Govt to use acronym DAESH in place of ISIS

The government has decided to refer the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) as DAESH, a name that ISIS hates to be known as. The Union Home Ministry would soon make the required changes in the officials documents, sources said.

The move is being made not to give any kind of legitimacy to the terror outfit as words 'Islamic State' give an impression that it has a valid constitutional status and entity which also helps it to increase its area of influence among gullible youth who get sold to its propaganda on the web.

Replacing acronym ISIS, security establishment feels, would also help in reigning in its popularity and traction as the name al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham (DAESH) is not in vogue.
Moreover, it also resembles other popular colloquial Arabic words like Daes and Dahes which when translated mean 'one who crushes something underfoot' and 'one who sows discord' or 'a bigot who imposes his view on others', which is an insult and is often used as a swearword.

For these reasons, ISIS considers DAESH derogatory and hates to be known by it. It has even issued threats to cut the tongue of those who used the acronym DAESH instead of referring it by full name.

Perhaps, for these very reasons there is a growing trend in the world to call ISIS 'DAESH'. After attacks in Paris, both John Kerry and Francois Hollande repeatedly used the nomenclature DAESH.