"Boko Haram purportedly pledges allegiance to ISIS"

By: Nima Elbagir, Paul Cruickshank and Mohammed Tawfeeq

Source: CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/07/africa/nigeria-boko-haram-isis/

Boko Haram, the Islamic extremist terror group centered in Nigeria that was originally part of Al Qaeda reportedly pledged allegiance to ISIS. In an audio message released on Saturday, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau pledged his loyalty to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Jacob Zenn, an expert on the ISIS terror group believes that the main reason Boko Haram joined ISIS is so they can appear as a legitimate terror group, which well then lead to an increase in recruiting and funding as the terror group plans to expand into the French-speaking nation of West Africa from Nigeria. The merging will become official as soon as an ISIS official issues a statement. The CIA believes that the two massive terror groups will have trouble getting along despite the fact that they share many beliefs. Many disagreements will probably stem from the ISIS leaders' racist views towards blacks. Boko Haram has been largely successful in instilling Islamic Sharia law in many parts of Nigeria, and soon this influence will spread even more, like it already has in the nations of Chad and Cameroon.

The joining of Middle Eastern ISIS and Nigerian Boko Haram is a serious issue because these two terrorist groups are extremely dangerous individually, so them joining is not a good sign. The United States must step up its methods of dealing with terrorists so that they can do a better job at making the world a safer place. Hopefully governments around the world will work to take care of this ominous threat terrorizing the world.

Gender Roles

The government tries to make citizens believe that the country they live in is equal no matter what religion, color, or race. No matter how many laws are passed or however many protests are given, there will never be complete equality between genders. Every gender has a role and these roles have been cultural since thousands of years ago.
A woman will always be looked at as a precious, fragile ,and emotional. Of course this is a stereotype but the media has shaped women into looking like this. A woman is expected to watch the children and keep the house tidy. The woman is expected to cook and clean. Back then, most women were stay at ho!e moms but this has recently changed. Many women are employed and in some houses pay most of the bills.
Men are expected to be strong, masculine, touch and rough. It is mostly looked down upon if a man has more feelings than he should. Society would label him as a homosexual even though he might not be one. Men are expected to do most of the repairs at home which can include fixing the television or fixing a broken pipe or plunging a toilet or fixing a cabinet. Men are taught to not care and play with cars and masculine toys from the day they are born. They are taught to like a specific color and treated better and different than girl babies. Most families prefer to have male babies to pass down the family name and are quite disappointed when the offspring is a female.