the government’s decision to abandon the ‘aggressive rhetoric’ of the so-called war on terror, the guide tells civil servants not to use terms such as Islamist extremism or jihadi-fundamentalist but instead to refer to violent extremism and criminal murderers or thugs to avoid any implication that there is an explicit link between Islam and terrorism.
Heaven forbid anyone might draw a link between Islamism and terrorism. Read Melanie Phillips, Slouching towards dhimmocracy.
That’s my vote lost, then. Whom do I vote for now?
