“There were three non-locals who were ordered to recite the Shahada. One had lived with locals all his life so he was able to read and was freed.”
The Shahada is the first chapter and most common prayer of the Qur’an. This is reminiscent of other incidents, including when the Muslim in Minnesota who asked mall shoppers if they were Muslim and then stabbed non-Muslims. In Mali, Muslims screaming “Allahu akbar” took hostages, freeing those who could recite the Qur’an. In September 2013 at Nairobi’s Westgate Mall, Muslims murdered people who couldn’t answer questions about Islam. In June 2014, Muslims murdered people who could not pass an Islam quiz. In November 2014, Muslims murdered 28 non-Muslims who couldn’t recite Qur’an verses. In April 2015, Muslims screaming “Allahu akbar” stormed Garissa University College, and only shot those who couldn’t recite Qur’an. In a Bangladesh restaurant in July 2016, the jihadis spared those who could recite from the Qur’an. In July 2017 in Kenya, Muslims asked Christians to “recite Islamic dogmas” and murdered them when they couldn’t do so. In May 2018 in Belgium, a Muslim who murdered four people told a hostage that he wouldn’t harm her since she was Muslim and was observing the Ramadan fast.
“Al-Shabaab militia kill two non-Muslims in Garissa for failing to recite Quran,” by Asher Omondi, Tuko, September 14, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Security has been heightened in Garisa [sic] county after suspected eight al-Shabaab militants ambushed a bus in Garissa county on the morning of Friday, September 14, killing two non-Muslims on the spot.
The passenger bus owned by Kilas Company was heading from the border town of Hulugho when the attackers waylaid it between Ijara and Sangailu ordering its occupants to alight.
The Swahili speaking assailants who were armed with AK 47 rifles emerged from a thicket and ordered everyone to produce identity cards to enable them easily pick their targets, Daily Nation reported.
It is after the two victims failed to recite a Quran verse that they were shot dead.
The deceased were the bus mechanic and a passenger, a casual labourer on transit to Masalani town.
“There were three non-locals who were ordered to recite the Shahada. One had lived with locals all his life so he was able to read and was freed,” said one passenger.
Following the incident, Garissa Governor Ali Korane condemned the attack calling for religious unity and end to schism for the sake of peace among local residents.
“They want to wage war on grounds of faith and ethnicity. We will not allow this. Kenyans from other parts of the country will be part and parcel of our communities. No one will divide us,” said Korane….