Can the great minds of journalism create a new name for that horrible title "Islamic State"?
"Islamic State" is an overstatement and every politician and journalist in the world should stop calling this fanatic group by this name immediately. Why on earth should we address this terrorist organisation by the name they made up for themselves? There are many reasons why this is absolutely wrong.
First of all, "State" is empowering. Would we like to associate these assassins with a nation, with an empire, or do we want to diminish their power and send them all to hell?
Secondly, they invented this abusive title themselves and they seem very proud of it...They love it... I am sure that their media analyst has all the necessary statistics on the fear these thugs are creating. But even worse, it is the media that has crowned them and refer to them with such a horrendous title...
Thirdly, they should in no way be associated with Islam because such a name is contributing heavily to the rise of xenophobia, Islamphobia, racism... everybody knows these fanatics and good-for-nothing terrorists are mainly killing Muslims. Moreover, attention on them has increased since they burst our European bubbles, but they certainly do not deserve to have Islam attached to their name.
Alternatives? Anything but Islamic State.
Jos Edmond Zarb
Birkirkara