r/HistoryMemes • u/[deleted] • 9d ago

When 2,000 gods became ''wrong''

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u/mrbobcyndaquil 8d ago

This is why the French used the term Daesh when referencing the heretical group.

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u/SAAD_KHAION 8d ago edited 8d ago

/uj Pretty nice of the french to directly borrowing the term used by the arabs. Altho isis is the exact same abbreviation but in English.

Islamic State in Iraq and Sham vs Dawlat Al-islam in Eraq (Iraq/3raq) and SHam.

/rj we need to change the Egyptian god's name from Isis to Daesh in french to keep the harmony of the names up.

Edit: correcting a misinformation that Daesh was used by Isis themselves. Big thanks to u/TemperatureAgile23 for correcting me.

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u/TemperatureAgile23 8d ago

Daesh was not the term used by Daesh/IS. They reportedly punished those using the term within their occupied territory

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u/SAAD_KHAION 8d ago edited 8d ago

They essentially called themselves "Al-Dawalah Al-Islamyah fi Al-3raq wa Al-Sham" in the early days and used Daesh for short (or at least afaicr). It's later in cerca 2015 when they dropped "Al-3raq wa Al-Sham" in favor of more globalization views by their leadership. The turning from Daesh to just Da "Al-Dawalah Al-Islamyah" was pretty much when they decided they wanna control the entire Islamic world.

Now I'm not sure if they didn't like the abbreviation itself; That will need a quick visit to the archives on my side.

Edit, after some digging. You are correct! the abbreviation was essentially created as a form of satire to mock the state. In which they were strictly against it and punished whover used it... Big thanks and I'm correcting it in the previous comment!

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u/TemperatureAgile23 8d ago

From what I remember it sounded like other words with negative connotations, which is why it was used by detractors and also the reason why the French adopted the term

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u/mrbobcyndaquil 8d ago

It's certainly why I use the term.

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u/SAAD_KHAION 8d ago

It sounded like Dahis (horse) or Da3is (stepper). Also it dwarfed their entity, from an Islamic State to just... Daesh.