Quotes of the day 8th July 2015

"I've been encouraged over the past week to hear an increasing number of MPs from across the House of Commons refer to 'DAESH' when referring to the group previously called by nearly everyone 'Islamic State.'

"Speaking on the Today programme on Monday, The Prime Minister told listeners that he wished that the BBC would stop referring to the terrorist organisation thought to be responsible" (for the Tunisian massacre) "as 'Islamic State', “because it is not an Islamic state”.

“What it is” he said, “is an appalling barbarous regime that is a perversion of the religion of Islam and many Muslims listening to this programme will recoil every time they hear the words.”

"I could not agree more."

"The use of terminology such as Islamic State, ISIL and ISIS gives a veneer of authority to what is a terrorist organisation. This group is not a recognised state, is categorically not Islamic, and has no support from our Muslim community, who all believe that actions like last week’s senseless shootings in Tunisia are despicable."

"It is important to note in this context that the majority of Arabic speakers in the Middle East now use the word DAESH."

(Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh MP, SNP spokesperson on Trade and Investment, in articles in The National and The Independent.)

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