I Am Malala
What did the Radio Mullah tell people to stop doing? What did he say would happen if they didn’t obey?
chapter 9
chapter 9
One of the things Fazlullah called for was the removal of all CDs, DVDs, and televisions from homes, but Malala's family secretly kept theirs. Fazlullah directed many of his broadcasts specifically at women, insisting that they must remain in the home according to the Quran, but Malala knew that the holy book did not really say that.
One of the biggest things that the rising Taliban advocated against was girls' education. One of Malala's school's Urdu teachers, Nawab Ali, refused to teach the girls anymore because Fazlullah forbade it. Whenever women would leave the house and go to the market, the Taliban would shout at them to go home until they did. Fazlullah also began holding a local court called a shura, which resulted in barbaric punishments like public whippings for mundane crimes. The Taliban stopped polio vaccinations, spoke against the Americans, and patrolled the streets for people who did not follow their demands. After his radio station had been on the air for over a year, Fazlullah started to get more aggressive, pushing for the human "sacrifices" of politicians and political activists who tried to stand against him.
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