International community should not use the word "Islamic" when referring to IS group, Russian council of muftis says

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Thursday 05 Mar 2015 - 11:52 Makkah mean time-14-5-1436 International community should not use the word "Islamic" when referring to IS group, Russian council of muftis Abbyasov says Moscow, (IINA) - The international community should not use the word "Islamic" when referring to the militant group ISIS, said the first deputy chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia, Rushan Abbyasov, Radio free Europe international news reported. Abbyasov said that leaders of the Council of Muftis of Russia had joined representatives of several Arab countries in calling for the use of the word "Islamic" to be dropped when referring to IS in the media and elsewhere in public discourse. Abbyasov made his comments in a live interview with Russia's Vesti FM radio station ahead of a meeting in Moscow with diplomatic representatives of Yemen, Iraq, Palestine, Kuwait, Algeria, Jordan, and Sudan, RIA Novosti reported on March 3. "We have arrived at this idea, that today we can try to neutralize these groups ideologically. At the minimum, we should remove the prefix 'Islamic' [from Islamic State]," Abbyasov was quoted as saying. Abbyasov said he believed that dropping the term "Islamic" from the name of the militant group would have a significant impact. He noted, “If the international community would not call them 'Islamic' then, they can be destroyed ideologically”. Abbyasov's comments come amid increasing concerns in Russia about the threat posed by IS to the country's security. SM/IINA