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Change the official name of ISIL to Daesh.

Created by D.L. on March 14, 2015

The name Daesh, a term for ISIL which has taken on a derogatory meaning in Arabic, is extremely offensive to members of the terrorist group. It is alleged that any user of the word "Daesh" living in ISIL territory will have their tongue cut out. Mr. Obama, you yourself have said that ISIL is un-Islamic, and that your goals are to "degrade and destroy ISIL." Why not help degrade them, then, by using an offensive name for them in your war of words? Mr. Obama, you must follow in the footsteps of France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and Arab media in using a name as offensive as possible to these vile terrorists in order to degrade them psychologically - to add insult to injury from our airstrikes.

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