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Delhi activists denounce fundamentalists,
pray for Malala
Tuesday October 16, 2012 10:44:58 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Several
activists Tuesday organized a candle vigil to denounce religious
fundamentalism and support Pakistani teenaged activist Malala
Yousafzai who was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen earlier this
month.
Holding posters of Malala, flowers and candles in their hands, the
crowd gathered near Dargah Hazrat Nizamuddin in south Delhi and
raised slogans supporting the rights activist while condemning
those who "use guns and religion to coerce others into accepting
their views".
"Sadly, religious fundamentalism is on the rise not only in
Pakistan but India as well. There is an urgent need for leaders
from both the nations, who have a mass following, to share their
view points," said Faisal Khan, convenor of NGO Khudai Khidmatgar
that organized the prayer meet along with other NGOs.
"The extremists use guns and religion to coerce others into
accepting their views. I believe those who are intellectually weak
resort to such measures," he added.
The crowd observed a two minute silence for Malala, who is
currently undergoing treatment in Britain and prayed for her
speedy recovery.
A renowned campaigner for girls' education, she was attacked on
her way home from school and a bullet was removed from her skull.
The Taliban said they targeted her for "promoting secularism."
Malala Yousafzai came to prominence in 2009 at the age of 11, when
she started writing a diary for BBC Urdu about life under the
Taliban.
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