EU Correctness

The EU is putting together its own official list of "incorrect" words and what they should be replaced by. Excerpt:

"European governments should shun the phrase "Islamic terrorism" in favour of "terrorists who abusively invoke Islam", say guidelines from EU officials. Backed by diplomats and civil servants from the 25 EU members, the officials are drafting a "non-emotive lexicon for discussing radicalisation" to be submitted to Tony Blair and other leaders in June..... An EU official said: "The basic idea behind it is to avoid the use of improper words that would cause frustration among Muslims and increase the risk of radicalisation"."

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We also read:

"Omar Faruk, a Muslim British barrister who has advised the government on community issues, said there was a strong need for a "new sort of political dialogue and terminology". Asked about the phrase "Islamic terrorism", he said: "Those words cannot sit side by side. Islam is actually very much against any form of terrorism ... Islam in itself means peace."

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I guess all those Muslims dancing in the streets in Kuwait, the Palestinian teritories and elsewhere at the time of the 9/11 attacks must have been a figment of my imagination.

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