SHOCKING! BBC rejects British Prime Minister’s demand to stop using the term “Islamic State” when referring to the Islamic State terrorist group

By BI: BRITISH PM DAVID Cameron recently joined the chorus of British politicians who argue that the name “Islamic State” is offensive to Muslims and should be banned from the English vocabulary. And, of course, as everyone knows, David Cameron understands Islam so much better than any Islamic scholar.

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Clarion Project The BBC has rejected demands by British lawmakers to stop using the term “Islamic State” when referring to the jihadist group that is carving out a self-declared Caliphate in the Middle East. Lord Hall of Birkenhead, the BBC’s director general, said that the proposed alternative, “Daesh,” is pejorative and using it would be unfair to the Islamic State, thereby casting doubt upon the BBC’s impartiality.

During an interview with BBC Radio 4’s “Today” program on June 29 — just days after a jihadist with links to the Islamic State killed 38 people (including 30 Britons) at a beach resort in Tunisia — Cameron rebuked veteran presenter John Humphrys for referring to the Islamic State by its name.

When Humphrys asked Cameron whether he regarded the Islamic State to be an existential threat, Cameron said:

“I wish the BBC would stop calling it ‘Islamic State’ because it is not an Islamic state. What it is is an appalling, barbarous regime. It is a perversion of the religion of Islam, and, you know, many Muslims listening to this program will recoil every time they hear the words ‘Islamic State.’” “I personally think that using the term ‘ISIL’ or ‘so-called’ would be better than what they currently do.”

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