Thane (Maharashtra)/Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Oct.14 (ANI): Women, including
udents, the Muslim community in particular, took to the streets of Thane and Lucknow
Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh respectively, over the weekend, to protest against an
tack by suspected Taliban militants on a 14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl.
In Thane, school girls and women took part in a rally against the attack on Malala ousafzai, who was shot by Taliban militants. They said Malala should be brought to ndia for treatment.
One of the protesting students, Faiza, said that prayers are being offered for Malala's peedy recovery.
"She was one among us, I will pray to God for her speedy recovery. I would want to equest Pakistan to take her to India for treatment; India will pay for her treatment. We ant such people in our country who fight for the rights of the women. Mumbai people ill pay for her medication. I am standing in support of her because I also hate militants," aid Faiza.
Malala is still fighting for her life after being shot by Taliban gunmen in Mingora on ctober 9 for speaking out for 'progressive education' based on western mode of cademics as for girls.
She was shot in the head and neck, but has managed to survive.
Malala was with at another student when she was shot, but there are differing accounts of ow the shooting transpired.
The shooting was a culmination of years of campaigning that had pitted the fearless, miling young girl against one of Pakistan's most ruthless Taliban commanders.
Talking to the reporters, a protestor Afsha urged the Prime Ministers of Pakistan to send er to India for medical treatment.
"The reason why we have staged such a big rally is because, we want to appeal to the rime Ministers of India and Pakistan to get Malala in Mumbai, so that we could give her edical treatment here, we are ready to meet the expenses of her family also since we ant her speedy recovery. Malala initiated and took stand for the rights of the girls of her chool, so we are with her and we pray to God that her health gets better soon," said fsha.
The attack on Malala has been condemned across the world and has fuelled ire among the eople specially women of Muslim community, who have now taken to the streets for the ights of women.
Meanwhile, young students at Lucknow also took to the streets.
Talking to a reporter, a protestor, Heena said that the entire country is united as for the ight against crime and injustice.
"We prayed for the health of Malala. We are with her in this fight because the fight is gainst crime and injustice," said Heena.
The Islamist group Ahle Sunnat passed an Islamic dictum known as a Fatwa condemning he Taliban who tried to kill the schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai.
Meanwhile, leaders from the Red Mosque, a complex managed by hard-line clerics in the apital, Islamabad, took a different stance.
They said that although the attack should be condemned, it had been carried out because ousufzai looked up to America.
Washington has long pushed for action, military or otherwise, against the Haqqani ilitant network, one of NATO's deadliest foes in Afghanistan, which is thought to perate mainly from Pakistani region North Waziristan.
Though the Pakistani government publicly condemns drone attacks, many Pakistanis elieve it has done nowhere near enough to stop them. (ANI)