In the spring of 2013, a jihadist Salafist militant group with the name of The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was formed and has become one of the most notorious and dangerous terrorist organizations since the formation of Al-Qaeda and the attacks on 11 September 2001. ISIS is a terrorist organization that is sectarian and highly anti-democracy formed of seasoned militants that include a transnational membership body. The leadership is made up of well-armed and highly financed prominent members in the Iraqi insurgency in the early 2000s and has showed the leadership to assimilate large amounts of members from other Sunni extremist organizations. Iraqi has two main religions, Shiite and Sunni Muslims, and even though the Sunnis …show more content…
ISIS is strictly formed in the ideology that the non-believers must be eradicated and that there will only be peace in the region if Islam is the only religion of all that inhabit (Taheri, 2014). In the almost 90 previous years where Iraq was governed by dictators and with a monarch, the Islamic believers would tolerate other religions such as Christianity and Judaism, the rule with ISIS is either join or be put to death. Although most of the world sees ISIS as a traditionally armed militant group, there is a faction that is dealing with terror in the realm of the 21st Century. The cyber arm of the group known as the Cyber Caliphate, are comprised of ISIS-associated hackers and internet media operatives. (Bergen, 2005) The group is comprised of a small amount of members that are able to respond quickly and directly to ISIS leadership in the realms of hacking and operations that include internet media propaganda …show more content…
The group is known for their suicide attacks, kidnappings and beheadings in Iraq after the United States invaded and put most of the Iraqi military out of work. One of the top leaders, Al-Zarqawi, was killed by an airstrike from the United States which left the leadership of the AQI to the most experience fighter in the organization named Abu Du’a who had served time in American custody for war crimes. AQI suffered numerous losses over the years following the invasion and the Sunni tribes came together under the Sunni Awakening, which was supported by the United States to fight against the jihadist groups active in Iraq (Cordesman, 2001). AQI saw this as an opportunity to gather their forces and move into Syria as in the past the fighter did not want to leave their homeland. By 2013, the group was able to move influences back to Iraq and changed the name to the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham which refers to Syria under the new order after the government was unable to hold regions from the terrorists. There have been many successes from ISIS as they move from Syria into Iraq and towards the capital of Baghdad and they are using military expertise learned over the years with an unimaginable type of brutality to inflict more and more suffering on those that do not join their forces. Standing in their way is an Iraqi Army made up of mostly Shi’s Muslims so the areas
ISIS has shown that they are one of the biggest terror threats in the world (CNN). People even are starting comparing ISIS to the Nazis from World War II(Luckert). Nazis and ISIS are very similar, but they are also very different. The similarities are shocking to see that history could possibly repeat itself and people still haven’t learned from the Nazis’ time. The Nazis exterminated more than six million innocent civilians. If no one stops ISIS, who knows what they will be able to accomplish.
Throughout Junot Díaz's novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, the text poses concerns with narrative viewpoints, familial history of the Dominican Republic, and most importantly, specifies characters. Díaz introduces characters who are present throughout the entire novel, and others who appear only briefly. Isis, in particular, holds a special place in the novel. Before Díaz introduces Isis, we are introduced to many of her family members who maintain family traditions in both the United States and the Dominican Republic. The order of the text enhances our understanding of Isis as a character. Isis stands out as the next generation of her family by living in a familiar place, New York. Isis, a minor character in The Brief Wondrous Life
The concept of Jihad was not widely known in the western world before the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. Since then, the word has been woven into what our media and government feed us along with notions of Terrorism, Suicide Bombings, Hamas, Al-Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, and now, Jihad. Our society hears exhortations resounding from the Middle East calling the people to rise up in Jihad and beat back the imperialist Americans. Yet, if we try to peel back all of these complex layers of information we can we attempt to find out what Jihad really means. Webster’s Dictionary defines Jihad as “a holy war waged on behalf of Islam as a religious duty or a crusade for a principle or belief” (1). Often, media depicts Jihad in the same manner—as a vicious clash between two very different peoples, each of whom believes that righteousness, and in many cases God, is on their side. From this interpretation and our daily media intake, one may reasonably assume that Jihad refers to nothing more than violent acts, or “holy wars.”
ISIS started as a break away group of al-Qaeda, one of the most terrible Islamic groups in the world. The stated goal of ISIS is to start a worldwide Islamic caliphate. The areas it controls are ruled under strict
Isis is arguably the most successful and feared group of militants. It has claimed itself a state and has been governing for many years. Isis began in 2004 and was an ally of Osama Bin Laden. The only difference is that Isis is more brutal and more effective when controlling territory. Isis is growing and so are the fears of the United States citizens. Isis has been pushed back farther into its own territory, losing 12% of its territory. But that does not mean that it is any less dangerous. Isis is a major inspiration for many attacks of terrorism around the world.
Al-Qaeda is an international Islamist extremist terrorist network founded in the late 1980s by Osama bin Laden. Al Qaeda practiced an extreme version of the religion of Islam. The group is intensely opposed to the United States and other Western, democratic nations. They are especially against the military presence of these countries in Arab nations. Since the group’s creation by bin Laden in the late 1980s, Al Qaeda has helped coordinate and fund numerous bombings worldwide. Their aim had been to overthrow governments in the Middle East, and elsewhere in the Muslim world, which do not strictly enforce a religiously sanctioned political and social order. Attacks against the United States were intended to cut American support for many of these governments; U.S. support was viewed by al-Qaeda as a major obstacle to creating a global order under Islamic
On November 13th, 2015 the world was shocked to discover that terrorists had attacked Paris, however in the latest string of terrorist attacks one must pose the question of whom terrorism impacts the most. Traditionally, in terrorism the victim is the group or region in which the attack is target. Recently, we have seen a large shift in the brunt of the backlash being placed toward minority religions that are simply blemished by small groups of extremists, thus painting an unjust image of the religion entirely. In the case of the Paris attacks, the extremist group, ISIS, has showcased views drastically different than a majority of Muslims, yet the media and millions of people globally have created the misconception that such an anomalistic
Isis is a well known terrorist organization (group), Isis can be referred to as “Islamic state of Iraq and Syria” , or other names such as “Is” or “Isil”. The terrorist group Isis first became known, was first to become known in the year “2003” . Isis is a self-funding army, with the count of about 31,000 people in the gang. They are very well recognized for their killings against Christians, Jews (Jewish people), and the non-believers of Islam. Isis believes in the Islamic faith, which is... The people of Isis “wants an increase in recruits, supporters, funding and publicity” . Isis is the wealthiest terrorist group in history, with an intake of about $80million dollars per month. As a wealthy terrorist group, Isis is able to gain more
every day there is something on the news about a terrorist attack somewhere in the world. The threat is real, but the biggest threat is ISIS. Countries all around the globe are preparing for, or fighting, a war against ISIS. In a world full of many terrorist groups and threats, ISIS is the most powerful. The world needs to better understand what it is, where they attack, and how to stop them.
2. BACKGROUND / NATIONAL INTERESTS: In 2006 after al-Qaeda lost the majority of its leadership in Iraq, it managed to change the name of al-Qaeda to (ISI) that means Islamic State in Iraq. After many years of fighting they found their way to Syria and successfully
Killing people is right, raping is ok and drinking is right and we are the only Muslim, and all the other should die. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi said that If you jihad kill you along with other then you will go to heaven. All the Isis terrorism started in 2011 and Isis started in Syria. Isis is a extreme terrorist group. I think that this global issue will lead to terrorism.
Through researching ISIS, we can come to the conclusion that they are a dangerous terrorist group that is growing quickly, they aim to conquer through fear, and they are doing this because of their radical Muslim beliefs. This is important because they are now not only affecting the Middle East, but threatening America. They are a growing group whose numbers keep increasing. “ISIS can count on about 10,000 fighters. However, the basin of sympathizers and supporters from where it can draw resources is much broader”(Grassi 1). 10,000 people is more than double the amount of students that attend Southeastern, however this number of 10,000 only accounts for the number of fighters. The amount of supporters is much bigger! Thirty-five organizations
Some of the ISIS members were once part of Al- Qaeda, but most are recruits. “But the ISIS of 2014 is reborn out of Sunni fears, and by the people the U.S. couldn’t manage to kill during the war — described to me as ‘a collection of killers very good at surviving’: the most battle-hardened al-Qaeda militants, a few embittered tribesmen, and some remnants of Saddam's Baathist military hoping to regain power” (McCants). Members of ISIS have been part of terrorist groups before so they know how to plan attacks and recruit new members. They have an effective recruitment processes and that’s why they have been able to grow so quickly.
ISIS and other extremist terror groups believe that their religion is superior to all, they claim they need to purify/cleanse the Middle East. The Social Learning Theory applies to youths who grow up in conditions with immense violence. The Socialization View of Terrorism and the Ideological View are also present in the documentary. Another concept from class that was in the video was the term insurgents. Insurgents use fear/terror tactics to achieve their goals, ISIS does this with threatening the refugees about selling their family members near the beginning of the film. The term Zealots can also be used to describe ISIS extremists. In the article, Psychology of Terrorism, the concept of psychoanalytic was brought up. This article focused on violence and how it leads to terrorism, “the most widely recognized theory that addresses the roots of all forms of violence is the psychoanalytic model (Borum, 2004, p.11). The next class topic discussed in the articles was the Social Learning Theory. “If aggression is a learned behavior, then terrorism, a specific type of aggressive behavior, can also be learned” (Borum, 2004, p.13). The next topic was the Cognitive Theory; ISIS is unable to solve their problems with an act of a non-aggressive behavior/solution. Having a perception that their environment needs to be cleansed because of the Yazidi is also an example of that theory, filtering thoughts through their beliefs. Profiling was also mentioned in the article. The Russell and Miller Profile was published in the late 1970s; it was a combination of data from eighteen different terrorist organizations including “Palestinian, Japanese, German, Italian, Turkish, Irish, Spanish, Iranian, Argentinian, Brazilian, and Uruguayan terrorist groups” (Borum, 2004, p.
That is the thing that makes "The Rise of ISIS," the most recent from PBS' "Cutting edge" narrative arrangement, a particularly powerful snippet of truth at this crossroads. As the system points of interest in meetings with government authorities, columnists, and research organization specialists, the purported Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has turned into a veritable nation inside of two nations, one situated in dread and fanaticism certainly, however a self-supporting one with a fearsome armed force and the way to take by power incredible swaths of area once viewed as sovereign. Also, the narrative leads the viewer to make the ineluctable inference that ISIS could have been ceased.