This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Force media outlets to use Daesh instead of IS, ISIL, ISIS and similar.
There has been a previous successful petition asking for the government to use the term Daesh when talking about the radical terrorist group. It is time for the media to follow suit.
Why should this be?
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The benefits of such change would cut the ties of the group to any religion and their so called state, de-politicising them. The government has already expressed their views on the 'evil death cult' that 'is neither a true representation of Islam nor a state' https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/112845?reveal_response=yes#response-threshold. Referring to them as IS, ISIL etc. only furthers their influence and helping their cause. They need to be condemned not publicised.
This petition was rejected
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