This is a legitimate question. I've always heard them called Hindu/Indian-Arab Numerals, and I've never heard of complaints about this before this thread.
I'm just trying to find out who this is offending or why it's problematic phrasing.
You say this like I made these cultural choices on how to name these things.
I'm not conflation "Persian" with "Arabic". I wouldn't call an Iranian a Saudi anymore than I'd call an Indian a Pakistani. But the widespread adoption of the numbers and their naming happened during times when people modern nomenclature hadn't taken hold.
I didn't write this article, so I'm not the only person in the world making these assumptions. I understand that there are some weird problematic names that still exist for common objects, but this is genuinely something I'd just assumed most people accepted as the name, especially in the West.
I'm just trying to find out who this is offending or why it's problematic phrasing.