Omar Jamal: Somalis, shaken, must make a stand

The Somali Justice Advocacy Center OMAR JAMAL

Community members must resist manipulation at the hands of radicals
Last winter, as I sat and talked with panic-stricken mothers whose sons had gone missing, each told a painful story about a boy for whom their families had great hopes. Their stories reflect the pain in the Somali community, which has been torn apart by a sheer twist of faith.My inability to console the parents by helping them understand what had happened to their sons was deeply frustrating. I had no clue what I could have said to the grieving mothers that might have helped them feel better.Four of these young men are now confirmed dead in Somalia. One of them carried out a suicide bombing, while the other three were shot and killed "execution style" in Mogadishu, presumably by other Somalis.The media feeding-frenzy began when the first naturalized U.S. citizen carried out a Al-Shabab suicide bombing, while the status of a handful of others who are missing added to the mystery and to the questions on the minds of most of the Somali community.Somalis in Minnesota were shocked by the disclosure of the missing men from Minneapolis. But a minority of them have come out to utterly deny that anyone was missing and have construed the stories as interclan Somali politics.
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