assignment 1

What is ISIS?
ISIS is a terrorist organisation that operates from areas within Iraq and Syria. They also have a big international network of terrorists, and sometimes those terrorist will blow themselves up in public in big cities.

Simon: I think ISIS is a very big danger to, not only Iraq and Syria, but the whole world, because they target not only Muslims who they consider to be 'unworthy', but also Christians of all kinds in Europe and other parts of the world.

Davy: ISIS members claim they are acting out of religion, but I don't think killing innocent people is written in their holy book, just because they think differently. ISIS is dangerous and should be stopped as quickly as possible.

Kobus: I think terrorism is no religion. ISIS is terrorism, so they are no religion. People should not blame Islam, they should only be against the Muslim extremists. 'Don't give hate a chance'

Walid: I think that because of ISIS Islam has got a stereotype that isn't accurate. Because of them people tend to give people like me the stink eye. Because of this, a barrier is being built between foreigners and patriots.


Why is ISIS doing this?
We all agree that ISIS is doing this because they want to make a point, and want to show the world what happens if you don't listen to them. They want to convert all the people into extremists and want them to live by the rules of the Sharia. They want to shock people with their actions and want to create hate in people's minds, so that other people want to be extremists too.


How do they want to achieve this?
They want to scare people by terrorists attacks, executions and major threats. By doing this they hope the government will apply to their demands. Nowadays the government is closing mosques in certain cities, and because of these riots are occuring throughout the affected countries.