Argument Against ISIS

In 1945, two nuclear bombs were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki with the sole purpose of defeating Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany. At the time, this was imperative, considering all the lives they took in order to fulfill their purpose of purging those who were not part of the “Master Race”. Nowadays, we see the genocide that occurred during the Holocaust as something that you read only in books. It is hard to comprehend that this actually happened. Yet, what we don’t realize is that it is happening again. The Islamic State or ISIS, as many people call it, are committing atrocities like those that have not been seen since World War II. They are also doing it for the purpose of purging, only that this time they are not targeting only Jews but …show more content…
The Islamic State is considered a “jihadi-salafi” group. They have an extremely literalist interpretation of the Quran, so they use violent methods to correct the division that has occurred among Muslims. They believe that the only way to solve the issues they are confronting is by going back to the practices of the Early Islam and making strict interpretation of the Quran and the words of the Prophet Muhammad (Johnsen 2016:16). It is under this reasoning that ISIS is bringing back the horrors that go back to the Early Islam that even emulate those practices also used in Medieval times. Some of this practices include kidnapping, which often conclude in appalling displays of executions that end up in social media after ransom are not paid. Other threats against humanity also include their support on slavery, especially the one involving women and their raping. Their destruction of cultural heritage is also a great concern considering how ISIS is set on wrecking everything that they consider to be against the true Islam (Johnsen 2016:22). Throughout the last few years ISIS has undergone a process of “purifying” the world by killing a tremendous amount of people who they considered to not be true believer and this needs to be