The On The Frontline Documentary Shows The Rise Of Isis

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The frontline documentary shows the rise of ISIS in Afghanistan and the extent ISIS militants are willing to go to recruit young jihads. ISIS is an INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM organization that uses VIOLENCE against citizens with different political ideologies than their own in order to intimidate or coerce them into accepting their goals or idea. The documentary takes place In the Kunar province and shows the effect ISIS has had on the people living in this area. The most senior commander in the village, Abu Rashid, a former member of the Taliban who defected and joined ISIS, shows the frontline correspondent around the village introducing him to many ISIS fighters and the young people they are recruiting. The film features children as young as three learning how to properly handle weapons and the STEREOTYPES of the western world as evil. With no government help, these areas taken over by ISIS are rendered helpless to their rules and regulation of the ISIS leaders. Many families were separated and forced to leave their homes in order to escape ISIS control. These families’ values of AUTONOMY are contradicted by the reality of ISIS. Speaking up for one’s self in an effort to gain autonomy would result I death. This documentary outlines the devastating effects ISIS has on Afghanistan and people stricken by ISIS rule.
Isis and the Taliban have also become enemies in an effort to gain MILITARY PARITY. However in this case, ISIS is not looking for military parity in the sense of equal military strength, they want superiority over the Taliban. They have already started taking over areas of Pakistan that were previously territory of the Taliban. Many former members of the Taliban who joined ISIS in this documentary stated they made the swi...

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...e about their hatred for these terrorist organizations. Young children however are the ones who are being affected the most by ISIS invasion. They are taught that jihad is a part of their CULTURE, a way of life. Academic ACHIEVEMENT for these children means successfully learning how to fight jihad, use lethal weapons and eventually become fighter for ISIS. The DEHUMANIZATION of their enemies is made easy by tying their culture and religion with the hatred of these individuals with contradictory beliefs. Children think because they are Muslim, and their teachers taught them being Muslim means to kill and die for their beliefs, that is what they have to do. The cycle of misinformation will unfortunately repeat itself to the next generation until there is a change in the government and education system in Afghanistan, and other countries taken into possession of ISIS.

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