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Re:Worst Puzzle Ever (2009) by babuskov on Friday September 21, 2018 @05:13PM (#18042700)
It's not like the terrorist group choose that name. They choose to call themselves Daesh. ISIS was a term coined by Western miliary and/or media.
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Re:Worst Puzzle Ever (2009) by jpatokal on Friday September 21, 2018 @05:52PM (#18042937)
The actual name is ad-Dawlah al-Islāmiyah, "Islamic State". The Arabic acronym Daesh ("D.S.") is considered derogatory by IS itself.
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