Talk:Islamic State

Most of the media is still calling this group "ISIS". See Fox News. or Wall Street Journal The name "Islamic State" is confusingly similar to "Islamic state," i.e. the generic concept of a state based on Islam. PeterKa 09:59, 6 August 2014 (EDT)

But the correct new name is Islamic State.--JoeyJ 10:16, 6 August 2014 (EDT)

The name is how a subject is commonly referred to. If the publications everyone reads are calling it by a particular term, that's the "correct name." AP is calling it "the Islamic State group," although I don't think that's likely to catch on. PeterKa 20:03, 6 August 2014 (EDT)

Many publications like Al Jazeera, Washington Post or BBC call it also Islamic State. --JoeyJ 05:54, 7 August 2014 (EDT)

The name "Islamic State" adds tacit legitimization, and the US State Department officially refers to them as ISIL. At least one non-English nation, as well as the Arabic enemies of ISIL, refer to them as "DAESH," a loose acronym from Arabic (the name is al-Dawla al-Islamiya al-Iraq al-Sham) which is also close to the Arabic words "Daes" and "Dahes," meaning "one who crushes something underfoot," and "one who sows discord," respectively. IHop 14:50, 8 January 2015 (EST)