Police [in Britain] consider dropping terms 'Islamist terror' or 'jihadi' because they 'don't help community relations'[.]
If a "community" is offended by those terms they aren't any community the police should want to treat with deference.
And for non-Moslems, doesn't the refusal to use specific terms for a minority of nutball killers just give that public the idea that jihadis represent all Moslems?
What's really funny is that the term the National Association of Muslim Police suggests for jihadis is the Arabic word "irhabi," which translates as--wait for it!--"terrorist."
Perhaps British police could spend a little more time fighting Islamist terrorists rather than going through verbal gymnastics to disguise the fact that they have a problem with Islamist terrorists.
Are the British that far from my ancient "happy Islamist friends" suggestion? (Use the find feature to get down to the November 1 post.)
Tip to Stephen Green.
