All of a sudden, following the Paris attacks, the use of an Arabic acronym "Da'esh" for the Islamic State / ISIS / ISIL has become a lot more popular — but with only a surface (and poorly stated) explanation of why.
This article gives a lot more detail, and makes it clear that this isn't just something being made up by some folk in the West, but a name that deserves consideration.
Decoding Daesh: Why is the new name for ISIS so hard to understand? | Free Word Centre
Arabic translator Alice Guthrie explains how Daesh, the new name for ISIS, undermines the terrorist group, and asks why anglophone media can’t understand it.
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