Muslims and Pakistanis desperately needed a role model to look up to, to talk proudly about. Thank God for Malala. If we can get a few more Muslims in the world well respected like her, the perceptions about us will change.
Mike Ghouse
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Malala among women ‘most admired’ by Americans: poll
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai is the third most admired woman by Americans, polling agency Gallup said on Monday
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai is the third most admired woman by Americans, polling agency Gallup said on Monday.
Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton remains the woman most admired by US citizens, followed by television icon Oprah Winfrey.
Winfrey garnered eight per cent, while five per cent chose 17-year-old Yousafzai, who survived being shot by the Taliban and went on to win the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for promoting child education rights.
Clinton, a likely 2016 US presidential candidate, won the honour for the 13th year in a row, earning 12 per cent of the votes.
President Barack Obama was the most admired man, earning 19 per cent of votes, followed by Pope Francis on six per cent.
For the last seven decades Gallup has asked Americans who the men and women are that they admire most, anywhere in the world.
The question is open, a polling technique that appears to reward the long-standing fame of public figures such as Queen Elizabeth.
Hillary Clinton, who was been in the public eye since the early 1990s, has won the honour a total of 19 times since 1993.
Obama has been the most admired man for the past seven years. According to Gallup, the sitting US president almost always ranks first.
The poll was conducted between December 8 and 11 among 805 adults in the United States. Its margin of error is four percentage points.
9 articles on Malala by Mike
12/10/2014
Malala Satyarthi Day
Congratulations to Malala and Satyarthi for winning the prestigious Nobel prize. I was teary about three times listening to her speech. She gives hope to the communities and Satyarthi gives hope to the children to be children. Malala is God’s gift to Pakistan and the Muslim World.
Link: http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2014/12/malala-satyarthi-day.html
10/13/2014
What if Malala were a Ahmadi Muslim?
I congratulated Malala for winning the Nobel Prize, and reminded her that she is not the first Pakistani to win the Nobel Prize, Dr. Abdus Salam has also won the prize and a great injustice is done to him by depriving him his http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2014/10/if-malala-were-ahmadi-muslim.html
10/10/2014 Malala and Dr. Abdus Salam – Two Pakistanis
Malala and Dr. Abdus Salam – two Nobel Prize Laureates in Pakistan. Congratulations Malala,. We are proud of you, you are a role model for Muslims, and I have written a few articles appreciating your work. Muslims badly http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2014/10/malala-and-dr-abdus-salam-two-nobel.html
12/13/2013 Aga Khan and Malala – the Muslim role models
Every child, teen and an adult has someone he or she looks up to, and wants to-be-like that person and eventually becomes one. Indeed, good role models are a key to the success of a civil society. http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2013/12/aga-khan-and-malala-muslim-role-models.html
07/30/2013 – Miss Nada Al-Ahdal – a new Malala in the Arab world
Thank God for the display of courage by Nada Al-Ahdal, an eleven year old girl who refused to get married or sold off to some old fart against her will. Thanks to the CNN and western media for bringing Nada Al-Ahdal story to the fore. This is my reactionary note, and I hope the Muslim world wakes up and restores the liberation Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) brought to women to be free, to be educated and to determine their own future and be herself.
Full CNN video and my op-ed at:- http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2013/07/here-is-another-malala-in-yemen-nada-al.html
10/15/2012 – FunAsia brings communities together for Malala
Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and others from USA, Canada, UK, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and other Diaspora came together to stand up in solidarity with Malala at FunAsia Richardson on Sunday evening at 8:00 PM http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2012/10/funasia-brings-communities-together-for.html
10/15/2012 – The Ghouse Diary: Standing up for Malala in Dallas, Texas
Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and others from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and other Diaspora came together to stand up in solidarity with Malala at FunAsia Center tonight at 8:00 PM.- http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2012/10/standing-up-for-malala-in-dallas-texas.html
10/09/2012 – Zardari go get the attackers of Malala
Ehsanullah Ehsan, the gangster chief of Taliban claims responsibility for attack on Malala Yousafzai, a teenage girl who wanted to go to school. He shamelessly claims, “We carried out this attack,” and adds, “”Anybody who – http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2012/10/zardari-get-attackers-of-malala-or-get.html
10/12/2012 – Malala, we stand with you and your commitment to education.
The event was organized by Jawed Siddiqi at Subzi Mandi place, the purpose was to stand in support of Malala Yousafzai and send a message to Pakistan that extremism is condemned across the world. The program – http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2012/10/malala-we-stand-with-you-and-your.html
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Mike Ghouse
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