Or have we eaten on the insane root that takes the reason prisoner?”— Shakespeare, Macbeth Attempts are being made to prevent the people from identifying the malignancy of which the attack on Malala is merely the latest manifestation. The kind of mental acrobatics being performed by normal-looking gentlemen is a measure of the corruption of the mind that the lust for power can breed....

The Quran is part of the Islamic problem. But the Bible is not better. They are similarly autocratic, patriarchal, archaic texts packed with God ordained genocide, vicious punishment, misogyny, and endorsement of slavery. The difference is that modern Christians, even most fundamentalists, do not take the Bible as seriously as a broad range of Muslims take the Quran....

My daughter who is one year older than Malala was sitting in the back and I couldn’t see her face in the somewhat dark parking area. She asked me a question and I felt as if she was on the verge of breaking down into tears. I didn’t dare look at her in back-view mirror. I don’t know why I wanted to avoid her gaze....

The Malala incident is déjà vu times million. You have religious ‘extremists’ manifesting brutality; the ‘educated’ class calls the act heinous, the ‘intellectuals’ label the offenders as beasts, the ‘liberals’ protest against the ‘cowardly act’ and while everyone is condemning the act, they remain shushed about the root cause of it all: the ideology. Throughout the past every single person who has denounced the Taliban has acted as an apologetic...

This was done in such a systematic and organised manner using all technical resources of the web, social networking sites and free sms messages, etcetera, whose origins were concealed in various ways, that nearly  30,000 north-eastern Indians left the South in a hurry within a couple of days fearing for their lives. Jihadi groups like Lashkar-e-Tayyeba sponsored by Pakistan were later found to be involved.

After the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan shot 14-year old Malala Yousufzai for encouraging girls’ education, Pakistan’s liberal intelligentsia and the Western media went into overdrive. You’d think that if it weren’t for the Taliban shooting at them, millions of girls in Pakistan would be sitting in school, and that if you’re not endorsing American drone strikes in Pakistan, you might as well be signing death warrants for school-going girls....

What kind of human being would shoot a 14-year-old? Answer: a monstrous one. And there are a lot of monsters here. How can anyone call themselves a Muslim and do this? Answer: Because they believe they are the true Muslims, not the weak-kneed moral relativists who pretend to be Muslims. A true Muslim does what needs to be done for the glory of Islam....

"While adult suicide bombers may experience some 'existential grappling,' young children are unable to process the meaning of ending one's life, especially if rewards are promised in the afterlife." As crowds of worshippers fled in terror, an elderly woman ran into a young boy out of whose hands dropped a grenade. His name was Umar Fidai, a 15-year-old, and he was the third intended suicide bomber that day....

Since the agenda of Taliban/al Qaeda is to forcefully implement their puritanical Sharia and exploit peace deals to regain strategic strength, Pakistan has no option other than to declare an all-out war against them. However the drone technology is only viable as a short term solution because the war in Pakistan is an ideological one and winning it in the long run means ensuring against the rise of future terrorists by creating and promoting a counter ideology....

The cowardly attempt to silence the courageous voice of Malala Yousafzai through the barrel of the gun was made by the Swat chapter of the Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shartiat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) led by Mullah Fazlullah who had joined hands with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan in 2007 to become the Ameer of the Swat chapter of the TTP....

Last month much of the Muslim world was outraged over an insane movie targeting Islam. Now it must rise again. Not in violence but certainly in anger and protest. This time to protest shooting of 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai in the picturesque Pakistan town of Swat by Taliban. There are many reasons why she should be a hero for the entire world. She fought for her own and other girls' right to go to school when their town was being ravaged by Pakistan. Such crusades are dangerous in best of places but in the face of ruthless Taliban fighters, it called for courage of another order.  ...

The controversial film that was produced by an obvious bigot, racist and intolerant, ignorant cultist was not a normal Jew who could be called a true follower of Moses (PBUH). Sadly, the trailer of the film was deliberately placed on YouTube to create chaos and more misunderstandings. In the end, people of American nationality were murdered. It was all due to the fact of the double standards of freedom of expression….

“I tell our young Salafists to be patient… Why hurry? Take your time to consolidate what you have gained,” Ghannouchi said before advising them to “create television channels, radio stations, schools and universities” to push their agenda. The Ennahda leader said, “We’ve met with Hizb ut-Tahrir, and the Salafists, including Sheikh Abou Iyadh and Sheikh al-Idrissi.”...

We carried out this attack, and anybody who speaks against us will be attacked in the same way. Malala is targeted because of her pioneer role in preaching secularism and so-called enlightened moderation… She was young but she was promoting Western culture in Pashtun areas. She was pro-West, she was speaking against the Taliban and she was calling President Obama her idol......

One can only wonder what threat a fourteen-year-old posed to the might of the Taliban that they decided to attack her earlier this week with the intent of killing her and setting an example for others. After the attack, the Taliban not only claimed responsibility but also gave a justification, using the example of a prophet who had a child killed because the prophet knew that the child would grow up to become a tyrant….