Posted on 01/12/2015 1:05:45 PM PST by cotton1706
In recent weeks, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has started referring to the Islamic State terrorist organisation by a name they reportedly despise Daesh.
Australias allies in the Middle East have suggested the Western world not use monikers such as ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), or IS (Islamic State) as they legitimise the groups aspirations.
Daesh hates being referred to by this term, and what they dont like has an instinctive appeal to me, Abbott said.
I absolutely refuse to refer to it by the title that it claims for itself [Islamic State], because I think this is a perversion of religion and a travesty of governance.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has also started referring to the group by the name, as have US military leaders.
Daesh comes from the acronym formed by the Arabic spelling of the terror groups name al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi Iraq wa al-Sham.
Joseph Bahout, a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, told The Huffington Post that the word Daesh in Arabic sounds like something monstrous and is a way of stigmatising the group.
One theory suggests the group hates the name as it was reportedly first used by supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the Herald Sun reported.
The terrorist organisations leaders have threatened to cut out the tongues of those who refer to them as Daesh, or DAIISH, according to international media reports.
The news follows Abbotts first visit to Baghdad and Iraq to meet with Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi to discuss military collaboration between the two nations.
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John Kerry uses it. I will not be using the name. They represent Islam to this ol’ boy.
Does your reasoning define you as an anti Semite as well as an islamophobe?
I would prefer we called them “Dead People.”
Exactly.
I pray that the next President berates islam on a daily basis.
I want the next President to attend NO islam dinners or events.
Goat Suckers!
My wife says this name (acronym) has been in use for some time.
Wrong. Daesh is the equivalent to ISIL. That term puts the Levant (including Israel) in this group’s sphere. It is ISIS.
One group has 4 wives - the other ‘group’ wages war and mayhem... It's the same system. This separation is a delusion to make us feel safer. It's a lie.
He can always use his wife's....
I like Daiish even more, because to my ear it alludes to Ishmael, the makeshift illegitimate bastard son of Abraham and Hagar, conceived in unbelief and rejected by God Almighty.
They are generally referred to as Daeshbags.
I agree. Mohammed created Islam because he was not acceptable into the Christ/GOD oriented religion. That the two holiest of places for Islam are in Saudi Arabia along with the people like the Bush’s and National leaders like the throne of England which promote oil ties to the Saudis should be the spotlight for where and how the US has been dragged away from our Founders vision for the US.
Every time Kerry flies over a goat ranch his wallet stiffens up.
” We can then call the members of the organization DAIISH-holes
Or Daeshbags.
He is wrong, they are not a perversion of religion. They are doing exactly as Mohammad did
I’d prefer they keep calling it exactly what it is - Islamic Jihad.
Changing the name away from anything islam takes the focus away from the problem.
The “radicals” or “extremists” ARE FOLLOWING THE QURAN. They are the real muslims. It’s the so-called moderates who are not following their “holy” book.
Why would anything I said classify me as ‘anti-Semite’? What kind of reasoning or logic is it that makes you jump to non-sequitur conclusions?
I am against radical Islam. But, the whole religion is radical anyway. So, what is your position on Islam and Jews? Are you able to think about the reality of the times?
You claim Muslims refuse to eat pig because they are descended from pigs. Jews also refuse to eat pig. Can you not see the obvious?
I understand your statement was hyperbole. Logically you also condemned Jews.
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