All 32 Uses of
mullah
in
I Am Malala
- The journey took at least five hours by road over the Malakand Pass, a vast bowl of mountains where long ago our ancestors led by a preacher called Mullah Saidullah (known by the British as the Mad Fakir) battled British forces among the craggy peaks.
p. 16.9mullah = a Muslim religious teacher or leader
- Before then mullahs had almost been figures of fun—my father said at wedding parties they would just hang around in a corner and leave early— but under Zia they became influential and were called to Islamabad for guidance on sermons.
p. 30.8mullahs = Muslim religious teachers or leaders
- The odd thing was no one had even noticed the publication of the book to start with—it wasn't actually on sale in Pakistan—but then a series of articles appeared in Urdu newspapers by a mullah close to our intelligence service, berating the book as offensive to the Prophet, PBUH, and saying it was the duty of good Muslims to protest.
p. 45.9mullah = a Muslim religious teacher or leader
- Soon mullahs all over Pakistan were denouncing the book, calling for it to be banned, and angry demonstrations were held.
p. 46.0mullahs = Muslim religious teachers or leaders
- The year before I was born a group called the Taliban led by a mullah had taken over the country and was burning girls' schools.
p. 67.6mullah = a Muslim religious teacher or leader
- The ISI chief asked the Americans to hold off their attack on Afghanistan until he had gone to Kandahar to ask the Taliban leader Mullah Omar to hand over bin Laden; instead he offered the Taliban help.
p. 87.3
- Just in front of the school on Khushal Street, where I was born, was the house of a tall handsome mullah and his family.
p. 90.1
- "Just as we say, Nim hakim khatrai jan'—'Half a doctor is a danger to one's life,' so, Nim mullah khatrai mullah who is not fully learned is a danger to faith," ' he said.
p. 91.2
- "Just as we say, Nim hakim khatrai jan'—'Half a doctor is a danger to one's life,' so, Nim mullah khatrai mullah who is not fully learned is a danger to faith," ' he said.
p. 91.2
- "I am representing the Ulema and Tablighian and Taliban," Mullah Ghulamullah said, referring to not just one but two organizations of Muslim scholars to give himself gravitas.
p. 94.1
- In our province these elections brought what we called a "mullah government" to power.
p. 96.6
- People jokingly referred to the MMA as the Mullah Military Alliance and said they got elected because they had Musharraf's support.
p. 96.7
- Mullahs from the TNSM preached that the earthquake was a warning from God.
p. 107.8mullahs = Muslim religious teachers or leaders
- Radio Mullah
p. 111.0mullah = a Muslim religious teacher or leader
- It became known as Mullah FM, and Fazlullah as the Radio Mullah.
p. 112.4
- It became known as Mullah FM, and Fazlullah as the Radio Mullah.
p. 112.5
- Mullahs often misinterpret the Quran and Hadith when they teach them in our country, as few people understand the original Arabic.
p. 113.2 *mullahs = Muslim religious teachers or leaders
- Mullah FM made jokes about the army.
p. 115.0mullah = a Muslim religious teacher or leader
- My friends at school said their mothers listened to the Radio Mullah although our headmistress Madam Maryam told us not to.
p. 115.9
- Then the Radio Mullah turned his attention to schools.
p. 118.2
- After Mullah FM had been on air for about a year, Fazlullah became more aggressive.
p. 120.7
- Our provincial government was still made up of mullah parties who wouldn't criticize anyone who claimed to be fighting for Islam.
p. 121.5
- He even dared to enter the Radio Mullah's own village one day to speak at a school.
p. 125.5
- It was run by two brothers, Abdul Aziz and Abdul Rashid, and had become a center for spreading propaganda about bin Laden, whom Abdul Rashid had met in Kandahar when visiting Mullah Omar.
p. 126.4
- "We are dependent on these mullahs to learn the Quran," he said.
p. 134.7mullahs = Muslim religious teachers or leaders
- On Mullah FM, Fazlullah said she deserved to die for her immoral character and any other girls found performing in Banr Bazaar would be killed one by one.
p. 148.1mullah = a Muslim religious teacher or leader
- Afterward people told him his name was heard on Mullah FM in a threat from Shah Douran.
p. 150.5
- Then the morning after, on TV, we would hear of more Taliban killings and wonder what the army was doing with all its booming cannons and why they could not even stop the daily broadcasts on Mullah FM.
p. 152.7
- One said he had been ordered by Mullah Fazlullah to help build his center in Imam Deri.
p. 157.5
- I also wrote about people going to watch the floggings announced on Mullah FM, and the fact that the army and the police were nowhere to be seen.
p. 163.1
- A peace deal had been struck between the Taliban and the provincial government, which was now under the control of the ANP, not the mullahs.
p. 167.2mullahs = Muslim religious teachers or leaders
- This is the propaganda of the followers of Mullah Fazlullah.
p. 230.3mullah = a Muslim religious teacher or leader