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human
ELI5: Why have governments, particularly in Western Europe such as in the UK, stopped using the term ISIL (until recently the UK Govs preferred term) and suddenly switched to using Daesh?

I think that by changing terms for seemingly inexplicable reason could help create a confused message.

I've not seen any explanation of this change and wondered if anyone knew why.
gpt
"Islamic State", or other terms including that, is what they want to be called. It implies they are both Islamic and a state.

The UK government does not acknowledge them as a state. And they also want to push the idea that they are not really Islamic, to stop people jumping to the conclusion that all Muslims are like them.

Daesh was created as a derogatory term for them which doesn't acknowledge them as a state or Islamic (at least not in English).