Posted on 11/27/2015 1:15:07 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
When French President Francois Hollande addressed the nation Saturday in the aftermath of the Paris massacre, he vowed that France "will be unforgiving with the barbarians from Daesh."
What is "daesh"?
According to Arabic translator Alice Guthrie, "D.A.E.SH is a transliteration of the Arabic acronym formed of the same words that make up I.S.I.S in English: 'Islamic State in Iraq and Syria', or 'al-dowla al-islaamiyya fii-il-i'raaq wa-ash-shaam'."
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Depending on how it is conjugated in Arabic, the word can mean "to trample down and crush." But it can also mean "a bigot." ISIS has reportedly threatened to cut out the tongues of anyone it hears using the term.
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Daesh.
I have another term for ISIS: DEMONS.
IMHO I think Obama is trying to get rid of the term “ISIS” as it has a bad meaning for most and rightfully so. Hardly anyone will know what Daesh will mean. Heck he can’t even say Islamic extremist.
I thought Daesh meant “Sand Monkeys.”
Calling ISIS ‘Daesh’ could be a recruiting tool, donchaknow.
I lean this way. Never can shake the feeling that whatever Obama does, he does out of devious motives.
Hell he cant even say Reggie slow down it hurts
I don’t think they give a rip if someone uses daesh instead of isis.
In Hebrew, it also is an acronym to describe all of the followers of Ishmael.
Thanks for letting us know the term. Same as calling a Mexican “Bato” or “Nopal”, or “Puto” (be ready to fight).
Because in the West, daesh is sometimes pronounced ‘douche’.
Which is only fitting for a bunch of douchebags.
Bogus nonsense.
It’s just a ruse so we won’t say Islamic State.
Zero prefers ISIL. It’s his way of reminding his buddies not to forget to murder Israelis.
Not bogus. I spend a lot of time in the ME and Daesh is the term I hear.
It means you are so stupid, you milk male goats.
I have another name for them.
I don’t care what the jihadists call themselves or which names they dislike.
I’m sticking with anything that has the word “Islamic” in it. (Now, if only we could make pundits to start pronouncing CAIR as “Kah-ir”!)
NO Daesh, NO ISIL, NO ISIS, NO IS.
Forget the abbreviations. Always call them “Islamic State.” That’s the one libs never use, so it must be the BEST name.
Always call them “Islamic State.”
Always call them “Islamic State.”
Always call them “Islamic State.”
And I have another term for ISIS: “Perfect Muslims United”.
I mean that. They are the truest followers of Mohammed’s example as the world’s most perfect human being.
Meanwhile, please to note my tagline.
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