There are very strict rules and guidelines the members must follow. For instance, people who wish to work for ISIS must wear all black, and are banned from certain luxuries like DVD’s and music. These members must also stay within the ISIS boundaries, including schools, armies, and national anthems and flags. People join ISIS to gain money and escape from their hometowns and lifestyles. “Those who joined ISIS did so not only because of the money and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s long swords. They did it because their former societies had fallen apart and failed them, leaving them to rot in poverty and ignorance” (pg. 210). This gives the reader an idea as to why someone would want to join this group. However, ISIS has many different ways to punish those who disobey. Their main strategy is to cut the head off of the ones who are targeted to be executed. They have many references when asked why beheading is their main course of action. ISIS points to the Prophet Muhammad and to the Qur’an, which say “‘when you encounter the unbelievers on the battlefield, strike off their heads and bind the prisoners tightly.’ This has been universally translated as: ‘When you meet the believers;
There are very strict rules and guidelines the members must follow. For instance, people who wish to work for ISIS must wear all black, and are banned from certain luxuries like DVD’s and music. These members must also stay within the ISIS boundaries, including schools, armies, and national anthems and flags. People join ISIS to gain money and escape from their hometowns and lifestyles. “Those who joined ISIS did so not only because of the money and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s long swords. They did it because their former societies had fallen apart and failed them, leaving them to rot in poverty and ignorance” (pg. 210). This gives the reader an idea as to why someone would want to join this group. However, ISIS has many different ways to punish those who disobey. Their main strategy is to cut the head off of the ones who are targeted to be executed. They have many references when asked why beheading is their main course of action. ISIS points to the Prophet Muhammad and to the Qur’an, which say “‘when you encounter the unbelievers on the battlefield, strike off their heads and bind the prisoners tightly.’ This has been universally translated as: ‘When you meet the believers;