January 17, 2008
In other news, the Nazis will now be called "anti-Germans"
Terrorism by Muslim fanatics was yesterday re-named "anti-Islamic activity" by Jacqui Smith.The Home Secretary said that - rather than acting in the name of Islam - they were behaving contrary to their faith.
Her words were chosen carefully to reflect new Government strategy on the language used to describe fanatics.
Security officials believe that directly linking terrorism to Islam is inflammatory, and risks alienating mainstream Muslim opinion.
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The strategy emerging across Government is to portray terrorists as nothing more than cold-blooded murderers who are not fighting for any religious cause.
Al Qaeda-inspired terrorism is instead being described by key figures as "more like a death cult".
Maybe Scientology has something to do with it.
Damian P.
Posted by damian at January 17, 2008 05:04 PM