West Midlands Police Officers Guilty Of Drugs Offences

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-41015691

[FinnyMick]

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AOG - //I was under the impression that Islamists do represent Islam, why else are they called Islamists? //

Islam - Islam

noun: Islam
the religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah.
the Muslim world.

Islamist -

noun
noun: Islamist; plural noun: Islamists
an advocate or supporter of Islamic militancy or fundamentalism.
"radical Islamists"
adjective
adjective: Islamist
relating to, advocating, or supporting Islamic militancy or fundamentalism.
"hardline Islamist groups"

Hope this helps.

18:41 Thu 24th Aug 2017



Loving this completely unnecessary master class in hair splitting.

[andy-hughes]

FinnyMick - It's not 'hair splitting - the two terms mean different things, and I am pointing out that difference.

People accepting lazy interpretations of terminology is what leads to paediatricians having their cars and houses attacked by brain-dead vigilantes who don't know what a dictionary is.

[anotheoldgit]

And if one looks further in a dictionary one would find the use of the letters ist

-ist. a suffix of nouns, often corresponding to verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism, that denote a person who practices, is expert in, or is concerned with something, or holds certain principles, doctrines, etc.: apologist; machinist; novelist; socialist; Thomist.

And in other dictionaries

Cambridge Dictionary
Islamist:

/// a person who believes strongly in Islam, especially one who believes that Islam should influence political systems ///

Collins English Dictionary

/// An Islamist is someone who believes strongly in Islamic ideas and laws. ///

Seems to me that covers most who follow the Islamic faith.

[FinnyMick]

I think I heard that AH purports to write for a living.

May account for his verbosity. ( Is that a real word) ?

[andy-hughes]

FinnyMick - // I think I heard that AH purports to write for a living. //

I don't 'purport' to do anything.

// May account for his verbosity. //

Who can say?

// ( Is that a real word) ? //

Yes, it is.

[andy-hughes]

AOG - //And if one looks further in a dictionary one would find the use of the letters ist

-ist. a suffix of nouns, often corresponding to verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism, that denote a person who practices, is expert in, or is concerned with something, or holds certain principles, doctrines, etc.: apologist; machinist; novelist; socialist; Thomist.

And in other dictionaries

Cambridge Dictionary
Islamist:

/// a person who believes strongly in Islam, especially one who believes that Islam should influence political systems ///

Collins English Dictionary

/// An Islamist is someone who believes strongly in Islamic ideas and laws. ///

Seems to me that covers most who follow the Islamic faith. //

In modern media parlance, an Islamist is an extremist, and I think you know that as well as I do.

The word 'terrorist' is not confined to extremist Muslim fanatics, but such is the perceived connection, that when the media say 'terrorist', it is accepted that they mean ISID supporters, or similar fanatics, even though the strict definition of the term 'terrorist' is not limited to them.

Are we done with the semantics argument now?

[andy-hughes]

ISIS - typo, apologies.