Posted on 11/17/2015 7:09:55 PM PST by TBP
French officials recently declared that that country would stop using any of those names and instead refer to the group as “Daesh.â€
Whether referred to as ISIS, ISIL, or IS, all three names reflect aspirations that the United States and its allies unequivocally reject. Political and religious leaders all over the world have noted this. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said, “This is a terrorist group and not a state. . . the term Islamic State blurs the lines between Islam, Muslims, and Islamists.â€
The term “Daesh†is strategically a better choice because it is still accurate in that it spells out the acronym of the group’s full Arabic name, al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham. Yet, at the same time, “Daesh†can also be understood as a play on words — and an insult. Depending on how it is conjugated in Arabic, it can mean anything from “to trample down and crush†to “a bigot who imposes his view on others.†Already, the group has reportedly threatened to cut out the tongues of anyone who uses the term.
Why do they care so much? The same reason the United States should. Language matters.
(Excerpt) Read more at bostonglobe.com ...
I think someone wants us to stop saying it @is@ about Islam. So I will stick to ISIS.. ISIL.
Daesh bump
there....we won...we changed their name, next crisis/sarc
The radical Muslim wants to behead you. The mainstream Muslim is waiting for the radical Muslim to behead you.
The operative word is "Muslim" - and as a free, independent Western woman, they want you dead.
See how this works?
I do.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Not sure either of these translations would be taken as an insult. it can mean anything from to trample down and crush to bigot who imposes his view on others. Trample down and crush, impose his view, that's what they do in the name of their faith. They might not like bigot, they'd replace it with faithful. I think the word is appropriate since it makes it clear their territorial objective is greater than Iraq and Syria, or greater Syria, or the "Levant" as Obama and Kerry prefer.
“Kill um all and let Satan sort them out”
End of story.
We still need a fresh name, to reflect Obama’s membership. Since he was _Resident of the United States already when they formed up, that makes him a charter member.”
I LIKE IT!! Something that captures BO’s responsibility and the French angle...
How about “d’Ouche!”
I just call them “goat****ers.” I hope they’re not offended.
Can we save the argument over what to put in the obit until they’re dead, and get back to killing them?
the term Islamic State blurs the lines between Islam, Muslims, and Islamists.
There’s a line?
Could of fooled me.
I call them ‘Sand “Ns”’ or ‘rag heads’. Though not so much the later, anymore, as I respect my Sikh friends
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