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nwalseman

Hostages in the Sydney cafe siege: 'We're not getting out of here' | Australia news | T... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...e-were-not-getting-out-of-here

Religion Conflict ISIS Australia

shared by nwalseman on 18 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • he saw that his dictated phone calls to media outlets weren’t being played live to air as he insisted, the videos he had forced his hostages to shoot weren’t being broadcast, and his inchoate demands weren’t being heard.
  • He screamed at them that he was a representative of Islamic State and that this was a terrorist attack
  • He told them there were bombs in the building, and that they must do as he instructed.
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  • The woman alerted police, who quickly surrounded the building. Martin Place, busy for a year-end Monday morning, was hastily evacuated.
  • In exchange for a public declaration from the government that his was an act of terror committed on behalf of Islamic State, he was prepared to release two more. And for a black
  • lamic State flag he was prepared to release a
  • final prisoner.
  • a black flag that carries the Islamic Shahada – the creed that states “there is no God but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God” – written in white calligraphic Arabic
    • nwalseman
      nwalseman on 18 Dec 14
       
      ISIS is an extremist Islamic group which directly relates to religion and religious conflict.
  • The second is that he wants the politicians to announce the truth which is that this is an attack by Islamic State on Australia. And if that’s done then two of us will be allowed to go.
  • he wants an Islamic State flag delivered to us here.
  • our Isis brother has been very fair to us”.
  • Monis grew weary, one or more of his hostages attempted to wrestle the gun from his control.
  • It was 3:37pm, and the siege had run nearly six hours. The men decided to take their chances.
  • Officers threw volley after volley of flash-bangs into the building, filling the cafe with disorienting light and smoke.
  • Paramedic crews who had followed the police inside then brought out patients on stretchers, at least one receiving CPR.
  • Monis lay dead.
  • id two of his victims, 38-year-old barrister Katrina Dawson, a mother of three, and 34-year-old Tori Johnson, the manager on duty who had been speaking with Monis just over 16 hours earlier on that unremarkable Monday morning.
  • nwalseman on 18 Dec 14
     
    Was this man sent from ISIS or was he only claiming to be associated with ISIS? It does not make sense that ISIS would stretch itself so thin after rising up and beginning its conquest.
kskurcenski

Two hostages, gunman dead in Sydney siege - CNN.com - 2 views

www.cnn.com/...ralia-sydney-hostage-situation

dead sydney siege cnn

shared by kskurcenski on 17 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • a self-styled Muslim cleric had been holding hostages early Tuesday, killing the gunman.
  • According to his social media posts, the hostage-taker appears to have embraced a radical Sunni theology.
  • They were holding up a black flag with Arabic writing on it reading, "There is no God but God and Mohammed is the prophet of God."
  • kskurcenski on 17 Dec 14
     
    this relates to religious conflicts and what we have been learning in class because this event is about a sunni Muslim man who is carrying out attacks to spread the beliefs of his religion. Why did he feel the need to carry this out in a cafe in Sydney when there didn't seem to be anything threatening him or his religion? 
fruszkowski

Taliban school attack: 145 killed in Pakistan siege - CNN.com - 1 views

www.cnn.com/...akistan-peshawar-school-attack

taliban religion

shared by fruszkowski on 19 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • By the time the hours-long siege at Army Public School and Degree College ended early Tuesday evening, at least 145 people -- 132 children, 10 school staff members and three soldiers
  • The attack drew sharp condemnation from top Pakistani officials, who vowed that the country wouldn't stop its war against the Taliban.
  • But he said the ambush at the school is another example of how great his nation's sacrifices have been in fighting that's raged for more than a decade.
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  • Peshawar, an ancient city of more than 3 million people tucked right up against the Khyber Pass, has often found itself in the center of it all. Militants repeatedly targeted the city in response to Pakistani military offensives,
  • fruszkowski on 19 Dec 14
     
    The extremist Islamic group Taliban has attacked a Pakistani school for religious purposes. These conflicts occur because of strong religious opposition to modern government.Why would they target children of all people.
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  • dknepper on 19 Dec 14
     
    I know that the extremist group, the Taliban, hate western views because they are very religious in the Islamic faith, but I also find it strange that the Taliban would attack a school full of children. Maybe it was to really cause an impact on the people living in Pakistan and to make those people scared.
  • amartin55 on 20 Dec 14
     
    Its such a shame that the Taliban commits these kinds of acts because it gives muslims in general a bad reputation even though REAL muslims condone their acts and have no affiliation with them. This also causes racism towards muslims because unfortunately the Taliban is the only thing we hear about that is affiliated with muslims from western media.
  • neeltrivedi on 22 Dec 14
     
    The Taliban are a vile extremist group of Islam, and unfortunately very loud, we sadly only hear horrible, violent things from such a peaceful religion.
  • neeltrivedi on 22 Dec 14
     
    I also agree with Alec, people are racist to those who look middle eastern, just because of the horrible terrorists out there. It doesn't even matter if they are Islam, let alone extremists.
  • Mr. Reidy on 29 Dec 14
     
    Nice thread of discussion. How are stereotypes formed?
sophiefreeman7

BBC News - Who are Australia's radicalised Muslims? - 0 views

www.bbc.com/...world-asia-29249462

religion

shared by sophiefreeman7 on 18 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • On 15 December, self-styled Muslim cleric Man Haron Monis held several people hostage in the Lindt Chocolat Cafe at Sydney's Martin Place. The 16-hour stand-off ended with police commandos storming the cafe. Two hostages and Monis died
  • But the incident follows months of concern over the effect on Australia's domestic security of those who fight for, or sympathise with, militant Islamist groups in Iraq and Syria.
  • Authorities are concerned about a minority of Australia's small Muslim community
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  • Terrorism expert Clive Williams of the Australian National University says Australian jihadists are Sunni Muslims, the branch of Islam which the Islamic State (IS) follows
  • Man Haron Monis, the gunman responsible for the 15 December Sydney cafe siege, was born in Iran and sought asylum in Australia in 1996, later styling himself as a Muslim cleric and "spiritual healer".
  • sophiefreeman7 on 18 Dec 14
     
    This article discusses an event that took place this Sunday in Sydney, Australia in a coffee house where Man Haron Monis held people hostage of which two had been killed.  This relates to our unit of religion as this conflict most likely relates to religion as there have been many concerns the Muslim community in Australia as they are a minority. Because of this, Muslims are trying to gain more territory as that is the goal for most universalizing religions in hopes to get more followers and spread the religion.  In relation to AP Human Geography, what might have caused Muslims to migrate to Australia even though it is not located near the hearth of where the religion was born?
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