Govt decides to use the word ‘Daesh’ for Islamic State
The Ministry of Home Affairs has reportedly decided to use the word ‘Daesh’ for the Islamic State terror group instead of ‘ISIS’ in all its correspondence. ‘Daesh’ is an acronym for the Arabic phrase al-Dawla al-Islamiya al-Iraq al-Sham (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant). Notably, the terror group does not favour the word ‘ISIS’.