A Profile in Courage

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There was an article on CNN this morning that told of a group of Muslim women who stood up to jihadist terrorists in Kenya earlier this week. The terrorists stopped a bus and ordered the nearly 100 passengers, mostly women, off the bus and told them to separate by religion (Muslims on one side, Christians on the other). These terrorists frequently do this: they'll let the Muslims go and slaughter the non-Muslims. The women on the bus, however, refused. They told the men with the guns, "Kill us all, or leave us alone." They hid some passengers and let others borrow hijabs so the terrorists couldn't differentiate by manner of dress who was and wasn't Muslim. As a result, nearly 100 lives were saved when the terrorists left. It's good to see these women stand up for their religion and, for once, take it back from the terrorists cowering behind the name of religion. (I'm also particularly amused that a bunch of misogynistic men were put in their place by women. ) Throughout World War II countless Christians put their lives on the line to rescue Jews from the slaughter, frequently being killed along with the people they were trying to shield. It's quite courageous to stand up for yourself, but even more so to put your life on the line for someone else. Could you do it? Or would you sit silently and hope the bullets went past you? The CNN story: