"I Will Go to My School Even if They Kill Me."

(To conceive of the idea of using a water pistol to spray acid in the face of a girl seeking an education is pure evil. No adjective is appropriate to describe actually carrying out such a deed. I’ve previously posted my thoughts on how antithetical to Islam the notion of preventing girls—or anyone for that matter—from getting a good education is. However, while the perpetrators display the worst of humanity, the young lady in this article displays one of the best. Corey)

The AFP reports, “An Afghan teenager -- whose face was burned in an acid attack by suspected Islamic extremists -- vowed on Saturday to continue going to school even if it put her life in danger.

“Men on motorbikes used a water pistol to spray acid into the faces of Shamsia and around dozen other girls as they arrived at school wearing all-covering burqas in the southern city of Kandahar on Wednesday.

“Shamsia, 17, was the most badly wounded and had some acid enter her eyes. She was transferred to a military hospital in Kabul where she was visited Saturday by other schoolgirls, accompanied by media.

"’I will go to my school even if they kill me," she told reporters. "My message for the enemies is that if they do this 100 times, I am still going to continue my studies.’"