{"id":670,"date":"2012-10-11T16:54:23","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T16:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/islaminamerica\/?p=670"},"modified":"2012-10-11T16:54:23","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T16:54:23","slug":"why-the-taliban-fears-teenage-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2012\/10\/11\/why-the-taliban-fears-teenage-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Taliban Fears Teenage Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A teenage girl speaking out for girls\u2019 education is just about the most terrifying thing in the world for the Taliban. She is not some Western NGO activist who just parachuted into Pashtun country to hand out ESL textbooks. She is far more dangerous than that: a local, living advocate of progress, education, and enlightenment. If people like Yousafzia were to multiply, the Taliban would have no future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the rest of William J. 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