Abu Bakr

Sergeant Joseph Darby and Sergeant Samuel, both exposed of the torture taking place in the Abu Ghraib prison. Sergeant Joseph Darby provided the pictures of the abuse that led to an investigation and resulted in dishonorable discharge and reprimands for 11 of the soldiers. Whereas, Sergeant Samuel Provance publicly revealed the role of the interrogators in the abuse and the tactics used to cover up the Abu Ghraib abuse. Similarly, Edward Snowden, exposed the NSA’s warrants domestic wiretapping…

massacring and arresting dozens of people, torturing innocent citizens in the Abu Ghraib prison, and selling their organs on the black market-- among other atrocities. The film casts a light on the injustices faced by the Turkish and American peoples, as well as the disconnect between government and the general population. While America and Turkey are allies in the eyes of their respective governments, events like the Abu Ghraib prison torturing and unnecessary raids by the Americans paint them…

How willing are humans to fill a role they are given? This is the question that the Stanford Prison Experiment conducted by Philp Zimbardo, professor of psychology, answers, even if it may not have been the original goal of the experiment. When people are pushed to the extremes, by internal or external factors, they are willing to do nearly anything. Zimbardo says that we “create, populate, and perpetuate” “prisons of the mind.” I agree with his statement, as many of the problems we have in a…

Abu Ghraib Torture and Prison Abuse and The Bataan Death March are two comparative events in US history. The Abu Ghraib Torture and Prison Abuse was a series of human rights violations against prisoners in Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq, which began in March of 2003. The Bataan Death March was the relocation by foot of American Prisoners from the Bataan Peninsula to Camp O, Donnel a prisoner camp of the Japanese during World War 2. While both Abu Ghraib and The Bataan Death March are a result of…

As Marianne Szegedy-Maszak states in “The Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal: Sources of Sadism,” everyone has the potential to be a torturer (Szegedy-Maszak 76). According to Szegedy-Maszak, the “unconscionable acts” committed at Abu Ghraib were likely caused by “the anxiety and helplessness” of their living conditions in Iraq (76). In attempt to investigate the motives behind sadistic acts in situations similar to the Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal, Philip G. Zimbardo, author of “The Stanford Prison…

of "The Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal: Sources of Sadism," states that everyone is subjected to be a possible torturer (Szegedy-Maszak 76). Szegedy-Maszak asserts, the "unconscionable acts" committed by the Abu Ghraib were likely caused by "the anxiety and helplessness" of their horrific living conditions (Szegedy-Maszak 76). Philip G. Zimbardo, author of "The Stanford Prison Experiment," attempts to clarify the reasoning and motivation behind the sadistic acts in situations similar to the Abu…

Even thirty years after the Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE), the same theme of human corruption is still being documented. Similar to the SPE, the roles of superior and inferior are central to the various acts of torture inflicted on detainees in Abu Ghraib. For instance, the people…

they were surprised by their savagery, and started crying. The boys burned down the island, thus completely succumbing to savagery and losing their rationality, however they were still emotional when they finally came to their senses. Likewise, the Abu Ghraib prison guards were emotional when they were finally caught for their savage behavior and lack of reasoning in handling the…

religious leader. Of course after his death in 632, there was no prophet who could succeed him. The Sunnis believed that Abu Bakr, also known as Abdullah ibn Abi Quhafa, deserved to be his successor, while the Shi’ites believed that Ali ibn Abi Talib deserved this role. According to the reading, Muhammad’s trusted counselors believed that Abu Bakr deserved to be the leader. Abu Bakr led the prayers in the mosque and supervised the assemblies of Muslims during the last days of the prophet’s life.…

Right now Abu Ahmad al- Alwani is a ISIS military council. The chairman of a military council is the commander of the corresponding armed service, military district, or group. His real name is Waleed Jassem al-Alwani. Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi use to be a a military council, and head of the group's Shura council. Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi was taken into custody of the American military detention center, Camp Bucca. His real name was Adnan Ismael Najm. Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi,…