Social-Psychological Principles and the Islamic State
ISIS, or the Islamic state, remains an in-group. They maintain control over all information. According Schmitt and Hubbard, ISIS is structured to allow officers in modest positions, to possess a certain degree of power. All individuals in the group prioritize the well-being of ISIS before their personal needs. All officers are granted varying degrees of autonomy. The autonomy is to ensure that the group will survive if one high ranking officer passes away. The group is so exclusive that the United States department of intelligence are not sure how the group is organized. There is still a debate as to how local officials are placed. Doubts have surfaced about the existence of a hierarchy
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ISIS recruitment tactics have increasingly been targeted at women and girls. Recruiting young girls and women encourages jihadist men to commit themselves to ISIS as fighters. According to Susan Lehman, the presence of young women, looking to marry, is crucial in attracting male fighters. She notes that the news of British Muslims joining ISIS forces further isolates the Muslim community in the West. Many British citizens fear that the Muslim minority is an enemy that lives among them (Lehman, 2015, p. A1). The isolation of the Muslim community heightens Western fears of the Muslims. Western women are attracted to ISIS ranks because of their need to belong. Women who have joined ISIS often use social media as a way to romanticize female membership in ISIS ranks. According to Susan Lehman, there are tweets about a sisterhood between Muslim women. Recruitment also plays on self-esteem and culture. The head scarf is a powerful symbol to many women. It provides an escape from the objectification of women that is found in most Western cultures (Lehman, 2015, p. A1). There exists an even more exclusive minority group within the Western Muslim minority group. This exclusive group is the subculture that empowers jihadi women. It may be that Muslim women living in the West cannot fully indulge in the freedoms of Western cultures. Failing to meet the conditions of the contact hypothesis …show more content…
The general population makes situational attributions regarding the cause of peace after prolonged conflict. According to Kassin, Fein and Markus, as described in chapter four, a situational attribute is the attribution of events to external factors, similar to a group of people, or a circumstance (Kassin, Fein, & Markus, 2014, p. 117). Members of ISIS, and civilians in Afghanistan and Syria, experienced a brief period of perceived stability under the authority of ISIS. Civilians often perceived ISIS members, the external group, as being the cause of local stability. They did not attribute local stability to the personal attributions of ISIS members; including the ability, or brutality, of current leaders. The tendency to defend the existing political structure is also indicative of the system justification theory. According to Kassin, Fein and Markus, the system justification theory is a theory that assumes people are driven to justify the political, social and economic environment in which they live (Kassin, Fein, & Markus, 2014, p. 174). Instead of attributing stability to a brief period of peace from decades of violence, civilians attribute the cause of stability to ISIS. This attribution justifies the political role of ISIS in modern Afghanistan, and
Al Qaeda was founded in 1988 by the most wanted terrorist in America, Osama Bin Laden, to bring together Arabs who fought in Afghanistan against the Soviet Invasion. Al Qaeda works with allied Islamic extremist groups to take over regimes it deems "non-Islamic" and remove Westerners from Muslin countries. The organization first began with three members and now there are approximately 200 to 1,000 current members. Al-Qaeda began to construct and offer training camps and guesthouses to its recruits; while they also attempted to pull in U.S. citizens for financial, communication, and operation reasons for the benefit of Al-Qaeda and its other affiliations. By 1990 Al-Qaeda was providing military and intelligence training in various areas including Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Sudan.
Isis King Bio, Married, Net Worth, Salary, Height, Weight, and Wiki Short Bio Isis King is an American model, actress, and fashion designer. She is best known as for being a contestant on both the eleventh cycle and the seventeenth cycle of the reality television show America's Next Top Model. In 2008, she finished in 10th Place on Cycle 11 of America's Next Top Model.
Eventually ISIS compelled her to marry for a third time, this time to a man who Mitat describes as a gentle soul, called Abu Abdallah Al-Afghani.
Al-Qaeda is a Sunni sunni Islamistislamist organization that was founded by Osama bin Laden. They have made an impact on many parts of the world. Impacts that would cause casualties that is. Just three organizations Al-Qaeda is tied to are the Haqqani, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and the Taliban. Although Al-Qaeda has few agents left in Afghanistan they still managed and manage to cause devastating acts of violence. One of the ways they were and still are able to make such an impact is by working with other organizations with similar views for their ideal future.
The ISIS Yazidi Women Abductions are a very important topic to address at this point in time. The Yazidi people have been persecuted based on the beliefs in a benevolent peacock angel (Melek Taus) which contains elements of Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam. ISIL views this peacock angel as a malevolent archangel Lucifer or more commonly known as Satan. Under the Islamic Law observed by ISIS, Yazidis are officially given an opportunity to convert to Sunni Islam or be put to death. This has led to the exile, abduction and unfortunate massacres of at least 5,000 Yazidi men, women, and children. This is a crucial issue to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland because
Where did Isis come from? Isis came from Egypt and was one of the most important goddess’ of ancient Egypt. Her name is the Greek form of an ancient Egyptian word for “throne.”
Osama bin Laden, son of a wealthy Saudi contractor, joined many young Arab men of his generation in Afghanistan. While he appears to have played a very minor role in the fighting, his wealth enabled him to recruit, train, and supply fighters for the insurgency. It was founded in Afghanistan. America started to support israel against palestine which made al qaeda mad and wanted to fight back against the US which lead to the truck bombing in 1993.
In addition to Afghan mujahidin, people fro other Muslim countries volunteered and one of the prominent figures was Osama bin Laden who came from Saudi Arabia to join mujahidin and fight against the Soviets. Also, fighters from Chechnya rushed to join the Mujahidin movements, the Soviets were officially atheists and detrimental to the Islam at large. The mountainous terrains of Afghanistan, the ethnic and linguistic differences among the mujahidin faction made it difficult for the groups to cooperate. However, by 1985 the corporation between the resistance groups improved and a network of alliance was created the Seven Party Mujahidin Alliance of Peshware Seven. Some of the prominate of the mujahidin commanders was Ahmed Shah Massoud, who was assassinated by the Taliban in 2001.
As I am getting older and the week goes by I'm realizing more that Sunday's are the best days. It is the only day that I get to relax and spend time with my amazing son. I often like to take him to places that would not only be educational for the both of us but at the same enhances our bond. In the midst of going to school full time and working full time I tend to minimize quality time I spend with him. But I always make sure that he knows family comes first and sacrifices are made for the better. Since Sundays are dedicated to quality time, I tend to call it ‘Son-day’. This particular Son-day we went to the Brooklyn
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, most commonly referred to as ISIS or ISIL , is a group formed as a political, religious and military leader over all Muslims around the world. While having one leader, the organization aims to unite all Muslims under a single person. While many followers of ISIS accept the single leader and the violent practices, others have opposing viewpoints. Despite the fact that Islam is an Arabic word which directly translates into the English word of peace, ISIS is being held responsible for many of the human rights violations as well as war crimes that take place in the middle east and around the rest of the world. The United Nations along with the European Union have officially claimed ISIS and the followers a terrorist group. With such a continuously growing hype of ISIS around the world, what effect does it have on the young seventeen year old Muslim girl who just wants to live a peaceful life?
As I'm getting older and the week goes by I'm realizing more that Sundays are the best days. This is the only day that I have the luxury to relax and spend time with my amazing son. I often like to take him to places that would not only be educational for the us both but enhances our bond as well. In the mist of going to school and working full time, spending time with him is compromised by life and day-to-day responsibilites. Despite this, I always ensure to instill in him that family comes first and sacrifices must always be made for the better. This particular Sunday we went to the Brooklyn Musuem. This one eye catching sculpture stopped us in our tracks. I knew that this work of art embodied the core of my being. It illustrated my love
Many people believe that a war can be fought against anyone and anywhere. However, this is not true. I.S.I.S., also known as Daesh, is a Sunni insurgent group whose goal is to establish an Islamic state to practice their religion freely without dissent. While some people may argue that Daesh is simply a religious institution because everything that it aims to accomplish (freedom of religion and an Islamic government, or caliph), others argue it is political because of its desire to set up a government. No matter how the situation is looked at, it is a clear problem because there is no real way to fight it. Contrary to a popular belief, this conflict is not just “one of those wars” that is good versus evil; it is so much more. Daesh (ISIS)
Katherine Brown says, ISIS uses women to show the “non-violent, domestic side of ISIS” (Smith). The reason for why these young women are joining ISIS is still debatable, but the propaganda created by this radical organization makes these young people, especially young women feel that if they join they will have a purpose, they will feel empowerment, and they will have the time of their life. “The promise of an adventurous life in a religious outfit, fulfilling the need for excitement while appearing to give life meaning” (Ali 15). In the book Caliphettes: Women and the Appeal of Islamic State by Haras Rafiq & Nikita Malik they state that the four promises that ISIS offers these women are; empowerment, deliverance, participation, piety. By the women leaving their lives behind in the western world and taking the journeys to the Middle East to ISIS compounds they can “right their wrongs” by contributing to ISIS as mother, wives, nurses, or teachers for this radical group, the mighty god will forgive them for their sins (Rafiq and Malik 6). There is propaganda on social media websites like Twitter and Facebook that young girls are exposed to almost everyday, these propaganda posts show photos of women in full body black niqab and burkas posed in front of
Apparently the best-known Mujahideen outside the Islamic world, different approximately adjusted Afghan restriction aggregates at first opposed the legislature of the Soviet Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA) during the late 1970s. At the DRA's ask for, the Soviet Union conveyed powers into the nation to help the administration from 1979. The Mujahideen battled against Soviet and DRA troops amid the Soviet War in Afghanistan (1979–1989) Afghanistan's resistance development began in disorder and, at to start with, territorial warlords pursued practically the greater part of its battling locally. As fighting turned out to be more complex, outside support and provincial coordination developed. The essential units of
It was announced earlier this month, after a four-month operation, that Raqqa is no longer under the control of ISIS. Raqqa is Syrian city has been plagued by war and death under the Islamic fundamentalist group since 2014. ISIS, also known as ISIL, has been losing some of their major territories in the recent months. A liberation group, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), is a union made up of both Kurdish and Arab forces backed by the United States has been fighting for the liberation of states that ISIS have taken over. The fight for total liberation from ISIS is a long way from being over, but SDF forces continuing fighting for the cause.