Human Nature

In my Post, 

Leave Of Absence, 

I wrote that I wanted to stay away from  

"Politics, ISIS, the Racist Donald Trump, Ex-Jared Fogle associate getting 27 years for child pornography, the E.coli outbreak, and all the other fun stuff I could berate so easily." 

Because of the Holiday Season.

I wanted to stay in the festive mood 

and write uplifting 

or funny Posts. 

Even though I'm writing about militants today, 

the story is very uplifting 

and proves that human nature, 

no matter what your religious beliefs are, 

can overcome the battle inside oneself of 

"doing nothing" 

or 

"doing something"

when evil rears its ugly head.

"Passenger says Muslims protect Christians in Islamist attack on Kenyan bus." By Joseph Akwiri for Reuters. Somali Islamist militants sprayed a Kenyan bus with bullets on Monday, killing two people, but a passenger said he and fellow Muslims defied demands from the attackers to help identify Christians traveling with them. The attack took place in Mandera, in northeast Kenya. A year ago, al Shabaab gunmen stormed a Nairobi-bound bus in the same area and killed 28 non-Muslim passengers execution-style. Abdi Mohamud Abdi, a Muslim who was among the passengers in Monday's incident, told Reuters that more than 10 al Shabaab militants boarded the bus and ordered the Muslim passengers to split away from the Christians, but they refused. "We even gave some non-Muslims our religious attire to wear in the bus so that they would not be identified easily. We stuck together tightly," he said. "The militants threatened to shoot us but we still refused and protected our brothers and sisters. Finally they gave up and left but warned that they would be back," he said. In previous attacks, al Shabaab has often killed both Muslims and non-Muslims. Julius Otieno, the deputy county commissioner, confirmed the account, saying that the militants "were trying to identify who were Muslims and who were not," and that the Muslim passengers had refused to help. The militants then fled the scene, both men said.

Funny isn't it. 

Shabaab Militants 

will 

kill Muslims 

and 

non-Muslims 

to get the Worldwide coverage they seek to make themselves feel relevant. 
Somehow, 
I don't feel that is what the Muslim religion is all about!

"The militants did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the role of Muslim bus passengers during the attack." 

It shows how there can be good in all of us, 

that we can face any danger down 

because it is the right thing to do, 

and it does not matter what religion you belong to. 

Besides, 

Muslims 

and 

Christians 

believe in the same 

God! 

They just have a different name for him.

This is,

Having Faith In Humankind As Usual,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” - Anne Frank -

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

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