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VOLUME XCI - NO. 10 | 115 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE GOSPEL | MARCH 21-27, 2015
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March 25 is the
Feast of the Annunciation
N
ews of ransacked cities, public
executions, stolen artifacts and
propagandist videos from the
Middle East may result in a swarm of
questions in the minds of Americans.
Analysts say the source of much of the
unrest is not a string of unrelated events
or random violence. The actions of the
terrorist group called the Islamic State
are calculated movements toward what
members believe to be their part in the
end of times.
Graeme Wood, lecturer on political
science at Yale University, wrote an anal-
ysis in The Atlantic this month about the
motivations of ISIS. He said the Islamic
State, also known as the Islamic State of
Iraq and Syria (ISIS), follows a distinctive
variety of Islam whose beliefs about the
path to the Day of Judgment matter to
its strategy, and can help the West know
its enemy and predict its behavior. "Our
ignorance of the Islamic State is in some
ways understandable: It is a hermit king-
dom; few have gone there and returned,"
he wrote. "But … we can gather
that their state rejects peace
BY NISSA LAPOINT
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nissa.lapoint@archden.org
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Mideast
CrISIS
Syrian Kurds battle ISIS to retain control of Koba. GOKHAN SAHIN/GETTY IMAGES
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