News comes from Pakistan that 10 men have been given life sentences for the shooting of schoolgirl Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai. Secrecy surrounding the court cases and the fact that the person accused of issuing the order for the assassination attempt was not included in the trails leads to some doubts as to how much justice has been reached in this case. There were two other girls injured in the same attack. All three young ladies were moved to England for medical treatment, and continue their education there.
I just want to say, with all possible respect, that I personally find myself having a bit of a grandfatherly crush on this lovely young woman. She has shown incredible strength of spirit and a beautiful personality. And she is cute, which really shouldn't matter. I hope that she continues to have a public role of the quality she has had thus far.
To tell you the truth, I have a fantasy of the culprits being moved to a prison here in the U.S., being put into the general population, and allowed to interact with prisoners here who know what they have done. And , of course, the guards being busy elsewhere.
At the same time this news has come out, reports from Nigeria tell us that several hundred women and children have been freed from Boko Haram . This is not only good news, it is appropriate that the news comes at the same time as the news about the sentences for the people involved in the assault on Malala, since she was outspoken last year when Boko Haram kidnapped a group of over 200 young girls in Nigeria from a school. Boko Haram is noted for their opposition to education, especially of women.
I am not an expert on Islam, nor do I agree with many of the tenets of the religion. However, I do know that true Islam (especially the Sunni denomination) strongly encourages the education of women. We hear these groups (boko haram, Isil, Al-quaeda, and the taliban, et cetera ) referred to as fundamentalists. Most groups referred to as fundamentalists are anything but. I can particularly speak as to fundamental Christianity, and have written on the subject repeatedly on the internet. If I haven.t already made a post on this blog, I will soon.
I just want to say, with all possible respect, that I personally find myself having a bit of a grandfatherly crush on this lovely young woman. She has shown incredible strength of spirit and a beautiful personality. And she is cute, which really shouldn't matter. I hope that she continues to have a public role of the quality she has had thus far.
To tell you the truth, I have a fantasy of the culprits being moved to a prison here in the U.S., being put into the general population, and allowed to interact with prisoners here who know what they have done. And , of course, the guards being busy elsewhere.
At the same time this news has come out, reports from Nigeria tell us that several hundred women and children have been freed from Boko Haram . This is not only good news, it is appropriate that the news comes at the same time as the news about the sentences for the people involved in the assault on Malala, since she was outspoken last year when Boko Haram kidnapped a group of over 200 young girls in Nigeria from a school. Boko Haram is noted for their opposition to education, especially of women.
I am not an expert on Islam, nor do I agree with many of the tenets of the religion. However, I do know that true Islam (especially the Sunni denomination) strongly encourages the education of women. We hear these groups (boko haram, Isil, Al-quaeda, and the taliban, et cetera ) referred to as fundamentalists. Most groups referred to as fundamentalists are anything but. I can particularly speak as to fundamental Christianity, and have written on the subject repeatedly on the internet. If I haven.t already made a post on this blog, I will soon.
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