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Cameron tells BBC to stop calling barbaric terror group ‘Islamic State’
David Cameron called on the BBC not to use the phrase ‘Islamic State’ when referring to the terror group operating in Iraq and Syria.
David Cameron called on the BBC not to use the phrase ‘Islamic State’ when referring to the terror group operating in Iraq and Syria.
The Prime Minister – who calls the group ‘ISIL’ – said Muslims would ‘recoil’ at the phrase being used to justify the ‘perversion of a great religion’.
He criticized BBC presenter John Humphreys for referring to the group as Islamic State.
During his interview on BBC Radio 4’s Today program, Mr. Cameron referred to the group as ‘ISIL’.