What is the significance malala places on the first word of the quran?

In this vein, Yousafzai puts great significance upon the first word of the Quran because she is making a broader point that allowing access to education, in particular for women, is not at odds with the Quran.

Explanation:

If you join the needs of the military (weapons like planes and battle ships and flame throwers and rifles and tanks and jeeps) with industry which can provide all those things, you endanger freedom and democracy.

I say that because there is not longer any competition. The military pays for what it needs with tax-payer dollars, and the big companies in industry just get bigger and bigger.

Why is this dangerous? It is because industry can dictate terms to government. "Do as we say or our factories in your state will evaporate and then what do think voters will do? You will lose them their jobs. And don't think we can't do it. We can."