{"id":1284,"date":"2014-11-24T11:38:56","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T11:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2014-11-24T01:39:35","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T01:39:35","slug":"here-we-go-again-somaliakenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2014\/11\/24\/here-we-go-again-somaliakenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Here We Go Again: Somalia\/Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/337\/2014\/11\/flag_al-shabab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/337\/2014\/11\/flag_al-shabab.jpg\" alt=\"flag_al-shabab\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1286\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s hard for Westerners of whatever religion to fathom, but some self-described Islamic extremist rebels from Somalia (who go by the sobriquet <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al-Shabaab_%28militant_group%29\" target=\"_blank\">al-Shabab<\/a>) are at it again.<\/p>\n<p>They attacked a bus in northern Kenya Saturday (22 November 2014) and shot 28 non-Muslims. Reports say they killed those who could not recite the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shahada\" target=\"_blank\">Shahada<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few problems with this news report, not the least of which is how 28 non-Muslims could be unaware of the wording of the Shahada &#8212; but it seems to fit the pattern.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya raids mosques in search of extremists. In retaliation, Al-Shabab rebels kill bus passengers in Kenya. In retaliation, Kenya raids the Somali camps and kills rebels&#8230;.. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-30167891\" target=\"_blank\">And the beat goes on<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:ShababFlag.svg\" target=\"_blank\">Image of the flag<\/a> of Al-Shabab is in the public domain)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s hard for Westerners of whatever religion to fathom, but some self-described Islamic extremist rebels from Somalia (who go by the sobriquet al-Shabab) are at it again. They attacked a bus in northern Kenya Saturday (22 November 2014) and shot 28 non-Muslims. Reports say they killed those who could not recite the Shahada. 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