Pakistani Girl Shot By Taliban Malala Yousafzai Is Poised To Become Youngest Nobel Peace Price Recipient; Leaves Jon Stewart Speechless During Interview [VIDEO]

Youngest Possible Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Is Pakitani Girl Malala Yousafzai Shot By Taliban; Leaves Jon Stewart Speechless During Interview

Queen Elizabeth II recently summoned Malala Yousafzai, 16, after her recovery. One may wonder who is this girl - that the queen have summoned her?

She was shot at gun-point to the head by a local Taliban. The Taliban wanted her dead due to her advocacy. She is fighting for rights of her fellow teenage girls in her country for access for education. After the incident she has become a notable figure for human rights advocacies. If indeed poised and awarded the Nobel Peace Price she would then be the youngest recipient of it.
She appeared on the Daily Show, just days before the announcement for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize winner. During the interview Jon Stewart asked her what did she think or do when she learnt that the Taliban yearned to kill her. Her answer left Jon Stewart speechless.

"I started thinking about that, and I used to think that the Talib would come, and he would just kill me. But then I said, 'If he comes, what would you do Malala?' then I would reply to myself, 'Malala, just take a shoe and hit him.' But then I said, 'If you hit a Talib with your shoe, then there would be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat others with cruelty and that much harshly, you must fight others but through peace and through dialogue and through education.' Then I said I will tell him how important education is and that 'I even want education for your children as well.' And I will tell him, 'That's what I want to tell you, now do what you want."

Watch the interview clip from BusinessInsider here

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