Fazlullah is also known as ‘Mullah Radio’, or ‘Radio Mullah, or ‘Maulana Radio’ because of his long and fiery sermons – starting 2006 – on a pirate radio station in Pakistan’s picturesque Swat Valley, the area once called ‘Pakistan’s Switzerland’, which is where Malala lived. 

Who was the Radio Mullah in I Am Malala?

Maulana Fazlullah

Chapter 9: Radio Mullah



Malala describes the arrival of the Taliban in Swat when she is ten years old. Their leader, Maulana Fazlullah, becomes known as Radio Mullah when he starts broadcasting regularly from an illegal radio station.

How did Malala know the Radio Mullah was not telling the truth about the earthquake?





How did Malala know that Radio Mullah was not telling the truth concerning the earthquake? Earthquakes are geological events that can be explained by science, but he was saying it was because women were dancing and listening to music and God was punishing them.

What is the radio mullahs name?

Maulana Fazlullah

But then he met a woman who would change his life. He “would have remained just a farmer’s son but for his marriage” to the daughter of a prominent Islamic insurgent, reported the Jamestown Foundation. Soon, he was no longer Fazle Hayat — he was Maulana Fazlullah. And soon after that, he became “Radio Mullah.”

How long was Malala in a coma?



Fortunately, she was airlifted to a Pakistani military hospital and then taken to an intensive care unit in England. After ten days in a medically induced coma, Yousafzai woke up in a hospital in Birmingham, England.

Who is Malalas husband Asser?

Agencies Asser Malik joined High Performance Centre in Lahore nearly two years back as manager. Pakistani activist for girls’ education Malala Yousafzai married Asser Malik, General Manager of Pakistan Cricket Board’s High Performance Centre, in an intimate ceremony, called nikkah, in the UK on Tuesday (November 9).



Is Malala deaf?

Malala Yousafzai is the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate and has been a vocal advocate for young girls’ right to an education. Malala has lost her hearing in her left ear and uses cochlear implants.

Why do you think people believed in the Radio Mullah?

Many people in Swat Valley, frightened by the earthquake, wanted to believe that the Radio Mullah was sent by God to teach them how to save themselves from further disasters. His followers chanted poems that sounded beautiful but were in fact messages to motivate girls to stop going to school.

What were the first two words Malala spelled out while in the hospital?

The first words I spelled out were father andcountry. The nurse told me I was in Birmingham, but I had no idea where that was. Only later did they bring me an atlas so I could see it was in England. I didn’t know what had happened.

Why is Malala’s face swollen?



After the shooting, emergency surgeons in Peshawar removed her left temporal skull bone to create space for her brain to swell. Their quick action saved her life, but soon her organs began to fail.

What does mullah mean in Arabic?

The word mullah is derived from the Arabic word mawlā (Arabic: مَوْلَى), meaning “vicar”, “master” and “guardian”.

What did the Radio Mullah tell people to stop doing what did he say would happen if they didn t obey?

He begged them to stop listening to music, going to movies, and dancing. He said that if they didn’t, God would send another earthquake to punish them all. In the beginning of this chapter, what did Fazlullah, the Radio Mullah, beg his listeners to stop doing?

What did the Radio Mullah do?

The content of this radio station, widely reported to consist of anti-U.S. and anti-Pakistani government broadcasts, relied heavily on fundamentalist Islamic teachings, and called for shari’a law to be enforced in the region as part of a wider campaign to restore the Caliphate.

What does Malala’s father learn about the Radio Mullah?



What does Malala’s father discover about Radio Mullah? That the Radio Mullah dropped out of high school and has no religious credentials.

Why do you think people believed in the Radio Mullah?

Many people in Swat Valley, frightened by the earthquake, wanted to believe that the Radio Mullah was sent by God to teach them how to save themselves from further disasters. His followers chanted poems that sounded beautiful but were in fact messages to motivate girls to stop going to school.

What did the Radio Mullah persuade others to do?

Terms in this set (25) In chapter six, TNSM or radio Mullah is describe as using a persuasive technique to get people to stop listening to music and for women to be in purdah always.

What was the candy from the sky who dropped it why?

What was the “candy from the sky?” Who dropped it and why? The candies were toffees. The soldiers were dropping them down. Maybe as a message to show they were saving SWAT from radio mullah.

Why was radio important for the Taliban?

As the Taliban consolidated their power throughout the country, the radio station was used to rally Taliban supporters and to broadcast new edicts by the ruling mullahs.