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Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct 11, 2012 \/ 09:10 am (CNA<\/a>).- A Catholic bishop in Pakistan has voiced \u201csympathy and solidarity\u201d towards Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year-old Muslim activist critically injured by Taliban gunmen who said they shot her for her advocacy of girls\u2019 education and Western culture.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cEvery person has a sacred right to life and education,\u201d Bishop Rufin Anthony of Islamabad-Rawalpindi told Fides news agency Oct. 10. \u201cGod created man in his own image; every life is precious and belongs to Him alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tOn Oct. 9 masked gunmen singled out and shot Yousafzai on a bus of schoolchildren in Pakistan\u2019s northwestern Swat Valley near the Afghanistan border. She was in stable condition at a hospital in Peshawar, where doctors removed a bullet that passed through her head and stopped in her shoulder.<\/p>\n

\tPakistan army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited the unconscious girl in the hospital and denounced the attack.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe cowards who attacked Malala and her fellow students have shown time and again how little regard they have for human life and how low they can fall in their cruel ambition to impose their twisted ideology,\u201d he said, according to the BBC.<\/p>\n

\tTwo other girls were injured, one of whom was still in critical condition as of Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

\tPakistan officials have offered a 10 million rupee award, about $105,000, for information leading to the arrest of Yousafzai\u2019s attackers.<\/p>\n

\tThe group Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan said through spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan that its members committed the attack and \u201csuccessfully targeted\u201d her \u201calthough she was young and a girl and the TTP does not believe in attacking women.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tIts Oct. 10 letter accused the girl of being \u201cpro-West,\u201d opposing Taliban militants, and being part of a campaign against Islam and Shariah law.<\/p>\n

\tThe group said it is \u201cdeadly against co-education and a secular education system, and Shariah orders us to be against it,\u201d Radio Free Europe reports.<\/p>\n

\tThe shooting sparked anti-Taliban protests in several Pakistan cities.<\/p>\n

\tYousafzai began writing a diary for BBC Urdu in 2009 about life under the Taliban, which had captured the Swat Valley in 2007, imposed a strict version of Islamic law, and closed girls\u2019 schools. The Taliban were driven out by Pakistan\u2019s military in 2009.<\/p>\n

\tMuslim activist Tahira Abdullah told Fides that the Taliban is a threat to its opponents.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWhoever speaks against religious extremism and Talibanization of the country is not safe in Pakistan,\u201d she said. \u201cTalibans are not only in the tribal areas but they are everywhere, and human rights activists are in danger.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe ask the government to punish the perpetrators of the attack, to ensure the protection of women and minorities, to protect the life and dignity of all citizens, as required by the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tAnglican pastor Rev. Samuel Gill, who cares for 50 Christian families in the Swat Valley and another 50 families in Malakand, told Fides he has not noticed any dangers for Christians but they \u201clive in uncertainty.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cMalala was the victim of a targeted killing that may affect anyone, Christian or Muslim, who does not share the ideology of the Taliban,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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