Two Minutes That Shook The Nation!
 
 
Historic Speech Given
By Malalai Joya, Delegate from Farah Province
 December 17, 2003
Loya Jirga Meeting
Kabul, Afghanistan
 
 
 "My name is Malali Joya from Farah Province. By the permission of the esteemed attendees, and by the name of God and the colored-shroud martyrs, I would like to speak for couple of minutes.

My criticism on all my compatriots is that why are they allowing the legitimacy and legality of this Loya Jerga come under question with the presence of those felons who brought our country to this state.

I feel pity and I feel very sorry that those who call Loya Jerga an infidel basis equivalent to blasphemy after coming here their words are accepted, or please see the committees and what people are whispering about. The chairman of every committee is already selected. Why do you not take all these criminals to one committee so that we see what they want for this nation. These were those who turned our country into the nucleus of national and international wars. They were the most anti-women people in the society who wanted to who brought our country to this state and they intend to do the same again. I believe that it is a mistake to test those already being tested. They should be taken to national and international court. If they are forgiven by our people, the bare-footed Afghan people, our history will never forgive them. They are all recorded in the history of our country."



Malalai Joya

Malalai Joya is a 25 year old muslim woman elected from the province of Farah for the Afghan Loya Jirga.
She is the daughter of an Afghan who lost a leg in the Afghan Jihad. She has no political affiliations with any political parties but represents the most rudimentary class -the barefooted, weakest, silent, poorest Afghans. She founded an orphanage in Farah while she was a teenager. She has worked for 4 years in Afghan refugee camps. She taught social sciences for 2 years in Herat under the pretext of a religious school without the Taliban permission. She stands for FREEDOM OF SPEECH, DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, against WAR CRIMINALS , against those who have misused the name of Islam and ruined the name of the true Jihad, and against those who oppress women.


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Malalai Joya's Loya Jirga Speech (in WMA format)

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Pro-Malalai Joya Protest in Farah Province after Malalai Joya's speech at the Loya Jirga (in MPG format)



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