In UK, Police may drop term ‘Islamist’ when describing terror attacks
The police are looking at dropping the terms “Islamist terrorism” and “jihadis” when describing attacks by those who claim Islam as their motive. Proposed alternatives include “faith-claimed terrorism”, “terrorists abusing religious motivations” and “adherents of Osama bin Laden’s ideology”. The reform was requested by a Muslim police organisation that blamed the official use of “Islamist”…