It was a deep shocking news of the shooting from close range of the young Pakistani girl by the Pakistani Taleban in Pakistan on 9th of this month because of her campaign in support of the spread of education for the females.
It is said ‘you educate a girl and you educate the family and when you educate a family you educate the society’. The great religion Islam gives highest importance to Education and it even said that to ‘get education one may even go to China’ which was considered a distant land.
The first word in the Holy Koran is ‘IKRA’ which means ‘READ’. Hence, the word ‘Read’ signifies the point of education and unless you are educated you cannot read. This again proves how top importance Islam gives to Education.
According to me much of the cruelties committed by a segment of Muslims in the name of their religious belief thereby giving a bad image of their religion, will disappear with the spread of Education only. Education gives a person knowledge and with this knowledge a person can know so many things for the betterment of life and of the world that God love so much.
I love all the religions because of the one important message they all give and that important message is the message of ‘Love and Peace’. Islam is one religion that gives this message not only to the Muslims but also to the humanity as a whole.
Those people who impose harsh and inhuman methods in the name of their religious belief to suppress others are doing injustice. They are not the devine custodians of their religions. And definetely not those who maim and kill innocent children of the God. It is time now for the leaders of all the religions in one voice to abhor extremism and hatred in the name of their religions. No religion teaches this.
Meantime, let us pray for the immediate and full recovery of the innocent Pakistani girl undergoing treatment in Pakistan.
Kudos to Pakistani government for condemning this shooting and supporting the victim, the young teenage girl.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
