Pakistani police have arrested a cleric after a video of him went viral on social media, in which he threatens Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai over her recent comments about marriage. In the video, the cleric threatens to target Malala with a suicide attack when she returns to Pakistan, allegedly because of her comments earlier this month to British Vogue magazine about marriage that he claims insulted Islam. Ms Yousafzai has been living in Britain since 2012 after the Pakistani Taliban shot and seriously wounded her. Expand Close Malala Yousafzai campaigned for girls’ education (Jonathan Brady/PA) / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Malala Yousafzai campaigned for girls’ education (Jonathan Brady/PA)At one point in the Vogue interview, Ms Yousafzai says: “I still don’t understand why people have to get married. Malala’s father Ziauddin Yousafzai defended her on Twitter, saying her remarks were taken out of context.

Source: Irish Independent June 10, 2021 14:15 UTC