Category: ISIS

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, is more commonly known as ISIS. ISIS is an extremist militant group that strictly follows the Salafi writings of Sunni Islam. The group is also commonly known today, as ISIL. ISIL stands for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. in 2014 ISIS declaired itself as a worldwide…

ISIS is an organization that used various means to establish a new state in the region that we know today, as Iraq and Syria. This organization wants to expand its power to the rest of the world, bringing shariah law by the way of Jihad. Before, this organization consisted of the state of Iraq only,…

Recently there has been the terror in several regions. These terrorists frightened the citizens with various actions, such as murder, robbery, bombings, hostages and so on. Usually, the suspects are Moslems. If the culprit is an Islamic person, they usually reason jihad against unbelievers. Then is it true that Islam supports terrorism? Terrorism is coordinated…

After withdrawing American forces from Iraq and significantly reducing, the number of troops in Afghanistan President Obama claimed the U.S. was on a new path to safety and security in the Middle East. However, this would not be the case. As President Obama took his eyes off Iraq and Afghanistan, the Taliban and the newly…

Introduction Two big pillars that enable a Terrorist Organisation to fight are Finance and Human capital. The Islamic States (IS) speed and scale of recruiting foreign fighters in modern times has caught the world off guard (Hegghammer, 2013; Lang & Al Wari, 2016). Based on an estimate by European Commissions Radicalisation Awareness Network (2017), as…

ISIS is the largest terrorist group in todays world trying to use fear to spread their radical and backward ideologies and beliefs. ISIS brainwashes a few young vulnerable people into thinking what they are doing is a just fight and over the years has driven a handful number of young people to leave their country…

The Syrian conflict began in 2011 as an internal uprising. It is now a proxy war between major global powers. The war has killed more than 300,000 Syrians and torn 11 million people from their homes. Forces allied to President Bashar al-Assad have fought against moderate rebels and more radical groups opposed to his rule.…

Abstract Terrorist groups throughout the world began to form and exercise their religious, political, or ideological goal to commit violent acts. Throughout this assignment, it will note the greatest threat to the United States national security, stability, and development attributed to a terrorist organization known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). ISIS…

Brief History ISIS started as a group with allegiance to Al-qaeda following the 2003 Iraq invasion led by the USA, being referred to as Jamaat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad by its Salafi Jihadist leader Abu Musab al-zurqawi upon its birth in 1999. When al-zarqawi swore allegiance to Bin Ladens al Qaeda, it became widely known as Al…

Then: It is very important that Americans understand that the threat we face is not part of the Islamic faith (Peters et al 1998). Now: Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States (Heilpern 2017). Both are controversial, both leading to different intra-state views, both affecting…