INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The UAE has called on United Nations organizations to stop using the term ‘Islamic State& when referring to Daesh, during the UN Security
Council in New York, arguing that the extremists should not be associated with the religion.UAE Ambassador and Deputy Permanent
Representative and Chargé d&Affaires, Mohamed Abushahab said in his address that organizations should not &permit Daesh and other groups to
hijack a religion of tolerance and give credence to their pretenses,& Arab News reported Thursday.There is nothing Islamic about terrorism,&
he added.Abushahab&s statement came as the UN recognized that the threat posed by Daesh and its affiliates remained &global and
evolving&.Daesh and its affiliates continue to exploit conflict dynamics, governance fragilities and inequality to incite, plan and organize
terrorist attacks,& said UN counter-terrorism chief Vladimir Voronkov, as he presented the Secretary-General&s fifteenth report.Abushahab
stressed that the fight against terrorism went beyond Daesh, as the &fight against Al-Qaeda remains a global priority& especially after
''the organization enters a leadership vacuum, following the death of Ayman Al-Zawahiri,& Arab News reported.The post UAE urges UN to drop
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