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On the recordSeptember 21, 2016
I am not going to say that Daesh is Islamic. There is neither a State, nor they are Islamic.
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Peter King
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Rejecting the label of Islamic for ISIS, emphasizing their criminal nature.

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