Current Event #4

Topic: ISIS Bombing kills at least 29 while at mosque

Title: Yemen mosque bombing kills at least 29 during Eid prayers

Article Source: http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/24/middleeast/yemen-mosque-attack/index.html

 

Summary: After many gathered at the local mosque in Sana’a, Yemen, a bomb exploded, breaking through a cement wall and littering the prayer floor with ashes, rubble, and plaster. The streets outside were covered with rubble, and the unclaimed shoes of the victims inside. The ISIS group posted onto Twitter that they were responsible for the bombing and said it came as “part of a series of military operations to revenge Muslims against Houthis.” With Houthi rebels posing as the government in Yemen, this has been the sixth attack within 3 months. This morning, their prayers were supposed to mark the beginning of one of two of their most important holidays, Eid al-Adha.

 

Reaction: For me, this is kind of a scary issue. It’s scary to think that these people are not safe in the one place they are supposed to be safe, in their god’s presence. Innocent people were harmed at the hands of ISIS because they don’t agree with their beliefs. It makes me think of how lucky we are to be able to believe in whatever we want. Hopefully, we can put a stop to all of the awful happenings due to ISIS soon, because it hurts me to see all of the innocent, young lives lost on a daily basis because of them.

World Impact: Obviously this has a huge world impact. Every country within the area of ISIS will be on the lookout for these mysterious bombs. The Eid praying will probably become less and less for the people in the surrounding areas will be frightened and paranoid. For us Americans, it impacts us by showing us how we could be living our everyday lives in fear, but instead we have the security to protect us from these things. I think that everybody will be worried about if and when the next bombing will, as well as where it will happen. Hopefully this has been the last, and we should have some peace soon.