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Isis Research Paper

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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? …show more content…

Despite the fact of being born in Canada, my mother had always tried her best to teach me and my sibling about our cultural and religious background. Through many years of struggling with my cultural identity, I thought I had finally found a place somewhere in between. At the age of twelve, I decided to wear a headscarf as a religious symbol and a sense of identity. Though I did get many awkward stares in school, my peers eventually stopped caring and ignored what I wore because at that age, everyone was experimenting with themselves trying to find their true identity. After a few years of people ignoring my head scarf, recently, those stares started coming

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