Innocent quarries of an innocent Child

(Sidra read in class 8th in a remote area of Swat. Her school has been burnt in to ashes in the recent turbulence in the heaven of the by gone days. She is a brilliant student and needs proper education but what could be done with the hardliners who are bent upon not only destroying schools but are antifeminist to the core. The ideas expressed in this article are the products of Sidra’s little inquisitives mind. The following is the translation of her article.)

She writes:

Is the gloomy and distressing atmosphere generated by Taliban and the government in Swat is reversible? This is a question on the lips of the parents whose children and the children whose parents have become the fuel of this blazing conflagration. The children who have lost their parents need support and sustenance. Do the government or Taliban ready to assist or take care of these helpless children? No, it is inconceivable that these unfortunate children will receive any help or support from either Taliban or the government. If they ever cared for the education and upbringing of these children, they would have never commenced this senseless and aimless war nobody really know that how many innocent people have lost their lives and still losing.

Have you ever troubled yourself to think about the lives of these people or they are simply wasted? Most of the Schools have been blown up and the children have no where to go to receive education. If there is no School, then there will be no education and no doctors. It there are no doctors, then who will cure the sick and ailing. It is impossible to become a doctor without formal education.

The Prophet (PBUH) has said that acquiring knowledge is the obligation of every Muslim man and woman. If you are true believers then why are you blowing up the beacons of enlightenment?

It is undoubtedly true that the girls should receive education according to the principles of Islam about proper dress and covering for the body. They will conform to these rules if the Schools are spared.

Women have lost the exalted status which is given to them by Islam, in the society today. Education is in dispensable for girls because it enables them to become a good citizen and a good mother.

The daughters of the president and prime Minster are receiving education in foreign universities. The daughters of religious party leaders contested election and became the members of the national assembly in MMA government. Why this harsh discrimination? Is this the war of Islam and infidels does the daughters of security forces officials not receiving education? Why these officials do not care about our education as they are caring for their own daughters. This question will remain answerless for the coning few years in my opinion. Why are the little innocent children placed between the grinding stones in the war which is aimless and endless. This is not only my question but the question of several thousand children and their helpless parents, who are forced to leave their homeland, Swat, with tearful eyes.

By: Sidra (living as IDPs)