Many Religions is becoming endangered; one of these religions Yezidis. Yezidis is monotheist groups, most of the Yazidis live in Syria, Iraq, and northern Turkey, Armenia and some of them live in other countries. Today their main spoken language is," 'Kurmanji' Northern Kurdish" (Christine Allison, 2002). They have a different believing’s about how life started on earth and how human race started. During time some people started calling them by the other’s name and they were, “…classified among the
“The Girl Who Escaped ISIS” by Farida Khalaf is a true story that follows a young Yazidi teenager after ISIS invades her village. She is separated from her family and forced into the slave market, being sold over and over again. Many of the events that take place in this book go against the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is “a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations”(UDHR) set in place to prevent the mistreatment of the human
Nadia Murad, author of The Last Girl, is a survivor of the Yazidi Genocide orchestrated by ISIS and her memoir of the events that took place when she was held captive as a slave of ISIS works to perform two functions, to make sure this genocide is never forgotten and to work as a sort of common unifier for other
terrorism in history. It was also the most deadly throughout all of the Iraq War. The apprehension that led up to this deadly car bombing included tension between Sunni Muslims and Yazidis. Sunni Islam, which is the largest branch of Islam, is often referred to as the orthodox and most zealous of all the branches of Islam. The Yazidis, however, are an extremely small minority religion that is located in northern Iraq. While no group has taken responsibility for the act, the United States believes that the
The term “genocide” did not exist before the year of 1944. The term refers to violent crimes committed against any group of people based on religion, race or culture. The intention of genocides is to destroy the existence of the targeted group. (What Is Genocide?) The word came into everyday frequent usage after World War ll. In the year of 1948, the United Nations came to the decision that genocides would be considered a national crime. (Genocide) It is generally considered one of the worst moral
Marie Beatrice Umutesi, the author of Surviving the Slaughter: The Ordeal of a Rwandan Refugee in Zaire, and Susan Griffin, the author of “Our Secret”, are two females who explore the world around them and express their thoughts through their writing. Both women try to answer their own questions that have occurred to them, and these questions emerge throughout their works of literature. One such question is, “But is one ever really free of the fates of others?” (Griffin 235). Whereas, Umutesi asks
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
ISIS is now selling the Yazidi people into slavery. Slavery may be outlawed nearly everywhere, but it still finds a way to flourish around the world. There are nearly 30 million people around the world enslaved today. “10 countries accounted for 76 percent of the 29.8 million people
The Inhumanity of Torture As Eduardo Galeano says, ¨The purpose of torture is not getting information. It's spreading fear.¨ This quote shows that Torture happens on a daily basis causing many people to fear extremist groups because of their actions on innocent people. In Iraq and Syria extremists groups decide to kill and torture beings as a sign of power to enemies. No one is safe in the states of Iraq and Syria because a extremist group could come to your community and kidnap people to use them
The book angels and beetles is about Mawi Asgedom and how when he was a little boy he was in a refugee camp. Then he moved to the USA when he was about six years old. When he got to the U.S his family didn't speak any english and it was hard for them to communicate with people. As he grew up he lost his accent in fourth grade. He grew up and made a lot of mistakes but he kept trying and trying and he got a scholarship to Harvard. He got a diploma and became a motivational speaker. What inspired
different ethnic and religious groups elected members of the Council and then selected a mayor from among the list of candidates. The council consisted of three Kurds, a Christian, an Assyrian, a Turkoman and seven Arabs from within the city, as well as Yazidi, a Christian and three Muslims from tribes outside of Mosul to restore democracy in Iraq to include former senior officers and representatives of government bodies: Interior, Health, Trade, Banking, Education, Public Works, Municipalities, and Fuel
The Threat is Real The world today has many problems, the main one being terrorism. It seems as if 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. ISIS
Who is ISIS? ISIS stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. It is a terrorist group led by Abu Bakr al- Baghdadi. His successors Abu Hamza al-Muhajir and Abu Omr al-Baghdadi were both killed in 2010, where leadership of Al Qaeda in Iraq was passed to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Before the true formation of ISIS, it was led by Jamaat al-Tawhid walJihad during a terrorist training groups of western Afghanistan and relocated to Iraq in 2003. From there the organization rose to wage war against the US