State Dept. Official: ISIS Terror Motivated by Joblessness

issue 153 2.19.2015

TOPSTORIES

State Dept. Official: ISIS Terror Motivated by Joblessness

Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf maintains that the root cause of the Islamic State (ISIS) is unemployment and poverty. More

VOICES FORHUMAN RIGHTS

Taffan Ako Taha: Kurdish Rights Are Worth the Battle

A young Kurdish activist who is assisting refugees from the Islamic State and fighting for women's rights and religious tolerance. More

MORENEWS

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French PM: West Must Fight Muslim Brotherhood Ideology The West must 'fight the discourse of the Muslim Brotherhood in our country' and scrutinize foreign funding of mosques, Valls stated. More
ISIS Harvesting and Trafficking Body Parts: Reports Evidence presented by Iraq’s ambassador to the UN that the Islamic State is harvesting human organs was given to the Security Council. More
Turkish Women Take to Streets to Protest Gender Violence The murder of 20-year-old psychology student Ozgecan Aslan has triggered a wave of introspection and anger in Turkish society. More
ISIS: End of Times Prophecies Justify Beheading of Copts ISIS' latest video showing Copts being beheaded also claims that the church is waging a war on Muslims, which makes this atrocity a 'defensive' action. More
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QUOTABLEQUOTES

"Our society was built on embracing the rights of everyone to be free. It is incongruous with our values to blindly coddle a medieval mindset that castigates women to second class citizens and believes that a man or a family’s honor is more valuable than the life of a daughter or wife."

- Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser
Founder and President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy

RECOMMENDEDREADING

ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror By Michael Weiss and Hassan Hassan American journalist Michael Weiss and Syrian analyst Hassan Hassan explain how these violent extremists evolved from a nearly defeated Iraqi insurgent group into a jihadi army of international volunteers who behead Western hostages in slickly produced videos and have conquered territory equal to the size of Great Britain. Buy Now

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	(Re: State Dept. Official: ISIS Terror Motivated by Joblessness) Many other groups of people in USA are impoverished and need jobs, but don't resort to terrorism. N.B.
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