Kayla Mueller's story will air tonight on 20/20. Here is a little much needed context to this story.

Kayla Mueller's sad story will be told, in part, on 20/20 tonight (Friday the 26th). I say "in part" because I doubt 20/20 will make mention of the fact that Kayla had joined the International Solidarity Movement in Palestine. The "refugee" work she was supporting was an anti-Israeli outreach better known as Doctors Without Borders, who refused to help secure her release. She was helping with the humanitarian work being done by this partisan organization (partisans can be humanitarians, too) at the time she fell into the hands of ISIS. Misguided on one level, this beautiful young lady saw the face of evil she wished, desperately, did not exist. A prisoner for two years, raped on a daily basis and tortured, it does appear that she refused to "convert." In the end, death was her reprieve. The lessons learned, however, did not follow her into the grave, but remain as lessons to those who live on. I believe that her refusal to convert, made her a sister to us all. Partisan humanitarian efforts are humanitarian, nonetheless. Idealism can be easily misguided but the ministry of a genuine humanitarian has a certain purity that must be honored by us all. God bless Kayla Mueller and her family.   ~  editor