In the novel I Am Malala:The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb, the gripping story of a young girl growing up under Taliban rule is shown. In her autobiography, Malala documents how her life changes as her homeland the Swat Valley is taken over and how she refuses to let the Taliban take her right to education away. As Malala recites the events leading up to the fateful day the Taliban attempted to kill her, she also describes the beautiful valley she once called home. Malala has deep pride in her religion and culture despite her grievances pertaining to women’s rights. To her, Islam is peaceful; she is passionate and devout to that Islam, not the extremist Islam that the Taliban has brainwashed the people with.
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As the Taliban tightened their hold around her homeland she could not believe how they justified heinous acts using Islam and the Quran. Malala was speechless as Maulana Fazlullah and his men blew up schools and buildings, publically whipped people, and banned all things that were determined un-Islamic. The Taliban capitalized on the ignorance of the people. Using Mullah FM as a platform, Fazlullah convinced people that doing sinful things caused misfortune for all, “ They warned people to stop listening to music, watching movies, and dancing. Sinful acts like these had caused the earthquake, Fazlullah thundered, and if people didn’t stop they would again invite the wrath of god. Mullahs often misinterpret the Quran… as few people understand the original Arabic. Fazlullah exploited this ignorance” (Yousafzai 113). Like any dictatorship Fazlullah at first told the people what they wanted to hear. The people of Swat were angered by the feudal system and the Khans, knowing this Fazlullah insulted the Khans regularly on Mullah FM. He also congratulated people who gave up “sinful” things such as selling CDs or going to
As the Taliban tightened their hold around her homeland she could not believe how they justified heinous acts using Islam and the Quran. Malala was speechless as Maulana Fazlullah and his men blew up schools and buildings, publically whipped people, and banned all things that were determined un-Islamic. The Taliban capitalized on the ignorance of the people. Using Mullah FM as a platform, Fazlullah convinced people that doing sinful things caused misfortune for all, “ They warned people to stop listening to music, watching movies, and dancing. Sinful acts like these had caused the earthquake, Fazlullah thundered, and if people didn’t stop they would again invite the wrath of god. Mullahs often misinterpret the Quran… as few people understand the original Arabic. Fazlullah exploited this ignorance” (Yousafzai 113). Like any dictatorship Fazlullah at first told the people what they wanted to hear. The people of Swat were angered by the feudal system and the Khans, knowing this Fazlullah insulted the Khans regularly on Mullah FM. He also congratulated people who gave up “sinful” things such as selling CDs or going to