10 reasons Muslims join ISIS

ISIS, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, was the first name that was given to the organization since its territory was in Iraq and Syria. The acronym in Arabic "Dae'sh," has four Arabic letters, D, A, E', Sh. D stands for al-Dawla (state), A stands for  al-Islamiya (Islamic), E' stands Iraq and  Sh stands for Sham (Levant). Sham nowadays stands for Damascus or Syria but in its historical Islamic context Sham or Levant included Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Palestine. So a more accurate name for the organization is ISIL, the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. As ISIL's vision grew larger it changed its name to IS which stands for Islamic State. Their vision is far bigger than Iraq and Levant. They want to expand into Asia, Africa and Europe.   Nabeel Jabbour

http://www.nabeeljabbour.com/Blog/February-2015/ISIS-10-Reasons-Muslims-are-Eager-to-Join

Dr. Nabeel Jabbour, author, lecturer, and expert on Muslim culture, will be teaching at UALC on Monday, April 13, at 4:00 PM at Mill Run campus of Upper Arlington Lutheran Church, Hilliard, Ohio. He is a frequent speaker at churches and seminaries, and is a lecturer for the Missions Perspectives course. He is originally from Lebanon. He lived with his family in Egypt for fifteen years. He and his family moved to Colorado Springs in January 1991. Since 1997, the Jabbours have been U.S. citizens. Although Dr. Jabbour comes from an Arab Christian background, for the first fifty years of his life, Muslims were his neighbors, teachers, friends, roommates, and students