{"id":6114,"date":"2012-11-11T20:06:56","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T01:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=6114"},"modified":"2012-11-11T20:06:56","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T01:06:56","slug":"why-the-taliban-shot-the-schoolgirl-the-new-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/11\/why-the-taliban-shot-the-schoolgirl-the-new-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Why The Taliban Shot The Schoolgirl &#124; The New Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leon Wieseltier writes on the shooting of Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color:#ccccff;\"><p>Over here, the obscene attack has been regarded mainly from the standpoint of the global campaign for the education of girls. Malala Yousafzai is an eloquent and renowned advocate for girls\u2019 schools. About the necessity and the nobility of her cause there can be no doubt. After all, she scared the Taliban&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If anyone thinks that Malala was targeted because of education,\u201d declared the Taliban, in a statement cited by <em>Dawn<\/em>, \u201cthat is absolutely wrong, and propaganda of media. Malala was targeted because of her pioneer role in preaching secularism and so called enlightened moderation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is not just a struggle for gender equality, although suppression of women in places like Pakistan defies basic human rights. This as a struggle for secularism. Religious sects who seek to impose their dogma on society have no place in a modern world.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tnr.com\/article\/politics\/magazine\/108847\/why-the-taliban-shot-the-schoolgirl\">Why The Taliban Shot The Schoolgirl | The New Republic<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leon Wieseltier writes on the shooting of Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai: Over here, the obscene attack has been regarded mainly from the standpoint of the global campaign for the education of girls. Malala Yousafzai is an eloquent and renowned advocate for girls\u2019 schools. About the necessity and the nobility of her cause there can be &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/11\/why-the-taliban-shot-the-schoolgirl-the-new-republic\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why The Taliban Shot The Schoolgirl &#124; The New Republic&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[1071,2197,3064,3107],"class_list":["post-6114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-big-picture","tag-dogmatism","tag-malala-yousafzai","tag-secularism","tag-shariah-law"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why The Taliban Shot The Schoolgirl &#124; The New Republic - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why The Taliban Shot The Schoolgirl &#124; The New Republic - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Leon Wieseltier writes on the shooting of Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai: Over here, the obscene attack has been regarded mainly from the standpoint of the global campaign for the education of girls. 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