Did Anyone Watch The Programme On Last Evening

[emmie]

about Malala Yousafzai, if so what are your thoughts, opinion on the programme.

[emmie]

it was quite an interesting programme, some parts made me wonder at the attitude to girls, women, especially having a life, education, and some women who have totally gone along with the Qu'ran in it's entirety, that it is the guide by which they live their lives, can't say i understand that at all.

[emmie]

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-viewing--shot-for-going-to-school-bbc3-horizon--what-makes-us-human-bbc2-8686171.html

[naomi24]

Excellent!! A well-documented and rare opportunity not only to observe something of the inner-workings of the mind of the fundamentalist, but also the sense of fear and unease that it produces in those less inclined, but obliged for the sake of their health to abandon their intellect and their aspirations to the tenets of a backward philosophy. The male teacher with his denial of atrocities committed, who felt he was forbidden to look at the female reporter and who, for the same reason, teaches his class of burqa-clad girl students via a remote link – and his wife’s confirmation that Islamic studies take priority over every other subject, illustrated perfectly the attitudes that are endemic in such a society, but are so often denied to exist by the outside world. I have long felt that a very distinct rift is beginning to appear between those determined to cling to the old ways and those who are no longer content to blindly accept the unjust and misogynous philosophy that is fundamentalist Islam. The reporter was rather brave to court such controversy and good for her. The world needs more like her – and the girls she interviewed, who despite sustaining injuries when shot alongside Malala by the Taliban, are nevertheless determined to continue their struggle. Go girls!!

[emmie]

i agree, what really concerns me was the women who were dressed in burqua, veil, and the head teacher, the wife, who's blind faith was painful to listen to, the young reporter asked her if she considered herself an extremist and she said yes, so some women are complicit in the propagation of the Qu'ran or a skewed version of it, i honestly do not understand her attitude at all. Did you see the part where the men were burning down that building, and the women piling in, that was truly frightening. I would like to watch that again, as well as the programme i featured before on the women in India, widespread sexual abuse, it brings it home how bad things are for women. Yet some rise well above it, and some just succumb wholeheartedly to the dogma, doctrines. What i do find shocking is how many women i see around me like this,

[Gromit]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Society-and-Culture/Religion-and-Spirituality/Question1256746.html

[emmie]

the young reporter had fled Pakistan with her family, so has found a home here, good for her.

[emmie]

i posted this early if you noticed, so we crossed post.

[tamborine]

Whats wrong with them having an islamic/koran/domestic education. If everyone lives by western tenets, travel will be boring.

Who are we to force our values on others

[emmie]

where does it say that we are. If you hadn't noticed this question is primarily about a programme that was on last evening, on the young girl Malala Yousafazi, who was shot by the Taliban for daring to want to be educated. She now resides in Britain, and continues her education here, if she returns home her chances of survival are slim. As is the case with many young girls, Malala wasn't the only one shot, happily the others weren't so seriously hurt, whilst she almost died. I am for education for all, because without it there is little for progress, for them and indeed for us.

[naomi24]

tambourine, //If everyone lives by western tenets, travel will be boring.//

You are joking? And if you're not, I can only assume you didn't watch the programme.

[emmie]

i think travel would be the least of their worries, or ours.