ipl-logo

The Genocide Of Yazidis By ISIS

1108 Words5 Pages

Genocide have happened in the past and are one of the most serious problems when a genocide occurs. The biggest genocide known to date is the Holocaust, where the Nazi’s killed a lot of Jews. There are a lot of factors which causes genocides to happen. One of the genocides that is currently ongoing, is the genocide of Yazidis by ISIS. In this research paper will be focusing on the actions of ISIS and to see if it is genocide. There will be background information of ISIL and the Yazidis, and factors that led the ISIS to commit genocide towards the Yazidis. There will be information about their actions towards the Yazidis and based on their actions towards the Yazidis and will use the UN DEFINATION OF GENOCIDE in order to determine if their actions …show more content…

Al Qaeda has become its rival now. They had lots of money by pumping crude oil and selling it to markets in exchange for money to buy ammutations, supplies. They also got money by kidnapping and asking for ransom. Both al Qaeda and ISIS are a Islam extremist religion group. There are a lot of mass graves, up to 72, which may range from five thousand dead people to twelve thousand dead people.
The Yazidis is a group living in Iraq and Syria. It is a ethno religious group, which they believe in Yazidism and combines religions such as from Christianity, Islam, Judaism. They also believed in Shaytan, which the Yazidis refers them a peacock angel, and in the Qur’an refers Shaytan as Satan, which causes ISIS to believe that they are worshipping devils thus causing this genocide to happen. ISIS does not like it and forces them to convert or face …show more content…

ISIS both bodily and mentally harmed the Yazidis. The killings of the Yazidis were one of the tactics to harm the Yazidis both bodily and mentally. It causes a lot of trauma to the survivors and it will be something they cannot remove nor forget from their minds. A tragic genocide like this also causes them to lose hope in life. An interview with Kurdish authorities said a Yazidi boy was first told by ISIS that they will not harm, but lied and found out when they are taken to a stronghold and burned men and women alive. Some men were given a choice between conversion of religion or death. Men and women were both separated, and women were beaten if they lied to prevent getting raped. (ISIS militants torture young girls who try to escape rape, says escaped Yazidi boy, Christian

Show More
Related

  • Prisoner Radicalization In The United States

    497 Words  | 2 Pages

    As of this moment, our government has currently been able to identify several different forms of domestic extremist groups that have coincided within our local, state and federal pentatrienes, such as White Supremacists or Neo-Nazi’s, political extremist, and array of other large coordinated prison gangs. Nevertheless, with the increasing risk of more home-grown radical Islamic terrorist turning up on United States soil, great levels of distress have recently been expressed by Americans because of the looming risk of what could result from this prisoner radicalization. The recent uprising of the radical Islamic extremist group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), has resulted in a significant rise in the number of annual domestic terrorism- related arrests. The ideology implemented through ISIS’s methods of teaching, has

    Read More

  • How Is ISIS Similar In The Crucible

    768 Words  | 4 Pages

    ISIS is not only a group to be feared, it is a group with power. ISIS controls over half of Syria’s oil asset, as well as multiple oil fields in Iraq. This oil is taken and sold on the black market by ISIS. The sales of oil on the black market bring in ISIS roughly three million dollars daily. In today’s world money means power, and looking at it in those terms means ISIS

    Read More

  • The Nazi Party In Night By Elie Weisel

    858 Words  | 4 Pages

    Both groups are also bent on oppressing women and were started due to the effects of major wars. While ISIS is not known to be racist like Neo-Nazis are, some members used to be part of gangs that had racist beliefs, one group calling out white boys in their community in Britain as "pastey boys". ISIS and the Nazi Party are also very different. ISIS was not started as a political party by a political figure and then supported by the citizens of a nation. The Nazi Party/German army had no female battalions as ISIS does today.

    Read More

  • How Does 9/11 Shaped Our Society

    538 Words  | 3 Pages

    ISIS is a clan formed in Iraq and they despise our country and the muslims located in it. ISIS is also responsible for a lot of bombings we hear about today. ISIS was responsible for a major terrorist attack on Paris a few months ago. Paris was bombed in a hotel and many people killed or severely injured during the terrorist attacks performed by ISIS.

    Read More

  • Osama Bin Laden: Symbolic Acts Of Terrorism

    999 Words  | 4 Pages

    Many terrorist groups are inspired by religious or prophetic scriptures. Al-Qaeda and IS are the two groups that are related to justify their extreme actions against non believers. The IS wants to establish a Caliphate which means an Islamic-ruled state. How different terrorist groups act is informed by what they are trying to achieve. The IS, al-Qaeda and the Army of God ( a Christian anti-abortion group based in the U.S. sometimes adopt a reactionary perspective aimed at stopping or resisting social, economic, and political charges.

    Read More

  • Muckraking Isis Informative Speech

    544 Words  | 3 Pages

    Wherever Isis goes they kill and are a problem. Isis established in 2004 by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. He was close to Osama bin Laden, but he wasn't a part of Al Qaeda. Isis is a violent terrorist group who are determined to kill all Muslims that do not accept their brand of Islam.

    Read More

  • DBQ Essay: War In Syria

    422 Words  | 2 Pages

    War in Syria DBQ Essay Many things cause war, stuff like Revenge, beliefs, Arguments, racism. There has be more than five five wars in Syria. Things that causes violence are are the people, the government, Islamic groups, and terrorist. The people that start wars are the pro-government,while the Islamic groups have constantly in war with the anti government terrorists have been attacking everyone.

    Read More

  • Summary Of Is Religion Killing Us By Jack Nelson-Palsmeyer

    1432 Words  | 6 Pages

    One of the most recent evidence of the spiral of violence can be seen in the events that followed the terrorist attack of September 11. There has been an ongoing cycle of violence between the Islamic extremists and Western

    Read More

  • War In Syrian Dbq Essay

    379 Words  | 2 Pages

    War in Syria DBQ Essay Imagine living in a world with only war not knowing if you live to see the light of day the next day. I am going to tell you about everything that happens that you don't know. I am going to tell you about the Syria, Isis and the Kurds. Imagine how all these people feel about losing their family's to these bad groups. First, The Syrian government has taken a lot of lives for example in Document A

    Read More

  • Genocide In Elie Wiesel's Night

    825 Words  | 4 Pages

    Secretary of state, John Kerry recently announced, “Daesh is responsible for genocide against groups in areas under its control, including Yezidis, Christians, and Shia Muslims” ISIS believes that they have the authority to kill anyone who disagrees with their theology, taking this authority into hand, ISIS murders the Yazidis, a group that follows the religion of Kurdistan, which is mixed with Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam. The Yazidis are being killed by ISIS because they have forces within them that are in combat with ISIS’s forces. The next group that ISIS commits a genocide on is the Christians, ISIS has murdered hundreds of Christians. The last main group that ISIS commits their genocide against is the Muslims, ISIS has killed over 20,000 Muslims since it has declared its caliphate. Kerry said, “We continue to engage with the government of Baghdad to make sure that its security forces and other institutions are more representative and inclusive.”

    Read More

  • Osama Bin Laden Influence On Religion

    641 Words  | 3 Pages

    Many different people and decisions influenced Osama bin Laden. Those influences lead bin Laden to create a terrorist group, and they would cause violence throughout the world. The terrorist group was named Al Qaeda and was formed in 1988. Instead of being military campaigns like people thought, it instead focused on acts of terrorism (“Osama bin Laden,” n.d.). Al Qaeda was a brotherhood organization which Osama bin Laden and his professor from King Abd Al Aziz University, Abdullah Azzam, founded.

    Read More

  • Book Report On Night By Elie Wiesel

    988 Words  | 4 Pages

    Now they were being trapped on a mountain and live without food or water due to the massacre of the ISIS in Sinjar. Their religious differences have made them a target for persecution throughout history, most recently during the U.S. war in Iraq - in 2007, more than 700 people were killed when suicide bombers attacked a Yazidi village. As we can tell, human should not keep making the same mistake that the people in the past have made. We should all learn from it and make the world a better

    Read More

  • Similarities Between The Shi Ite And Sunni Interactions

    991 Words  | 4 Pages

    Both sides have contributed to terroristic violence towards each other and other communities as well. Although the two have proven to be violent towards one another and willing to commit terroristic crimes to prove their division to their faction, they are still found to coexist with one another in many different ways. This proves that the dispute between the two is more so due to a power struggle that relates to money and geography, and not as much about religion. Those who focus solely on the religion aspect of Islam and its teaching, tend to be less involved in the violence that the groups have

    Read More

  • Holocaust Vs Darfur Genocide

    1613 Words  | 7 Pages

    Holocaust versus Darfur Genocide Term Paper Orel Haiimpour In this day and age, the world is very corrupt. From lying to killing, we’ve got it all. Unfortunately, genocide is among one of the problems of this perverted world. Genocide is a deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. Something connected to genocide that is on its own level of disgusting is that many people disregard the genocides that are going on, like the one in Darfur, and there are people that even deny that past genocides, like the holocaust, has ever happened.

    Read More

  • Analysis Of Wild Thorns By Sahar Khalifeh

    1708 Words  | 7 Pages

    This course of action similarly enhances tension between idealistic Muslims who continue to stay devoted to their religion, and hence find a means to project that through radicalized courses of actions. The product of conflict is danger to entirety of the group involved, and hence it is best to find sympathy and solidarity between the oppressed and

    Read More

More about The Genocide Of Yazidis By ISIS

Open Document