https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2008/06/02/on-jihad-maybe-state-had-a-point/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 10:51:47 -0400<![CDATA[Not long ago, the State Department issued a directive to its personnel ending the use of the words &#8220;jihad&#8221; and &#8220;jihadi&#8221; in relation to terrorism. At the time, it appeared to be a way of making nice with moderate Muslims and separating radical Islamic terrorism from, well, radical Islam. Today, though, P. W. Singer and Elina Noor argue in the New York Times that calling a terrorist a &#8220;jihadi&#8221; pays him a high compliment and might even be seen as an acknowledgment by infidels of the rightness of the terrorist&#8217;s cause:]]>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:38:44 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2008/06/02/on-jihad-maybe-state-had-a-point-n155111