Rejected petition Block the media using the word "Islamic" when referring to the terrorist group.

The biggest problem in the UK and worldwide is the fact that the Media uses the word Islam or Islamic when referring to terrorist groups. This automatically gives credibility to the groups that this barbaric behaviour is condoned in Islam. There is no place for this is Islam and causes violence.

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If I carried out a violent act and called it Christian State what would the media refer to it as?

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

This is a matter for media editors, about their editorial guidelines, and not for Parliament or Government. You could contact media organisations directly to make this suggestion.

If you would like government departments and agencies to stop using this name, there is already a petition you could sign:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/112845

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 10 December 2015
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