In an apparent policy shift, Canadian government agencies will no longer refer to a well-known terrorist group as ISIS, or ISIL (Islamic state of Iraq and Syria, or Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant).
The preamble to a federal report on terrorism released in August by Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said the reason for the shift is because the group is neither a ‘state’, nor “Islamic”.
From now on the federal Liberal government along with agencies like the Deparment of Defence, and Global Affairs Canada will be making the switch to an acronym of the name in Arabic, which can be translated as being somewhat insulting, i.e., Daesh
Loosely translated or depending on how it is conjugated the acronym , ‘Daesh’ can mean “a bigot who imposes his view on others” or “to trample down and crush”.
During a press conference in Saquenay Quebec, in late August, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau noticeably used the term referring to Canada’s military mission in Iraq as our part in the “coalition against Daesh.”
The group itself has forbidden the use of “Daesh” in the areas it controls, threatening to cut the tongues of anyone who does not use the groups full Arabic name.
France, the US, and the UK have already made the switch to using the term Daesh.
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