16-Year-Old Has A Brave Heart

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Townhall:

Cal Thomas

Jul 18, 2013

 

BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- While American cable TV news engaged in saturation coverage of the closing arguments and verdict in the George Zimmerman murder trial, the BBC and Sky News carried an inspiring speech by Malala Yousafzai, the 16-year-old Pakistani girl shot in the head last October by the Taliban for advocating the education of girls.

 

On her birthday, Malala addressed in barely accented English a special youth gathering at the United Nations in New York. She wore a shawl that had belonged to the late Pakistani President Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated by Islamic extremists in 2007.

 

Only occasionally referring to notes, Malala, who now lives in Birmingham, England, where she received medical treatment following the attack, delivered a speech more compelling than those given by most diplomats and presidents who have spoken at the UN. "Thousands of people have been killed by the terrorists and millions have been injured," she noted, "I am just one of them." She said her injury and the killing and wounding of her friends had launched "thousands of voices."

 

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The New Muslim Generation

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Clifford D. May

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@Geee has this here, too

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@Geee has this here, too

Many The Comments are a classic example of the phrase a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

 

 

 

Stephen Behel • an hour ago

 

I don't have the optimism of Mr. May. For every person like the ones cited here, there are likely 10 who believe in the jihad.