Once upon a time, there was a kind old Bishop who lived in a small town in France. He was much loved by the people in the town.

One evening in October 1815, a man with a long beard and dusty, torn clothes walked into the town. He was of medium height, broad shouldered and strong. A leather cap half-hid his face, which was sunburnt and shining with sweat. The townspeople, who had never seen him before, watched with interest as everything he did. No innkeeper would serve him as he had no money. Finally, a woman gave him a few coins and told him to ask the Bishop for help.

The Bishop had given his palace to the town hospital in many years earlier and lived a simple life. He gave everything to the poor except for a basket of silver.

The Bishop gave this man food and a bed for the night. This man, called Jean Valjean, had been a prisoner for nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread. This was the first time in nineteen years he had slept in a proper bed. He had woken because the bed was too comfortable. The Bishop's hospitality surprised him. Life had been unjust to him, and he was angry. He woke up and stole the Bishop's basket of silver and went away before sunrise. Unfortunately, he was arrested by the policemen who took him back to the Bishop. Surprisingly, the Bishop said, "What about the candlesticks? I gave you those as well, don't you remember? Did you forget to take them?"

The policemen let go of Valjean's arm and left. The Bishop walked up to him and said to Jean Valjean in low voice, "Don't forget that you promise to use the money to make yourself an honest man."

December 23, 20 15 (Wednesday)

Extremist group Somali Islamist militants (al Shabaab) in East Africa sprayed a Kenyan bus with bullets on Monday and they tried to kill all the Christians. The Christians in bus were protected by the Muslim women. One of the witnessed described that, the Muslim women tried to negotiate with the militants not to kill anyone of them. One of the Christian men tried to escape from the murder, however he was killed together with the bus driver. Kenyan government launched a massive manhunt. The government officer also praised the Muslims and said, "we are all Kenyans and that we are not separated by religion."

The attack took place in Mandera, in northeast Kenya. Kenya's long north-eastern border with Somalia is widely considered a security weak spot. Most of the buses passing through this border were protected by the police. The accident occurred in a bus with over 100 passengers when the bus kept moving onward for a short distance after the patrol vehicle broke down in the middle way. Several gunmen stopped the bus, asked passengers to identify their religion, and attempted to separate them. The Muslims defied demands from the attackers to help identify Christians traveling with them, and even gave some non-Muslims their religious attire to wear in the bus so that they could not be easily identied.

"If you want to kill someone, then kill us. There is no Christian at all. Finally, they gave up and left but warned that they would be back." according to witnesses.

Somali Islamist militants had initiated several attacks in Kenya for the revenge of the deaths of thousands of Muslims killed at the hands of the Kenyan security forces. In previous attacks, they killed 150 people in April in one of the Universities. According to the local reports, who didn't know Quranic verses were killed.