Should Catholics Fight ISIS?

“The community’s blunt outrage over the children’s arrests and mistreatment, the government’s humiliating and violent reactions to their worries and the people’s refusal to be cowed by security forces embolden and helped spread the Syrian opposition.” This notion demonstrates that the killing of the four protestors was only the first of many deaths to occur continuing into an on-going war that has: “…triggered nationwide protests demanding President Assad’s resignation.” Because of this, the Syrian government decided that in order to handle the issue they must crush this nationwide dissent. This in return only allowed the protestors to push harder for a change within the country of Syria, in hopes of it becoming the wonderful country that it was in the years prior to the war. “Syria’s conflict has devolved from peaceful protests against the government in 2011 to a violent insurgency that has drawn in numerous other countries.” “With neither side able to inflict a decisive defeat on the other, the international community long ago concluded that only a political solution could end the conflict in Syria.”

Syria’s civil war is the worst humanitarian crisis of modern time. The “Syrian Civil war Began in March of 2011, between rebel brigades and government force; economy and infrastructure is destroyed” (Library, 2016). “Divisions between secular and religious fighters, and between ethnic groups, continue to complicate the politics of the conflict” (Corps, 2016). Additionally, the Syrian civil war has taken a significant

With a death toll in the hundred of thousands, and millions displaced, the Syrian civil war has become a violent mark on the world’s history. What started as a peaceful protest has spread over five years, has evolved into a war with a tyrannical government, a clashing rebellion, and terrorism fighting either side. But what is it that really fuels the immense amount of violence? It can be narrowed down to four groups that are obvious. The government and the rebels are the forerunners in violence in the war, sure, but they aren’t the only ones. There are the terrorist groups, with skewed views to support the destruction of people and things around them, and in itself the stark difference of the religions and ethnicities of Syria. Who causes

So far, more than 1 out of 10 Syrians have been wounded or killed since the beginning of the war in 2011. “Syria’s civil war has created the worst humanitarian crisis of our time. Half the country's pre-war population — more than 11 million people — have been killed or forced to flee their

As the rifle and machine gun fire exchanges in the Syrian Civil War not only lives are lost but many innocent men, women and children are left in need of emergency care. Cecily Hilleary, a traveling journalist for VOA World News, mentions “the United Nations estimates the civil war raging in Syria has left more than 2.5 million people in dire need of food, water, drugs and medical supplies,” not including the already 25,000, and counting, deceased from the war (VOA par. 9). The medical aid is minimal in Syria due to the low number of volunteers and medical staff. Cecily tells the stories of crowded hospitals with over 250-350 beds being piled up upon with hurt Syrian individuals, many being innocent women and

The Syrian Civil War has had a profound effect of all Syrians as well as neighbouring countries and the international community. With more than 11 million homeless Syrians comes consequences beyond what most of the world population has ever experienced or anticipated. Of the displaced, almost 5 million are refugees outside Syria and around 6 million have been displaced inside Syria, with half of all displaced Syrians being children. The main causes of displacement amongst the population is the violence committed by all sides of the war, and which often targets civilians or centres of high civilian activity (such as markets, hospitals, schools, workplaces or high density residential areas). One main group heavily affected by the conflict

Over the past four years, the situation within the Syria has become more and more dangerous. As many as 6.7 million people, have been displaced from their homes within the country alone. Another 4 million have fled the country entirely, in order to get away from the incessant fighting. An estimated 200,000 people have been killed over the course of the war, but the country is so

Because the Syrian civil war is one of the worst crisis’ in history with more than 22 thousand people killed and 11 million forced to flee.[i]

"Healing Invisible Wounds of the Syrian Conflict." Bulletin of the World Health Organization, vol. 94, no. 1, Jan. 2016, pp. 6-7.

The Marines being sent to Iraq and make a city for the Christians is another solution to help the Christians from getting tortured and killed violently. There are many options to help the Christians from the terrorist. Bring the Christians to the U.S., station the Marines at Iraq to protect them in their own little city, or take down ISIS once in for all. Either way, nobody wouldn't want to help them survive, live because they are scared of the terrorists and

ISIS, now simply calling itself the “Islamic State,” started on its path of conquest and destruction in mid-June. Largely spilling over from fighting in war-torn Syria, ISIS launched a massive offensive into Iraq which has claimed thousands of lives and displaced thousands more. Christians in ISIS-held territories have been given the option to convert to Islam, pay a religious tax, or face execution. Many instead choose to flee. Christians in Iraq are not heavily centralized, and therefore do not have the means to effectively organize, lobby for support, or defend themselves against aggression from much larger Muslim forces.

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.

Freedom of religion or freedom of belief is defined as “a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance; the concept is generally recognized also to include the freedom to change religion or not to follow any religio” in the Wikipedia. (“Freedom of religion”. Wikipedia. 10 December 2015. 13 December 2015. ). If people restrict the action of ISIS it will be counted as taking away a kind of freedom from a particular group. This topic is covered by Article 18 of United Nations' 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Therefore allowing ISIS to keep their beliefs is a certain things to consider. Freedom of speech is defined as “the right to communicate one's opinions and ideas without fear of government retaliation or censorship” in the Wikipedia. (“Freedom of speech”. Wikipedia. 12 December 2015. 13 December 2015. ). Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, made in 1948, states that: “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.” This human rights about the freedom of expression is also including the action of religion. Even though the ISIS is causing a lot of bitter effects on the whole world, people should consider that they should still have right to have a free religion and right to

The Syrian refugee crisis has received massive media coverage. People around the world are trying to comprehend the desperate, complicated situation surrounding Syria. The civil war in Syria is the worst crisis in our time. Syrians upset at the fact that long promised reforms have not been enacted, began anti-government demonstrations which started the civil war in 2011. The peaceful protests turned ugly, with the government violently putting an end to those protests. Afterward, ordinary citizens took arms, causing the situation to escalate. Syrians are fleeing their homes because of the great violence, which have left thousands dead and millions wounded, a collapsed infrastructure, resulting in a shattered economy, and for the safety of the children. Syrians are either streaming to surrounding countries or risking their lives to travel to Europe.

Syrian civil war started in 2011 was the outcome of the opposition against the President Bashar al-Assad regime. The uprising emerged as a response to the Arab spring movement that lead to regime change in Tunisia and subsequently turned into mass unrest rooted into the discontent with long-term dictatorship and poor economic situation in the country (Manfreda, n.d.). The number of Syrian citizens killed in the civil war reached 140000 since March 2011 (SBS 2014). The European Commission (2014, 2) reports approximately 9.3 million civilians “in need for humanitarian assistance”. The scale of armed rebellion between government and opposition that lead to an increasing number of casualties among civilians did not remain unnoticed by the