Islamic Extremism And Sex Slaves

The beginnings of ISIS,a Sunni jihadist group,can be traced back to 1999, when Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian jihadist, started the group . In 2010, after ISIS’s second leader was assassinated, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,a former scholar of Islamic studies and a US war prisoner back in 2004,took over and got the group back on track. He replenished their partially-killed-off leadership with dozens of Saddam’s old Ba’athist military personnel, who brought key experience to the group. Then in 2011, when the Syrian Civil War broke out, ISIS joined in as a rebel force,which helped to train and battle-harden the group. ISIS’s behavior in Syria was so brutal and severe that they even started creeping out the other groups, including al-Qaeda, who finally had a tantrum in early 2014 and cut all ties with ISIS. The ISIS, like all terrorist organizations, arose out of systems of discontent that made extremist ideology appealing. The extremist ideology of ISIS is an aberration of Islam marked by radical apocalyptic thought. The ISIS’s position is antithetical to Shia Islam, which believes that just as a prophet is appointed by God alone, only God has the prerogative to appoint the successor to his prophet (the caliphate).

ISIS is a terrorist organization and perhaps the most successful one. They have seized huge chunks of Syria and Iraq. They are an anti-western militant group devoted to establishing an independent Muslim Islamic state but no country recognizes them as a state. People have been shot and killed in the name of ISIS because they have a different political or religious viewpoint. ISIS believes religion gives them the right to attack others with differing political views. ISIS is an example of how certain beliefs can start a war. Wars are started for many reasons but they often start because of a group’s strongly held belief surrounding religion, race or political views. Wars or conflicts hurt and kill millions of people. But certain groups feel

Imagine yourself a female slave, living a life of service on a large plantation during the early-19th century. Imagine waking every morning at dawn to begin a never-ending day of cooking, cleaning, washing, and sewing. Imagine being at the beck and call of a master who not only uses you for daily chores, but also for his personal sexual pleasure. Imagine the inexhaustible fear of his next humiliating request and the deep feelings of shame and remorse for your inability to stand up against him. Imagine lying in bed at the end of the day wishing God would carry you to heaven so you would not have to wake and experience this hell on earth all over again.

The article mentions that the women being held as sexually-abused captives originate from a small religious minority called the Yazidis. They were conquered by ISIS nearly two years ago. The fact that the slaves come from a religious outgroup adheres to Patterson’s tenants of slavery quoted in the the Davis article, in that they are natally alienated. Moreover, in addition to their outgroup status, the women and girls held as sex slaves are being violently raped with near constancy. This is certain to result in psychological traumas, but also serves to dishonor and humiliate the captives

the Koran that specifically exploits women to the service of men: “Men have authority over

I am not an expert; thus I can only opine how I look at the ISIS with the knowledge I have. Contrary to what Graeme Wood defines ISIS as a religious group, I think it more illustrates a terrorist group. The followers of ISIS are devoted to their scriptures and give reasons for their actions, which easily elevates their standard higher than other terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda. Nonetheless, the path they are walking in order to reach their goal is immoral.

justify their actions. This very sickening to read ,but in their country it 's being advocated as okay within confined lines.“A growing body of internal policy memos and theological discussions has established guidelines for slavery, including a lengthy how-to manual issued by the Islamic State Research and Fatwa Department just last month. Repeatedly, the ISIS leadership has emphasized a narrow and selective reading of the Quran and other religious rulings to not only justify violence, but also to elevate and celebrate each sexual assault as spiritually beneficial, even virtuous.”They are not treated as humans but instead are treated as meat.“Right away, the fighters separated the men from the women,” she said. She, her mother and sisters were first taken in trucks to the nearest town on Mount Sinjar. “There, they separated me from my mom. The young, unmarried girls were forced to get into buses.” This article was definitely a tough read because it 's hard to stomach another human being going through this on

This scholarly interest has resulted in a spate of research output from multiple disciplinary and theoretical perspectives. There are two ubiquitous trends in the literature on extremism and terrorism. First, a majority of the conversations locate the causes of contemporary extremism and radicalization in the religious edicts of one religion namely, Islam (Parent and Ellis, 2011). Second, a large number of

Sex Slavery defined- Sexual slavery is slavery for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Sexual slavery may involve single-owner sexual slavery; ritual slavery, sometimes associated with certain religious practices, such as ritual servitude in Ghana, Togo and Benin.

Sex trafficking happens when someone uses his force or coercion to cause a commercial sex act with an adult or kids. Could be for prostitution, pornography in exchange for money, drugs. In general, the very nature of slavery implies that the slave is in fact available for sex, and the usual social conventions as well as the legal protections that would otherwise restrict the actions of the owner are no longer effective. Thus, extramarital sexuality between a married man and a slave was not considered adultery in most societies accepting slavery. A UN report gives an annual estimate of one million women or girls involved in force in trade and / or sexual slavery.

As the world increasingly becomes more interconnected and globalization continues at an alarming rate, radical Islam is now at the forefront of the global agenda. While Islamic extremism is not a new concept, and has arguably been around since the dawn of Islam, it only now has become a truly global affair, engaging every nation in the world. With the rise of attention on radical Islam also comes another concept, the misunderstanding of Islam. Some choose to argue that Islam a religion of peace, while others, the greater majority, choose to argue it is a religion of violence, but frankly, neither are the case. The Quran, history, and modern politics all show that Islam is not a religion of peace or violence, but simply a religion of reaction;

Pointedly, when finding out how fundamentalism has triggered terrorism in the world, there is a need for one to consider the influence of fundamentalism on the modern day terrorism. To elaborate, most scholars have that religious terrorists are the most dangerous and that their strong religious beliefs raise the likelihood of conflicts. Accordingly, religious terrorism embodies radical value systems and skewed morality. As a result, it has become a deadly threat in comparison with traditional

ISIS is an organization that claims to be helping their fellow muslim brothers and sisters in the hash situation they find themselves in. During the times when Islam was fairly new and just beginning to develop, the tribes of those times were allowed to avenge their loved that were killed by a different tribe, so as the religion began to develop this rule was carried but with a set of rules. It is also on this piece of history that ISIS justifies their actions. They have claimed along with Al-Qaida that they feel no remorse for those they attack as they are simply avenging the deaths of their many loved ones. It is due to their extremely strong belief of the religion and the concept of being allowed to take the life of the one that took their loved

While not all political Islamism is violent, it is undeniable that violent extremism occurs in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. In this essay, I analyse the phenomenon of violent political Islamism, focusing on the Middle East. I investigate its macro-level historical and political origins, and the micro-level factors which influence the use of violence. I discuss its aims and grievances, and provide suggestions on how to deal with this phenomenon.

Historically it is a common trend to associate some kind of ideology to radicalization. For example, in the 50’s and 60’s nationalism was associated with the freedom fighters liberating their lands from the colonizers and in the 80’s anti-communism was popular to describe all the rebels fighting against Russia. Currently, similar pattern is also seen where ‘Islamism’ is directly associated with violent radicalization. However, the research participants unanimously rejected such a notion rather they asserted that socio-political situation creates condition of violent radicalism especially when people find no proper venues to channel their political or social grievances (whatever trifling these may be). More importantly, although Islam is a monolithic religion with a fixed set of doctrine, yet we often overlook how Islam was transformed to suite people’s aspirations worldwide and as a result vast majority of Muslims are neither Arabs (where the religion first flourished) nor middle eastern rather they are Asians and Africans. Moreover, Islam has no central religious authority like papacy from where religious, political or social statutes can be canonized as such Islam is understood and felt much through its practitioners’ conducts. Nevertheless, common to other Abrahamic faiths, there are rooms for narrower and broader interpretations of the Holy Texts in Islam. Conversely, the recent converts to Islam, second and third generation Muslim youths and even lay Muslims living in