Spread of ISIS ISIS has risen recently to be the most effectively powerful jihadi group in the world. It consists of thousands of participants. ISIS started as a part of Al-Qaeda but broke off two years later. The leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has turned ISIS into an extremely aggressive system; one of the most violent the United States has ever had to face. The group often utilizes suicide bombers to inflict the terror and deaths in the areas they attack. So far, they have occupied land from northern Syria to central Iraq, and also a bit of Lebanon. The members follow the religion of Sunni Islam. This is the largest branch of Islam. Sunni Muslims follow a set of rules, known as the six pillars of iman. Many of ISIS’ fighters are foreign and the majority come from Finland, Ireland and Australia.
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They want to conquer land. “In territory it controls, the Islamic State uses mass executions, public beheadings, rape, and symbolic crucifixion displays to terrorize the population into submission and “purify” the community…”(Brookings). ISIS constantly puts people in fear and danger, in hopes that they will be scared into following them. For now, the objectives of ISIS include expanding its’ territory and gathering more members. It threatens the economic, religious, and social balance of the Middle East, and this could potentially end in corruption of
They want to conquer land. “In territory it controls, the Islamic State uses mass executions, public beheadings, rape, and symbolic crucifixion displays to terrorize the population into submission and “purify” the community…”(Brookings). ISIS constantly puts people in fear and danger, in hopes that they will be scared into following them. For now, the objectives of ISIS include expanding its’ territory and gathering more members. It threatens the economic, religious, and social balance of the Middle East, and this could potentially end in corruption of