Policy Paper on ISIS Ideologies and Indoctrination - 1375 Words

Policy Paper on ISIS Ideologies and Indoctrination (Other (Not Listed) Sample) Content: ISIS Ideologies and IndoctrinationName:Institutional Affiliation:IntroductionThe Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria commonly known as ISIS or also known as ISIL was founded a decade ago as a branch of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. It was established in the Sunni regions of western Iraq during the fighting against the United States. Moreover, when the Syrian civil war took place, it shifted and spread to several other parts of Syria. The ISIS occupation in Mosul (the second largest city in Iraq) in 2014 was a major achievement. This essay focuses on the ideologies and indoctrination of the ISIS group.ISIS took root in Iraq after American military forces stationed in Iraq failed to establish effective security forces to fill the security vacuum that emerged soon after Saddam Husseinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬s regime in the Second Gulf war the overthrown. ISIS Al-Qaeda branch was established in 2004 and came in place to fill the security vacuum after the American invasion. It took advantage o f the increasing political à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬societal Sunni alienation. Though Americaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬s military success weakened ISIS domination, the military did not continue with their moves, and this led to the strengthening of the ISIS group. After the Americans had withdrawn their efforts in pursuance of ISIS, the ISIS got a convenient starting point for its operations. Notably enough, the founding of this terror group took place as follows:Establishment of Al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia:It was the first thing to took place. It is Abu Musab al-Zarqawi that established ISIS. Al-Qaeda and ISIS hurled terrorist-guerilla war against American and coalition forces and the Shià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ite population. However, ISIS was terminated in June 2006 soon after Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed.Formation of ISI (Iraq Islamic state)ISI operated under the supervision of several jihad organizations that continuously fought with American forces, its coalition allies, and the Shià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ite population. However, I SI operations were paralyzed following the success of the United States military forces operations.Grounding of ISI operations.The American forces finally retaliate and withdrew from Iraq. This led to the strengthening of ISI. Historically, when Syria war broke out, ISI established a front known as the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Å"support frontà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ that was better known as Al-Nusra Front. However, disparities arose between IS and Al-Qaeda, and this led to the formation of ISIS (Islamic state in Iraq and Greater Syria)Dramatic ISIS military achievementsThe massive takeover of Mosul and the establishment of a governmental center in Al- Raqqah led to the great success of ISIS operations. The leader of the ISIS was known as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. As recently as September 2014, United States declared war against ISIS that as was causing a wave of terror throughout Syria and other states.In March 2011, there arose a fatal civil war that rendered the spread of ISIS in Syria futile. In January 2012 , the support front was launched by the Syrian branch of the ISI. Due to disagreements that arose, the support front departed from the Islamic state in Iraq which saw the change of name from ISI to ISIS.The doctrines of ISIS are based on the Islamic Salafist-jihad religious front. Salafism emerged from an Islamic extremist politically-religious front that aimed at restoring the golden era of prophet Mohammed and the early Caliphs who were followers of Mohammed. According to the Salafist Jihad ideology, Muslims were required to participate in the holy war against their enemies both external and internal. According to Salafist, Jihad is part of them and in actual sense it is a personal initiative of each and every Muslim to participate in the holy war. From this ideology held by the Salafist, the Al-Qaeda, as well as other global jihad, base their beliefs on Salafist jihadism.The ISIS hold that the golden Islam era is bound to be restored through the establishment of a supranational I slamic Caliphate, which was formulated after the reign of the first Caliphs and the demise of Mohammad. The religious guiding law followed by Islam is the Sharia law. It contains all about jihad, the holy war. Furthermore, it provides for the extreme and vivid interpretation of the war. The Islamic Caliphate has a view that the Caliphates will finally rise through revolutions that will take place even though there was a massive destruction of Middle East states after the First World revolutions.The person behind the formation of the Caliphate State was Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Caliphate State lies in the Eastern Syria and western Iraq. The ISIS sought to extend the control of the Caliphate throughout Syria and Iraq in bid to broaden their operations. Additionally, there is a plan to extend their operations further to States belonging to the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Å"greater Syriaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ including the Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and Palestinian Authority. This is including other countries furt her and beyond the Middle East. The ISIS has the plan to diversify their operations further to the Northern Africa, Asia, the Caucasus, Europe as well as Spain and Balkans which were initially states under the Muslim rule.Among the most predominant characteristics of ISIS group includes:Military Abilities:In Syria and Iraq, ISIS has nearly 25,000 operatives. Notably enough, their numbers are growing exponentially. In an assessment undertaken by ITIC, nearly 12,000 operatives come from Syria and Iraq while 13,000 of them are foreign fighters with most of them coming from the Arab-Muslim world. Additionally, according to CSIA report, there are about 25,000 to 31,500 operatives. In an estimated statistics, 3,000 of them come from the western countries. They use Turkey as the entrance route to enter Syria. It is the ISIS who bestows on them some military techniques through vigorous training. Notably enough, the westerners learn a lot during their stay in Syria in addition to receiving the Salafist-jihad indoctrination. However, their training poses a great threat to their native countries since they are transformed to become great terror threat agents.Possession of tools of war.Over the years, ISIS has amassed a great plunder of weapons most of them sourced from Syrian and Iraq armies. Among the war tools and equipment owned by them include light arms, rockets, mortars, anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles as well. Moreover, they also possess heavy fire...