"We are brothers"

That's what Salah Farah told Al-Shabaab gunmen
who ambushed a bus he was riding in the Kenyan
county of northeast Mandera in late December.
The gunmen said they were going to kill Christian
passengers.

"They told us if you are a Muslim, we are safe,"
he then recalled to the BBC . But Farah and other
Muslims on the bus stood up to the terrorists and
risked their lives by shielding the Christians.
Farah was shot. Over the past several weeks, he
has seemed in good spirits, talking to reporters
and his family. But on Monday, during surgery, he
died.

The school teacher's words of peace and
brotherhood are being praised this week in
international news coverage.

"People should live peacefully together," he told
Voice of America earlier this month. "We are
brothers. It's only the religion that is the
difference, so I ask my brother Muslims to take
care of the Christians so that the Christians also
take care of us. ... And let us help one another
and let us live together peacefully."

Farah's body was flown on a police helicopter to
his home where he was buried. Many gathered at
his graveside, wept and prayed. His wife, Dunia
Mohamed, is nine months pregnant. They have
four children.

Farah was his family's primary breadwinner. The
couple also lived other family members including
his elderly parents. His mother, Amina Sabdow,
was unable to speak when she heard her son had
died.

The Kenya teachers commission sent
condolences and vowed to help the family
financially.

Mandera County Gov. Ali Ibrahim Roba also
promised to help Dunia and provide an education
for the children.

Farah was a role model, they said.

Al-Shabaab emerged largely because of weak
government and law enforcement in Somalia.
Most recently a small faction of the group pledged
allegiance to ISIS .

Al-Shabaab is largely a militant Somali jihadi
insurgency that the United States designated as a
foreign terrorist organization in March 2008. Their
stated goal is to turn Somalia into a
fundamentalist Islamic state, according to the
Council on Foreign Relations

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May Allah shower His mercies on his soul.

arewafederation:
May Allah shower His mercies on his soul.

Ameen. Indeed he is a true definition of a hero, not some corrupt-filled drunkard being bandied around as a hero. The word, hero, is sacred, and shouldn't be abused.

Kenyan gvt sh immortalize him n grant scholarship 2 @least 2 of children.

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This thread is empty and isolated as expected. But let the title be changed to "A Kenya Muslim who killed many Christians dies", you'll see the multitude of people that will gather here to pour expletives on him, his religion and his God. Sometimes I wonder how the heart of man could be so small but could harbour such humongous bitterness and antagonism. Hmmmmn.

razid:
This thread is empty and isolated as expected. But let the title be changed to "A Kenya Muslim who killed many Christians dies", you'll see the multitude of people that will gather here to pour expletives on him, his religion and his God. Sometimes I wonder how the heart of man could be so small but could harbour such humongous bitterness and antagonism. Hmmmmn.

Don't blame them... Blame lalasticlala!