Today's class was only a short few days after the ISIS attacks on Paris. So this week's class was very ISIS themed. We went through a few slides on Cultural Identity and Alienation. As in how people are persecuted and alienated just from growing up in a certain society. The Muslim society are a prime example of this. There are still fights going on in the whole 'Black vs White' situation, especially since after Ferguson, However ever since 9/11, the entire Muslin Religion and Community are seen as 'terrorists', simply because of the fact that most the hijackers of the planes were Muslim. If I was judged based on what past Catholic's have done, I would be f*****.
And now there is a group just as bad as al-qaeda, and they are know as ISIS or ISIL or IS (Islamic State). But it's very important to distinguish the difference and separate IS and Muslim's.
Muslim's are just another religion and community and are even in fear of the extremest group ISIS that occupy some of Iraq and Syria. There are also christian's that are in those countries that are under protection, but they still leave the country in fear of what Isis could do to them.
It was after going through a few of the slides that we watched a full hour documentary on the Islamic State. I try my best not to pay to much attention to attacks because to me it's pointless getting scared and riled up and then doing nothing about it, which is exactly what most of us do. But I have to admit, watching that documentary took the complete wind out of me. It's definitely hard looking at extremists look at a religion in a way that you could only be satisfied when everyone else is dead.
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