{"id":154851,"date":"2024-03-28T08:05:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T12:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=154851"},"modified":"2024-03-25T20:29:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T00:29:32","slug":"intelligence-community-informed-that-jihadist-is-problematic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=154851","title":{"rendered":"Intelligence community informed that “Jihadist” is problematic"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The chief editor for “The Dive”, a newsletter for the intelligence community, seeks to change the words used to describe individuals. The chief editor was motivated to address using “the correct words” because of high attrition rate of minority officers in the intelligence community. Specifically, this individual had issues with the way certain groups of people in foreign countries are described. For example, this editor felt that “Jihadist” and “Extremism” to describe radical Muslim groups was “problematic.”<\/p>\n

From The Dive:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

(U) Q: What are some examples of commonly used terms or phrases you are seeking to change in your language guide?<\/p>\n

(U) A: Some of the problematic phrases include, but are not limited to: “Salafi-Jihadist,” “Jihadist,” “Islamic-Extremist,” “Sunni\/Shia-Extremism,” and “Radical Islamists.” These terms incorrectly suggest that Islamic beliefs somehow condone the actions and rhetoric espoused by these foreign terrorist organizations. We recommend identifying individuals and groups based on the foreign terrorist organization they are a part of and the region where they operate. If the individuals are based within the US, it is acceptable to identify them as Homegrown Violent Extremists (HVEs) while ensuring there is no reference to the problematic terms. Overall, it is encouraged to identify them for who the are-international terrorism extremists, or violent extremists-and explicitly state that they manipulate and distort Islam to wrongly justify violence. In cases where none of these substitute phrases are amenable, we recommend a word that many Islamic scholars, public leaders, and academics use to accurately identify extremists: Khawarij.<\/p>\n

(U) The term Khawarij means “outsiders” and references a group of individuals in Islamic history who rebelled against Ali ibn Abi Talib-one of the rightly guided caliphs after the Prophet Muhammad’s passing-during the Battle of Siffin in 657. The Khawarij assassinated Ali; they branded Muslims as disbelievers if they did not adhere to the Khawarij’s extremists views; and committed heinous atrocities against men, women, and children through torture, beheadings, and sheer carnage. In the Hadith-the documented sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad-the Prophet foreshadowed the emergence of the Khawarij, calling them the worst in mankind. Sounds familiar, right? The rhetoric and actions of the Khawarij are identical to the narrative and violence we see with today’s international terrorism threat landscape.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Daily Wire provides an article on this topic<\/a>, and the newsletter can be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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