[Alupis]

Wow, didn't know that actually.

My question would be -- why are people allowing them to call themselves "Islamic State" then? Why not just go on calling them ISIS or something that does not de-legitimize already existing and legitimate governments? I mean, people in this thread are already starting to jump on the band-wagon and label all "Islamic States" as extremists... when that is not the case.

[sp332]

Oh yeah, it's been almost a month now. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/06/isil-declar... I'm not sure why they "get away" with it, probably because western media doesn't get the significance of the term.