But an even bigger crime and tragedy is when people generalize the crimes of some people and hold an entire group responsible for them.

I'm sorry Carol, but you are doing the same thing when you say I wouldn't say nobody listens, but certainly the Muslim-hating West and the perpetrators of crimes like that one do not listen.. I am part of the west but I don't hate Muslims and nor do the majority of the people that I know. I hate injustice and cruelty wherever it arises and wish that I had the courage to do more than just feel dismayed when things like this happen.


Amnesty said al-Shabab had created a climate of fear in which government officials, journalists and human rights activists faced death threats and killing if they spoke against the militia.

When it is the men with the guns who are perpetrating these outrages it is difficult for others to stand against them. As was stated in the article that I read, these 'men' opened fire on those who protested, killing one person. It is the governments that condone these actions that have to be held accountable but, it seems, unless there is a perceived financial advantage, other governments will just turn their backs and walk away.

It must take a lot of courage for any one person to stand against the might of a force of armed men. How many in Germany were against the treatment of the Jews and other minority groups, but were afraid to speak out in case they were treated in the same way? How many in the Soviet Union looked the other way? How many of us, if faced with a similar situation, would stand in front of the stones or guns or hide a fugitive from an oppressive regime?

Right now there are no reports of Islamic leaders condemning the murder, but that may be because there is only a basic report coming out, it seems, via Amnesty. What more we will hear will depend upon how important the media consider this story to be. Unfortunately. my cynical side thinks that this will, like other stories of its type, be a short lived item with very little follow up so we will probably never find out the degree of disgust and disapproval displayed by Islamic leaders.