Quote Originally Posted by Husar View Post
Wrong topic, that article is about ISIL and this thread is about ISIS.

(What I actually want to ask is, which is it now?)
The choice between the words of "Levant" or "Syria" depends on how you translate the Arabic, geographical phrase "al-Sham", which literally means the Asiatic coast of the East Mediterrenean. I prefer the term ISIS, as the name of an Egyptian godess sounds significantly cooler than two, random syllabes.

Then, after the declaration of the Chaliphate they renamed themselves to just Islamic State. I still preferred the Ottoman Sultans, though. Much more intruiging, not to mention that Abdul Hamit has the extra advantage of being hated by the entire Balkan Penninsula.