http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/article/security_briefings/080508 Comments for "A language sea change?, Jessica Loudis " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/article/security_briefings/080508 <a href="http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Emerging_Threats/Analysis/2008/05/06/analysis_us_drops_islam_in_terror_talk/9370/">According to documents </a>recently published by the National Counter-Terrorism Center, a US agency responsible for coordinating the government response to terrorism, officials are now being asked to stop using terminology that could &quot;unintentionally legitimate terrorism,&quot; and reorient their vocabulary away from language that might frame radicals in a sympathetic light. This entails ceasing to describe radical cells as either Islamic or Muslim, and also rejecting the term &quot;Islamist,&quot; which experts argue is confusing to the general public. Instead of using words such as jihad or mujahedin, which &quot;have positive connotations for Muslims,&quot; the report recommends replacing these terms with &quot;&#39;death cult,&#39; ‘cult-like,&#39; ‘sectarian cult,&#39; and ‘violent cultists&#39;&quot; as more accurate indicators of &quot;the ideology and methodology of al-Qaida and other terrorist groups.&quot;<strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span><span class="pullquote_new"><font color="#ffffff">Keep up to date with the latest developments and sharpest perspectives in a world of strife and struggle. &nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/article/security_briefings/080508" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/article/security_briefings/080508">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/article/security_briefings/080508#comment Creative Commons normal security briefings terrorism Thu, 08 May 2008 16:55:19 +0100 j_loudis 37967 at http://www.opendemocracy.net