A network of private schools in
Pakistan on Monday observed 'I am not Malala' day to condemn Nobel laureate and
teenage girls rights activist for her alleged support for controversial British
novelist Salman Rushdie.
Malala Yousafzai, 17, shot in the
head by the Taliban in 2012 in Pakistan's northwestern town of Mingora, won
Nobel Peace Prize 2014 with 60-year-old Indian anti-child labour activist
Kailash Satyarthi.
All Pakistan Private Schools
Federation, which last year banned the Malala's memoir "I am Malala",
organised the "I am not Malala" day.
In a statement, the federation
president Mirza Kashif Ali alleged that "Malala has nexus with Salman
Rushdie and Taslima Nasrin". He said Malala's book, written with British
journalist Christina Lamb, was too sympathetic to Rushdie.
Ali said Rushdie's book was clearly
"anti-Islam" and by supporting him, Malala has joined his club.
"We severely condemned the chapter of the book in which Rushdie's book has
been mentioned as freedom of expression by Malala while referring to father's
views," said Ali.
Rushdie's book The Static Verses in
1989 created a storm in Muslim world. Bangladeshi author Nasrin was accused by
radical Muslims of blasphemy over her novel "Lajja" in 1994.
Malala, who lives in Britain where
she went for treatment after the Taliban attack, won worldwide acclaim for her
campaign advocating education for girls in Pakistan.
However, some conservative circles
in Pakistan allege that she was being used by the West.
A
network of private schools in Pakistan on Monday observed 'I am not
Malala' day to condemn Nobel laureate and teenage girls rights activist
for her alleged support for controversial British novelist Salman
Rushdie.
Malala Yousafzai, 17, shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 in
Pakistan's northwestern town of Mingora, won Nobel Peace Prize 2014 with
60-year-old Indian anti-child labour activist Kailash Satyarthi.
All Pakistan Private Schools Federation, which last year banned the Malala's memoir "I am Malala", organised the "I am not Malala" day.
In a statement, the federation president Mirza Kashif Ali alleged that "Malala has nexus with Salman Rushdie and Taslima Nasrin". He said Malala's book, written with British journalist Christina Lamb, was too sympathetic to Rushdie.
Ali said Rushdie's book was clearly "anti-Islam" and by supporting him, Malala has joined his club. "We severely condemned the chapter of the book in which Rushdie's book has been mentioned as freedom of expression by Malala while referring to father's views," said Ali.
Rushdie's book The Static Verses in 1989 created a storm in Muslim world. Bangladeshi author Nasrin was accused by radical Muslims of blasphemy over her novel "Lajja" in 1994.
Malala, who lives in Britain where she went for treatment after the Taliban attack, won worldwide acclaim for her campaign advocating education for girls in Pakistan.
However, some conservative circles in Pakistan allege that she was being used by the West. - See more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/pakistan-schools-association-observe-i-am-not-malala-day/article1-1284699.aspx#sthash.JKWB3nPE.dpuf
All Pakistan Private Schools Federation, which last year banned the Malala's memoir "I am Malala", organised the "I am not Malala" day.
In a statement, the federation president Mirza Kashif Ali alleged that "Malala has nexus with Salman Rushdie and Taslima Nasrin". He said Malala's book, written with British journalist Christina Lamb, was too sympathetic to Rushdie.
Ali said Rushdie's book was clearly "anti-Islam" and by supporting him, Malala has joined his club. "We severely condemned the chapter of the book in which Rushdie's book has been mentioned as freedom of expression by Malala while referring to father's views," said Ali.
Rushdie's book The Static Verses in 1989 created a storm in Muslim world. Bangladeshi author Nasrin was accused by radical Muslims of blasphemy over her novel "Lajja" in 1994.
Malala, who lives in Britain where she went for treatment after the Taliban attack, won worldwide acclaim for her campaign advocating education for girls in Pakistan.
However, some conservative circles in Pakistan allege that she was being used by the West. - See more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/pakistan-schools-association-observe-i-am-not-malala-day/article1-1284699.aspx#sthash.JKWB3nPE.dpuf
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