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Thank you David for your reply. However, isn't naming them IS giving them what they want, which is legitimacy that they represent Islam? Shouldn't we ignore their demands, name them whatever we want whether its Daesh or ISIS or whatever? Isn't that the best way for the media to combat the Daesh/ISIS threat?

Hi, Why does FP and other media outlets insist on using the name tag Islamic state rather than using the name ISIS when writing about the terrorist group currently active in Syria and Iraq, despite the fact that the Obama administration uses the name ISIS to describe the group? Don't you think using the name Islamic State implicates the whole Islamic world in the actions of that terrorist group?