Understanding ISIS
Today we hear people all around the world talking about the terrorist group ISIS. People are angry, scared, and saddened by their actions. Even though we don't all agree that the radical group ISIS is a problem and must be stopped we still must do something to understand them, ISIS must be understood because we can't fight an enemy that we don't understand.
Ten years ago, there was only one major terrorist group in the middle east and that was Al Qaeda. Today, however we have another group that has come into the spotlight. That group is ISIS. In fact “isis [sic] is its successor. Isis represents the post--al Qaeda jihadist threat” (Cronin). ISIS was part of Al Qaeda until 2003 when its leaders wanted more control. Another
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People who came from other areas to fight are realizing that being a terrorist wasn't what they thought it would be. “40% of foreign fighters want to leave” (Wood 10). Some members are defecting to other smaller groups. Many try to go back to their home countries, but are caught upon returning. Anyone who tries to leave ISIS is in danger, they become a target. Full units of ISIS fighters defect to other terrorist organizations to escape ISIS. Many women have gone to join ISIS and realize when they get there that their lives will be much worse than anything it was before. The main purpose of women in ISIS is to make the next generation of terrorists. They are assigned husbands and if their husband does something wrong the wife is also punished. This could mean prison time or even …show more content…
They have been building and fortifying areas for years. Therefore, ¨Any hope for resolving what essentially has metastasized into a regional war, the analysts indicate, is a long way off¨ (Pazznnese). Many of the ISIS fighters know the land. They are from the area, they grew up there. Many experts believe if something had been done about ISIS when they first formed the threat of terrorist attacks wouldn't be nearly as high. Stopping ISIS will likely take a long time and many resources but can be done with a lot of hard work.
Putting a stop to ISIS must be made a priority by all nations to ensure safety for everyone around the world, but it can’t be done alone. Furthermore, “If the US doesn't get other middle eastern countries to work with us, ISIS can't be stopped” (Pazznnese 22). We need to have a large coalition of countries go after and destroy ISIS. The countries that neighbor Iraq and Syria should help fight because they are most at risk of an attack. The sooner we can stop them the more lives will be
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
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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.”
The readiness and morale of the soldiers in the Middle East were affected by this country's inability to treat women and men as equals. Some radical women's movement groups believe that until...
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
The Mysterious Cult of Isis is an article that talks about the Egyptian goddess Isis and the fame of her cult throughout history. Her cult spread majorly to a variety of different places and cultures. She is given many names by each tongue. Isis is the goddess of multiple things, she must have been busy! There are multitudes upon multitudes of artifacts in museums across Europe all in honor of the goddess. She was very popular to more people than we probably know.
It’s astounding how easy it is to forget that we are at war. Just recently, the Obama administration has declared war against ISIS. During his ISIS war speech, he refers to the enemy as “barbarians, terrorists and monsters”. He also promised to defeat ISIS, without the use of ground troops (Winsor). We do not like to watch our fellow Americans deployed to dangerous oversea locations. The President bashes ISIS and promises not to get completely involved with the conflict in order to gain support for the war. Unfortunately, his tactics are ineffective. A survey conducted by CNN shows that about 57% of Americans disapprove of how Obama is conducting his war on ISIS (CNN). Additionally, about 40% of Americans don’t believe we should fight ISIS
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.
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
In Module one, I learned that terrorism is a result of physical harm or deadly acts of force with the intent of a political outcome by the use of terror for coercion. There are various types of terrorism such as international terrorism and domestic terrorism. International terrorism occurs outside of the United States with a purpose to influence the policy of a government by intimidation. International and Domestic terrorism both involve violent acts dangerous to human life that violate federal and state laws. Domestic terrorism occurs within the United States with the intention of coercion or intimidation by way of mass destruction, etc. Some forms of terrorism include Improvised explosive devices (IED), kidnappings, suicide bombings and
Nonetheless, women in the Middle East are still subjected to unfair familial laws and are socialized into accepting being a mother and supporting the family by staying home as their ultimate goal. Despite all of this, though, women in the Middle East continue to play a significant role in uprisings across the region with hope that their efforts will ultimately improve their social, political, and economic standings. Furthermore, when examining these countries in a with this perspective it
There are a lot of women’s human rights violations in Syria. According to the SNHR, the percentage of women deaths has dramatically increased in 2013, reaching nearly 9% of the total number of victims on April 30, 2013, and at this date, at least 7543 women including 2454 girls and 257 female infants under the age of 3 have been killed, including 155 women who remain unidentified at this date. The SNHR documented the killing of 55 foreign women. In 2013, the SNHR estimates that the number of rapes of women approximately reaches 6000, resulting in numerous cases in forced pregnancy. (Sema Nasar) This shows that some families will lose their mother and some husbands will have difficulty with their wives, and maybe there is population imbalanced. Also a young Syrian girl was stoned to death by Islamic extremists in 2014. Cause of it was a facebook account. Fatoum Al-Jassem, aged 14 or 15, was taken to a Sharia court in the city of Al-Reqqah after the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants caught her ...
This analysis seeks to touch on some basic aspects of the U.S. Invasion of Iraq in 2003 that contributed to the creation of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and how our lack of knowledge of the actual political landscape led the U.S. military to implement procedures that divided the country and created a political vacuum that encouraged the growth of Zarqawism and radical jihadi notions among the disenfranchised Iraqis. The purpose of this analysis is to shed light on the internal struggles that were gripping the country before 9/11 and the Invasion, and to view the current rise of radical Islam from a concise perspective that follows a certain chain of events and is based on a theory that factors in much more aspects and sides of the situation compared to many oversimplifications that are believed and used today.
Terrorist groups also become major actors. Currently, ISIS, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, is a major international actor. This is a terrorist organisation that is able to take control from the state within its own borders and enforce its own law. It recruits extremists from around the world and performs terrorist acts in other countries. When organisations like ISIS can gain so much power and control, and pose such a threat to sovereign nations, the state can no longer claim to be the sole major actor in international relations. ISIS is not the only terrorist organisation that can claim to be a major international actor, there is also Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, and Hamas. All these organisations are major international actors and have a giant impact on international