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Basics of ISIS
Beliefs of ISIS
The Goals of the Islamic State
The Location of Funds
Internal Power Structure
How ISIS Rose to Power So Quickly
Timeline of the Rise of ISIS
- 2004- Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi joins Osama bin Laden and renames his group to AQI.
- 2006- A new leader rises after the death of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi.
- October 2006- AQI is renamed as Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), after threat of other Sunni Muslims.
- April 2010 - A new leader is choosen: Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.
- May 2013- ISI is renamed as Al-Dawla Al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham (Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria/ISIS).
- January 2014- ISIS takes control of the city Fallujah.
- January 2014- ISIS conquers the city of Raqqa and it become the group's headquarters.
- February 2014- Al-Qaeda tries to disassociate with ISIS for extremist actions.
- June 2014- ISIS takes over the city of Mosul.
- June 2014- ISIS captures the city of Tikrit.
- June 2014- ISIS declares the formation of a caliphate.
- August 2014- The president of the United States of America permits airstrikes against ISIS.
- August 2014- A video of the execution of journalist, James Foley is released by ISIS.
- September 2014- Another journalist, Steven Sotloff is executed on video by ISIS.
- September 2014- President Obama promises to weaken and eliminate ISIS.
- September 2014- David Haines, a British Aid Worker is executed by ISIS.
- September 2014- A propaganda video made by ISIS includes a British journalist, John Cantlie.
- September 2014- ISIS starts to take over the town of Kurdish.
- September 2014- Airstrikes in Syria begin from the US and other Arab allies.
- September 2014- ISIS encourages supporters to perform terrorist acts.
- September 2014- Individual acts of terrorism start in response to the video of ISIS's encouragement.
- October 2014- ISIS expands territory gains, continues executions, and claims of the expansion of their caliphate.
- January 2015- Japanese journalists are captured, one killed, one used to demand the release of an Iraqi.
- January 2015- A car bomb is detonate by ISIS supporters.
- January 2015- Japanese journalist, Kenji Goto is executed.
- February 2015- A Jordanian pilot gets burned alive and many hostages are killed by airstrikes or executed.
- February 2015- 'Jihadi John', the executioners of many westerns is identified as Mohammed Emwazi, a UK citizen.
- 2015/2016- Executions by ISIS are carried out, bombings, airstrikes, territorial gains, and losses occur.
- November 2015- Paris attacks. Shootings and bombings by ISIS on innocent civilians causes worldwide outrage.
Allies and Enemies
ISIS has made many enemies in their path of destruction. However, they also made some allies that are willing to take over the world under the name of Allah their God. Members of the Baath party, a group of Arab socialists whose ideological objectives are secularism, socialism and pan-Arab unionism, which is the belief to unify North and West Africa, through the Atlantic to the Arabian Sea into a single Muslim State. Former members of Al-Qaeda, some Iraqi tribal leaders and Suddam Hussein loyalist also support ISIS.
Some of ISIS's enemies are Christians, they believe everyone should believe in their God, Allah and if you do not you should be killed. However, the group ISIS targets others who practice Islam, Shi'as, who do not believe in the legitimacy of the first successors of Islam. The Iraqi government and military are trying their best to fight off ISIS and bring them to an end. Shi'a militias, Kurdish fighters in Iraq and Syria along with the Syrian regime are also trying to fight them off. Lebanese militants called Hezbollah, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United States, and parts of Europe are also enemies of the ISIS extremist group, most nations are willing to do whatever it takes to defeat the extremist group.
1. Find a civil place to have conversationsWe should find a place to be able to have civil conversations without the threat of being killed or imprisonment by either sides.
One of objectives of ISIS is to reform a Muslim State. We should negotiate a reasonably amount of territory, restrictions on the government, and the safety of the citizens living in the territory who are not Sunni Muslims.
The Middle East had been hostile towards the increase of western culture in their countries. Some countries have started allowing more western culture in their societies, though, for the nations that dislike having western influence in their cultures, there should be a decrease in western cultures.
The number of casualties are rising from this war. There are many weapons and bombs that are being fired in areas with civilians, who are getting caught up in this war. Reducing the amount of arms each side has and a decrease in violent operations from both sides of the war would help bring the war to an end.
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