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Pakistan Holds Day of Prayer for Malala

Young activist shot by the Taliban remains in critical condition

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 12, 2012 10:17 AM CDT

(Newser) – With Malala Yousufzai hospitalized, people across Pakistan are holding a day of prayer for the teen activist who was shot by the Taliban, reports the BBC. Meanwhile, police in Swat Valley say they arrested three suspects, all between the ages 17 of 22, NBC News reports. The three say the alleged mastermind of the attack is a man called Attaullah, who remains at large.

Malala was transferred to a military hospital yesterday; she's been visited by the country's prime minister and its army chief, while the chief cleric of the country's biggest mosque calls her an "ambassador of peace and knowledge." Her "condition is satisfactory, praise be to God, but the next 24 to 36 hours are critical," says a military rep. "Today is the sacred day of Friday and the entire nation is praying for her health."

Pakistani students pray for the recovery of 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012.
Pakistani students pray for the recovery of 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012.   (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
Pakistani girls display a poster while sitting at their desk, as their teacher, not shown, talks to them about 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot on Tuesday.
Pakistani girls display a poster while sitting at their desk, as their teacher, not shown, talks to them about 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot on Tuesday.   (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Pakistani worshipers pray for the recovery of 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, during Friday prayers in a Mosque in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012.
Pakistani worshipers pray for the recovery of 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, during Friday prayers in a Mosque in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012.   (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Pakistani protesters pay tribute to 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday.
Pakistani protesters pay tribute to 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday.   (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
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COMMENTS
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apocalypso
Oct 13, 2012 1:06 AM CDT
who cares? Nothing good will ever come of that shithole country, we need to go hiroshima on their asses and just bomb it down to a parking lot. Muslims love nothing but hate, violence and bloodshed, we need to just exterminate them all and be done with it, I'm tired of american soldiers dying to save muslims in the middle east when they are all just so ungrateful!!!
dungbeetle
Oct 12, 2012 3:47 PM CDT
So where is the fatwa for the death of the asshole who initiated this attack? Or is such action only used for writers (non Islamic) who are offensive? So much for Islamic justice. Just judgin' . . .
njgreen
Oct 12, 2012 2:43 PM CDT
If their reaction is prayer, then they have learned nothing from what happened.

 
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