[ctdonath2]

“He demands the phrase ISIL over ISIS, by his followers and handlers”

For a while the term was suddenly “Daesh”, which suddenly disappeared a few weeks later.

[Colinsky]

For a while the term was suddenly “Daesh”, which suddenly disappeared a few weeks later.

"Militants threatened to cut the tongue of anyone who publicly used the acronym Daesh, instead of referring to the group by its full name, saying it shows defiance and disrespect."

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/islamic-state-group-name-raises-objection