقع رائع انا اعجبني شخصيا وهو يحتوي على باقة من العاب بنات جديدة ومتجدد دائما ولمن لا يعرف العاب بنات فهي العاب فلاش تلعب على المتصفح بدون تحميل وتلعب مباشرة والعاب البنات هي بدورها فيها عدة اصناف وهي العاب الماكياج وفي هذا النوع يجب وضع الماكياج للبنت الموجودة في اللعبة وهناك كتير منها ويوجد كذلك العاب طبخ وهذا الصنف عنده محبين اكتر من السابق بفارق كبير وهو المميز عند الجميع سواء كانو بناتا او اولادا وايضا الصغار يلعبون فيه كتيرا وهو الاكتر انتشارا في النت ومواقعه كتيرة ويوجد صنف آخر وهو اقل منه قليلا في الشهرة وهو صنف التلبيس هذا الصنف ايضا يعشقه كتير من البنات وعدد قليل من الاولاد وكل صنف من هذه الاصناف توجد به العاب خاصة بشخصية معينة مشهورة فمتلا باربي ستجدها في جميع هذه الاصناف متلا العاب تلبيس باربي او العاب طبخ باربي او العاب ماكياج باربي وهكذا وهناك شخصيات كتيرة في هذه الالعاب وهي الاكتر شهرة طبعا عن باقي الشخصيات الغير معروفة وهذا الموقع يقدم جميع هذه الاصناف التي تندرج تحت نوع العاب بنات فمرحبا بكم جميعا
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