Syrian activist Khaled al-Haj Salih coined the term "Daesh" in 2013 as an acronym of the terror group's Arabic name, with medieval connotations; with the intent of creating a satirical neologism that would provide an alternative that would avoid any acknowledgment of the terror group's claim to being a legitimate ‘state.’ Using the term ISIS, or ISIL, implicitly acknowledges the group's pretensions to statehood, and should be discontinued.
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