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Using the term “Daesh” has the “added benefit,” Cook wrote, of insulting rather than flattering the group.
“Daesh” is the Arabic acronym for ISIS: al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham. But, as a story in the Boston Globe noted two years ago, “Daesh” can also be 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,” author Zeba Khan wrote.
The Associated Press was told in Iraq that ISIS militants had “threatened to cut the tongue of anyone who publicly used the acronym Daesh,” insisting that the group be called by its full name, saying that doing otherwise would show defiance and disrespect.
Some people have started referring to ISIS as Daesh and are encouraging others to do so as well to undermine the islamic origins of ISIS. Wasn't sure what to make of this until I read that ISIS is threatening to cut your tongue for using the new acronym so I say we ought to start using it
