how did mallah use the peoples lack of education and tendency to belive in superstitions to munipulate them into doing what he wanted?

At first, Mulana Fazlullah claimed to be a “reformer” of the Quran but ended up using religious rhetoric to further his very narrow view of Islam to gain power in the Swat. He called the government officials of Pakistan “infidels” who were in bed with America. He also insisted that women should work all day at home. Fazullah was able accustom people to gradual changes which made it easier to introduce more radical ones later on. He called for increasingly severe changes in Swat society: closing down all beauty parlors, banning barbers, and forbidding women from walking outside in the evening.