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According to the Foreign Minister of the French Republic Laurent Fabius their point is “This is a terrorist group and not a state," Foreign Minister Laurent Fa
by falsestprophet 12y ago
According to the Foreign Minister of the French Republic Laurent Fabius their point is
“This is a terrorist group and not a state," Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told reporters last week, according to France 24. "I do not recommend using the term Islamic State..."
My point is that they are still, basically, calling it the Islamic State, but just in Arabic.
- colanderman 12y agoI counter that that simply doesn't matter. Consider: if (1) ISIS doesn't like it, (2) Arab speakers use it derogatorily, and non-Arab-speakers either (3) don't know the etymology, or (4) understand the derogatory intent, I think Daesh achieves the goal of linguistically delegitimizing ISIS as a "state".