Kenyan Muslims shield Christians in Mandera bus attack

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Kenyan Muslims shield Christians in Mandera bus attack

NAIROBI: -- A group of Kenyan Muslims travelling on a bus ambushed by Islamist gunmen protected Christian passengers by refusing to be split into groups, according to eyewitnesses.

They told the militants "to kill them together or leave them alone", a local governor told Kenyan media.

At least two people were killed in the attack, near the north-eastern village of El Wak on the Somali border.

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35151967


-- BBC 2015-12-22

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Official: Extremists attack cars killing 2 in Kenya's north
TOM ODULA, Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Muslims in a bus in northern Kenyan helped dress non-Muslims passengers in Islamic garb, to prevent Islamic extremists from identifying them for slaughter, witnesses said Monday.

Two people died in the attacks in northern Mandera County when gunmen believed to be Somalia's al-Shabab rebels shot at a bus and truck headed for Mandera town, North Eastern Regional Coordinator Mohamud Saleh said.

The bus was from travelling from the capital city, Nairobi, with 60 passengers when it was stopped at Papa City by a group of Islamic militants who shot the windscreen, witnesses said.

Abdrirahman Hussien, a 28-year-old teacher, said some of the Muslim passengers gave non-Muslims head scarfs to try and conceal their identities when the bus stopped, probably remembering a previous attack in the same region last year when al-Shabab gunmen killed 28 non-Muslims from a bus.

An extremist entered the bus and ordered everyone to get out and form two separate groups of non-Muslims and Muslims, said Hussein. One person, a non-Muslim decided to run and was shot in the back and died, he said. He said several non-Muslims managed to group with the Muslims.

A police official who insisted on anonymity because he is not authorized to give information to the media said that before the rebels could take action on the non-Muslims, a brave Muslim man fooled the attackers by saying that a truck full of police officers that was escorting bus was not far behind.

The officer said the lie about the police escort prompted the extremists to order everyone back on the bus and told them to drive off. The extremists, ambushed a truck on the same road and asked the driver whether he had seen a truck full of police officers, the officer said. They shot the passenger, a non-Muslim off-duty police officer who had hitchhiked when he tried to run away, the officer said.

Kenya has experienced a wave of retaliatory attacks by al-Shabab, which is linked to al-Qaida, since it sent troops to Somalia to fight the extremists in 2011.

Mandera has carried the brunt of the attacks recently. Last week al-Shabab militants carried out three attacks on security forces in Mandera.

Al-Shabab separated non-Muslims from Muslims on a bus on Nov 22, 2014, and killed 28 non-Muslims. That December, 36 non-Muslim quarry workers were killed. In July 14 quarry workers were killed.


-- (c) Associated Press 2015-12-22

[jaidam]

So, Kenyans can distinguish between Christians and Muslims. This is odd, as I have been reading numerous posts on this very forum in which I am told it is impossible to tell who is a muslim or not(as regards US rights of entry).

[Scott]

This is some good news, in a way, and a step in the right direction. Apparently, some of the Muslims are finding this type of needless slaughter alarming enough to step up and do something.

[condo bought]

Wonder if the US mainstream media will be reporting this.

[Scott]

It's being reported here from AP, and that's pretty Main Stream Media.

[lust]

So, Kenyans can distinguish between Christians and Muslims. This is odd, as I have been reading numerous posts on this very forum in which I am told it is impossible to tell who is a muslim or not(as regards US rights of entry).

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It's very simple. Ask questions about the Quran. Not rocket science.

[simple1]

This is some good news, in a way, and a step in the right direction. Apparently, some of the Muslims are finding this type of needless slaughter alarming enough to step up and do something.

As well as putting their lives on the line to protect their fellow citizens - very courageous

[metisdead]

A nonsense post has been removed.

[oneday]

Very heartening to hear this story. Very good indeed.

[Allseeingeye]

Wonder if the US mainstream media will be reporting this.

I wonder if FOX and republicans will be mentioning this???

[pedro01]

This is some good news, in a way, and a step in the right direction. Apparently, some of the Muslims are finding this type of needless slaughter alarming enough to step up and do something.

Nothing new at all - the Peshmerga are really the only effective ground force fighting ISIS.

They are a mix of multiple faiths fighting side by side (majority Muslim). They are extremely brave and very poorly equipped.

So this is a direction the world has seen for a while, it's just not noticed by most.

[phitsanulokjohn]

Despite what gets reported,this is the most humane of people.May Allah bless you and remember what it states in the Holy Qur'an '' If you save a single life it's as if you've saved the whole of mankind''...Extremely commendable.This is the true face of Islam.

[Scott]

This is some good news, in a way, and a step in the right direction. Apparently, some of the Muslims are finding this type of needless slaughter alarming enough to step up and do something.

Nothing new at all - the Peshmerga are really the only effective ground force fighting ISIS.

They are a mix of multiple faiths fighting side by side (majority Muslim). They are extremely brave and very poorly equipped.

So this is a direction the world has seen for a while, it's just not noticed by most.

Well the Peshmerga are long way from Kenya. I lived in northern Iraq for a number of years, so I am quite familiar with their fighting ability. My guards were all Peshmerga.

In Kenya, these were ordinary people protecting other ordinary people from death and taking a big risk in doing it.

It may not be new and it may happen more than we know, but it's good to hear about it once in a while.

[onthemoon]

It's being reported here from AP, and that's pretty Main Stream Media.

AP is a news service to the media. Whether or not the (main-stream) media actually carry the news is a different thing.

[Scott]

It's being reported here from AP, and that's pretty Main Stream Media.

AP is a news service to the media. Whether or not the (main-stream) media actually carry the news is a different thing.

Goodness, we are getting a little off the real topic, but it's being reported by BBC:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35151967

It's also being reported by CNN:

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/22/africa/kenya-bus-attack-al-shabaab-muslim-christians/

And The Independent:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/mandera-bus-attack-muslims-shield-christian-passengers-in-kenya-a6781726.html

[RickBradford]

Goodness, we are getting a little off the real topic, but it's being reported by BBC:

Of course it is. It fits the BBC's precious PC narrative of Good Muslims. If it had been the other way round, Christians protecting Muslims, you wouldn't have heard a peep out of the BBC.

[pedro01]

Despite what gets reported,this is the most humane of people.May Allah bless you and remember what it states in the Holy Qur'an '' If you save a single life it's as if you've saved the whole of mankind''...Extremely commendable.This is the true face of Islam.

Doesn't look so good if you quite the whole verse does it????

"On that account: We ordained for the Children of Israel that if any one slew a person -unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the land - it would be as if he slew the whole people: and if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people. "

Spreading Mischief seems pretty open ended doesn't it?

[Dumbastheycome]

This is some good news, in a way, and a step in the right direction. Apparently, some of the Muslims are finding this type of needless slaughter alarming enough to step up and do something.

Despite the propoganda the majority of true Muslim followers have always been alarmed and disgusted .

As equally they are alarmed and disgusted by the propagandist proposal that all terrorists are Muslim.

Many wonder why internationally anti semitic law is enforced while followers of Islam are systematically subjected to discrimination and revulsion.

And question the legitimacy of the reason when statistically acts of terror enacted annually are not by Muslims where they occur outside of areas of conflict created by the USA.

In a state of war agrression resulting in death is not terrorists versus the righteous....it is war between opponents! And if that state of war is not the homeland of the righteous who is the terrorist? And pertinent to that is who declared the war? And by virtue of what legitimate reason?