Al-Shabaab accessed Garissa University at 3.am and conducted a religious profiling exercise for nearly an hour before calling in the main attackers into the compound.
It is after separating Muslim students from Christians they began the killings.
The objective of religious profiling and killings is to inspire religious hatred.
They want the Christians to feel threatened and persecuted. Such feelings can elicit emotions that can prompt reprisals.
Religious reprisals can have serious ramifications including acts of violence besides increase Islamic radicalization and ethnic terrorism.
These strategies by the terrorists cannot work in Kenya. The country is relatively stable. There is religious tolerance in Kenya, and terrorists cannot manage to breach that, analysts point out.
Yesterday Uhuru was ranting at the British on the travel advisories only to be proved wrong today.
We need to take intelligence warnings seriously
they will never win.the light will prevail over the darkness
They will fail. Kenya is a God fearing country. Many citizens are prayerful, therefore the intended Al Shabaab play will definitely fail.
The government should take intelligence warnings seriously.Better safe than sorry.
Let that not just be factual — but divinely established by Heaven! That no matter what, the enemy shall never sow seeds of discord among Kenyans!