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Old 12-03-2015, 01:35 PM  
Matyko
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Originally Posted by nico-t View Post
why would we call them 'daesh'?

You know why some dutch leftwing media calls them this? "Because it has the word 'islam' in it and we don't want to upset the muslims"

Political correctness for the win while the bodies keep stacking up and ISIS is invading europe!
Why Isis hates being called Daesh: What's the correct name for the world's most dangerous terrorists?

The perspective I've heard of is totally different: using IS/ISIS ratifies that they are an actual country/empire/state and equates them with islam. Also, from the article: "Due to Arabic wordplay, it could also be an insult and IS threatened "to cut the tongue of anyone who publicly used the acronym Daesh, instead of referring to the group by its full name", the Associated Press wrote in September 2014."
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