On February 2, Secretary of State John Kerry described the Islamic State as “apostates”—a word with very clear theological implications. This administration has chosen its words about the group carefully, and in October it opted for “Daesh” (the Arabic acronym for “ISIS”) under the assumption that it insults the group and because, to use President Obama’s justification, “ISIL is not Islamic… and [is] certainly not a state.”
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/america-has-no-business-calling-isis-apostates-15115
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