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This is a normal post What.
The IS/ISIL/ISIS thing is mostly a matter of translation and language preference. The full name they used (where we get "daesh" from) included Iraq and Greater Syria (i.e. "ash sham" = Assyria = the Levant - that's why it's either L or S).
The group dropped the geographical bit in 2014, so it's just "IS" now (because they're complete fucknuts who think the entire world should be under their control).

But generally news organisations chose a name to refer to them before that change happened. To be honest Western* media sticking with those names is more to do with the slow-moving nature of in-house style guides than anything else. Arabic media tend to stick with "daesh" (lit. ISIL/S) because (a) they don't accept ISIL/S's globalist claims, and (b) "daesh" sounds a little bit like "دعس" (da-es) which is Arabic for crush/tread on/underfoot.


*I did read somewhere that the Cameron govt asked UK media to use "daesh" or "ISIL" or "ISIS" in 2015 but can't be arsed to look it up.

edit: edited for clarity (but probably made it worse).
 (I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Fri 24 Mar 2017, 8:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post tl;dr:
you're wrong.
 (I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Fri 24 Mar 2017, 10:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post I know the BBC has been worrying about what to call them.
They seem to be using "so called islamic state" at the moment.
For fear of insulting other Islamists.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 24 Mar 2017, 11:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post
We shouldn't give a shit about whether they should be called Islamic just because they're mass-murdering fucks. Because (a) it's not the job of non-muslims to decide what makes someone muslim, and (b) it doesn't really matter: what's important is that they're still mass-murdering fucks.

By that measure we should also say "so called Catholic church" because of their active support of rapists.

I mean both of those religions' holy books are very pro-murder/rape, and I'm sure that many of them justify their actions by what their books say - but tbh the most pressing problem right now are the respective murderers/rapists.

Also I like that the BBC's reporting pleases and angers me in equal measure. Clearly it means they're doing their job properly.
 (I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Fri 24 Mar 2017, 11:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah, why do we even use a name?
Clearly, we should just use a different off-the-cuff description of them every time.
 (eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Fri 24 Mar 2017, 14:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post I bet B3ta could come up with insults
at a fast enough rate.
 (I helped save b3ta! A Rory Borealis here under duress, Sat 25 Mar 2017, 0:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post I wish they'd start called us 'the so called United Kingdom'
We're split down the middle on Brexit, the porridge wogs want out, the taffs and bog trotters aren't very keen, there's a huge north south divide that chippy northerners are always whining about, inbreds in the south west are increasingly uppity, London bears absolutely no resemblance whatsoever to the rest of the country, we should all balkanise.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 24 Mar 2017, 13:56, , Reply)