I'm not "getting" what you're driving toward here.
The Arabic name that group gave itself is: Al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham, whose acronym DAIISH (pronounced "dash") is apparently insulting, and so not often used in English.
Instead, the media normally uses "Islamic State in Iraq & Syria", shortened to : ISIS.
But "Isis" is also an ancient Egyptian goddess, and doesn't really express what those people hope to achieve, which is a caliphate throughout the Middle Eastern Levant.
So, our none-too-soon-to-be former administration officials call them, "Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant" -- ISIL.
Bottom line: the word "ISIS" tells us what they are today = in Iraq and Syria, while
the administration's word "ISIL" tells us what they want to be = rulers over the entire Levant.
My opinion, for what it's worth, is that since we are told the acronym "DAIISH" is somewhat insulting, that's what we should call them.
Do you disagree?
I remember hearing about ISIS and I thought, "THAT'S a weird name ... but so is the Philippine MILF .. so ... whatever .. "
And that's pretty much the way I got it
Then .. later .. obozo started using ISIL and I had a hard time accepting that ... even though it was explained here in FR
Have you ever been introduced to Mr or Mrs so and so and even though you became good friends ... they remained MR and or MRS so and so ?
THAT'S what I mean ... I started with ISIS an ISIS it is
This will all be as forgotten as Kosavars are now.
soon