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Young Girl Risks Life to Attend School in Defiance of Taliban
A recent blog post by Steve Schippert, reported on a 17 year Afghan girl who defiantly returned to school after having acid thrown in her face by Taliban: "I will go to my school even if they kill me," she told reporters. "My message for the enemies is that if they do this 100 times, I am still going to continue my studies."
I made the following comment to that post:
The very fact that this young girl feels to stand up for her rights in this way--demonstrates the success that we have had in the War of Ideas. We have a tough fight ahead of us, but the Taliban and al-Qa'ida should tremble when they see words like this from a 17 year old girl.
We must all we can to support these types of reformers. Though they may be small in number, the values of freedom and liberty are eternal endowments of a loving Heavenly Father. As long as there is one battling for their agency, he will not leave them unsupported and we should not. Eventually the call of this girl and others like her will become a groundswell that cannot be stopped or reversed.
Thank you for capturing this story and may we each do all that we can to support the cause of liberty and freedom--not the least of which is that effort that we undertake while on our knees.
See the full article here: http://wizbangblog.com/content/2008/11/16/faces-of-courage.php
I made the following comment to that post:
The very fact that this young girl feels to stand up for her rights in this way--demonstrates the success that we have had in the War of Ideas. We have a tough fight ahead of us, but the Taliban and al-Qa'ida should tremble when they see words like this from a 17 year old girl.
We must all we can to support these types of reformers. Though they may be small in number, the values of freedom and liberty are eternal endowments of a loving Heavenly Father. As long as there is one battling for their agency, he will not leave them unsupported and we should not. Eventually the call of this girl and others like her will become a groundswell that cannot be stopped or reversed.
Thank you for capturing this story and may we each do all that we can to support the cause of liberty and freedom--not the least of which is that effort that we undertake while on our knees.
See the full article here: http://wizbangblog.com/content/2008/11/16/faces-of-courage.php
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