Assignment 1

Back to the future: Old news assignment 1

Pictures: picture one and two; a man is sitting on his knees and it looks like the men that are dressed in black ‘dresses’ are about to shoot him. On the third picture you can see a group of men walking half naked and it looks a bit like slavery.

What is ISIS?

The Islamic state in Iraq and Syria. The ISIS is a militant group.

Why is ISIS doing this?

Their aim is to create an Islamic state in Syria and Iraq. They are trying to get non-Muslims to become Islamic.

How do they want to achieve this?

So, first ISIS tried to conquer countries and force the people who live there to become Islamic. Nowadays, non-Muslim countries are really strong and have much better weapons, so it’s easier for them to stop these attacks. The new strategy is to fight the entire non-Muslim world everywhere at once. They are creating violent events, so non-Muslims would feel insecure and would live in constant fear of violent death. People are becoming afraid and insecure about protection by the government. People would become exhausted and would become a Muslim, just to make the violence stop.  

Our Opinion                                                                                                                                                    

Tirza: I think that ISIS is a horrible group. They kill innocent people in a horrible way. They’re getting the attention they want but not in the right way. They’re trying to make non-Muslims become Muslims by threatening them and killing them. Others become scared this way and I don’t think that that is a good way to handle at all! People live in constant fear of their life, imagine how horrible that must be. I think that we have to stop ISIS as soon as possible.

Leanne: I think ISIS consist of a terrible group of people. They want everybody to become Islamic. In my opinion, everybody should be able to choose in what they want to believe, nobody should you require anything. They kill people for a silly reason. All people who are living in Iraq or Syria are scared of them. I think all the people who work for ISIS should be arrested. So that not only Iraq, Syria and neighbour countries, but also the rest of the world can take a sigh of relief.

Evy: I think the ISIS has a very strong religion and leader. Because they would do and they will do anything to add more people and make them also believe in their religion. They are trying to get more followers by threatening people. They do not only threaten the people. They also threaten the government and countries, because the governments and countries are fighting back against ISIS to protect their people from attacks. I think everybody can have their own opinion and religion, but they are not allowed to harm other people to convince them of their own thoughts.

Sanne: In my opinion is the ISIS a terrible group of horrible people. They have a very strong religion and leader who wants everybody to become Islamic. They try to make every non-Muslim a Muslim by killing them. All non-Muslims are really scared to get killed, and I think that that is not the right way of living. In my opinion we need to stop the ISIS as soon as possible, because many people are killed by no reason. I think that everybody should be free to choose their own religion, even if they live in Iraq or Syria. Nobody deserves to live in a place where they don’t feel safe.

Denise: ISIS is a militant group, they want non-Muslims to become Muslims. However the way that they try to achieve this, is cruel. They murder people and cut their heads of just to frighten people. So everyone is afraid for their lives and they think that the only way to stop these people is either to become a Muslim or fight back. It must be terrible to live your entire life in fear. I think that ISIS shouldn’t force people to become Muslim, there are other ways to get a point across. Violence is not the way to do it. People have the right to have an own opinion, religion and they should decide for themselves how they want to live their lives.

Discussion:

The conclusion of our discussion is that we all agree that ISIS is a terrible group of horrible people. Everybody agrees that people are living in fear of ISIS. In Evy’s opinion they also threaten the government because they are fighting back against ISIS to protect their people from attacks. We all agree with this statement, but we haven’t thought about it.