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What have you found most inspiring about the person you have studied and how have they challenged your own worldview? (200 words

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What have you found most inspiring about the person you have studied and how have they challenged your own worldview? (200 words

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Malala is an inspiration you many young women in the world, including myself. At age 11 most girls are obsessing over clothes, by 15 they are worrying about their crush in school, and by seventeen they can’t wait to graduate high school. Malala however is not like others girls. I could not fathom that on her 16th birthday, she was speaking in front of men, women, boys and girls at the United Nation. She is a voice for so many young girls around the world who don’t receive an education but are still eager and passionate to learn. I admire her bravery.She was living in fear of the Taliban but she did not let her fear take away her passion for education.She is a survivor. After she came out of the hospital, she came out even stronger than before. Through learning about Malala and her story, I have started to appreciate the fact that I have an education. I should be grateful that I get to go to school every day and be taught and educated. Malala has accomplished so much in her 17 years of living, and while learning about her, I am wanting to make more of myself. I am excited to see what changes she makes in the many years to come.

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Compare and contrast their worldview with the prevailing worldview of their own culture at the time? Ensure that you identify vital aspects of their faith and how that has guided their radical actions. (300 words

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Compare and contrast their worldview with the prevailing worldview of their own culture at the time? Ensure that you identify vital aspects of their faith and how that has guided their radical actions. (300 words

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Malala and the Taliban only have a few similarities between them, they are both Muslim and both believe in Allah. They also both express their opinions strongly in what they believe in and both follow the Sharia Law. However, the Taliban and Malala have a vast amount of differences between them and their world views. They follow the Sharia law differently. (5)

Malala’s interpretation of the Sharia law for tolerance is to be kind to everyone. The Taliban think that tolerance is very low and should be met with the punishment of violence. While Malala is out to make the world a better place, the Taliban are making it worse with their laws. Malala doesn’t care what ethnicity you are, only cares that you are a peaceful person, while the Taliban will force their laws upon anyone that is not Muslim whether you like it or not. (6)

Some countries in the middle east controlled by the Taliban have strict dress code for men and women. For example, men have to grow a beard and you always have to wear a burka if you are a woman. Malala thinks that you should not have to wear a burka all day because it is not required by Islam religion (only for praying) and should only be covered when they are at a mosque, but the Taliban think otherwise. The Taliban interpret the Sharia law differently and think that all women have to wear a burka and that all women have to cover everything at all times. (7)

Malala and the Taliban are alike in a way that they both believe in education. While Malala believes that women should have a right to an education, the Taliban believe that education is about what girls mothers tell them and women and are only helpful with chores. The Taliban believe that wen a girl reaches 10, they can no longer go to school and should remain at home tending to the house.

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Who might they have offended along the way? How might this have cost them

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Who might they have offended along the way? How might this have cost them

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While fighting for the rights of women and their education, she offended the Taliban. The Taliban are a group of fundamentalist Sunni Muslim militants living mostly near the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. (4) The Taliban was obviously offended that she was challenging their way of life and the way they were doing things, which resulted in her getting shot in the head. The Taliban was offended that she had her own opinion so the Taliban thought that shooting her was the only way to resolve the situation. Malala survived and has recovered from her injuries and to this day still keeps expressing her opinions and views to girls all over the world.

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How did they take risks for the wellbeing of others rather than risking others’ wellbeing? How have they worked for transformation of a situation rather than controlling and demanding conformity?

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How did they take risks for the wellbeing of others rather than risking others’ wellbeing? How have they worked for transformation of a situation rather than controlling and demanding conformity?

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Malala did what she did so that other would benefit from her actions. She didn’t expect people to do exactly what she did and put themselves in harm’s way, but she wants people to listen and be informed by what she is saying. She wants others to see what’s happening and be upset and inspired to make a change. She isn’t in-sighting violence or conformity, she is merely highlighting the situation hoping that individuals will see the situation and help to make a change.

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How did they challenge the ‘status quo’ (the way things seem to have always been - controlled by those with the power), rather than holding onto power through violence?

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How did they challenge the ‘status quo’ (the way things seem to have always been - controlled by those with the power), rather than holding onto power through violence?

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Malala has challenged the ‘status quo’ in many different and unique ways. She has challenged it by going against what the Taliban was doing and saying at the time and fighting for what she believed was right even though in the end, it nearly cost her her own life. She did something that many people living around her at the time didn’t have the courage to do. Malala challenged what was the norm at the time, and did something that was unexpected. She spoke out in a peaceful way, and didn’t insight people to fight with guns or violence.

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How has their work encouraged a more open-minded view on situations rather than a close-minded and controlled view?

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How has their work encouraged a more open-minded view on situations rather than a close-minded and controlled view?

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Malala has encouraged and spoken to the wider world about the disadvantages and problems in her community. This is an open minded view as education and awareness allows individuals to see the wider picture rather than being conformed in their own personal views. Malala is always willing to listen to others and she has her own views, but knows that her views do not have to be held by everyone. Malala’s story has personally made me more open minded as a person and towards other people’s immigration experiences.

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Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education. She is 19 years old and is the youngest person to receive the Nobel prize. She is mainly known for her human rights advocacy for education and for women in her native home, Swat Valley, in North West Pakistan. (1) The area she lived in began to change as the Taliban started to take control and the Taliban eventually banned girls from attending school. Malala had had a thirst for knowledge and education as her family ran a chain of schools in her local region. Her father was a passionate education advocate himself and school was a large part of her family. (2)  Malala defied the Taliban in Pakistan and demanded for the right that girls should be able to receive an education. This resulted in the Taliban issuing a death threat against Malala. On October 9, 2012, a gunman shot Malala in the head as she was travelling home on a bus from school. (3) She survived the shooting and now goes on to speak out on the importance of education all over the world. She speaks up and is the voice of so many young girls who are denied the right of an education.