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  2. Name changes due to the Islamic State - Wikipedia

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    Version 0.3 of Linux distribution elementary OS — originally to be named as Isis but was renamed as Freya, a Norse goddess. [1]A mobile banking app previously known as ISIS changed its name to Softcard in 2014, stating "We have no desire to share a name with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and our hearts go out to those affected by this violence".

  3. Names of the Islamic State - Wikipedia

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    The New York Times uses "Islamic State", choosing to explain it in context. [8] The Guardian, and its sister paper The Observer, uses "Islamic State" at first mention and "ISIS" thereafter. [21] (It does not uppercase acronyms). [22] It chose "ISIS" over "ISIL" as being more usual in British media. [23]

  4. Abu Omar al-Shishani - Wikipedia

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    His mother was a Kist—an ethnic Chechen subgroup from Georgia's Pankisi Gorge—of the Mastoy clan. His father, Teimuraz Batirashvili was an ethnic Georgian Orthodox Christian. [3] [17] [18] Batirashvili grew up in the largely Kist-populated Muslim village of Birkiani, in the Pankisi Gorge in an impoverished region of northeast Georgia. He ...

  5. Hurricane committee removes 'Isis' from future hurricane names

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  6. List of historical states of Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Kingdom of Abkhazia Theme of Iberia Duchy of Kldekari Unification of the Georgian realm Kingdom of Georgia Duchy of Racha Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti Byzantine–Georgian wars Great Turkish Invasion Georgian–Seljuk wars Georgian Golden Age Mongol invasions of Georgia Kingdom of Eastern Georgia Kingdom of Western Georgia Armenia within the ...

  7. Georgian scripts - Wikipedia

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    Of the three scripts, Mkhedruli, once the official script of the Kingdom of Georgia and mostly used for the royal charters, is now the standard script for modern Georgian and its related Kartvelian languages, whereas Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri are used only by the Georgian Orthodox Church, in ceremonial religious texts and iconography. [1]

  8. Tama-Re - Wikipedia

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    Farther back, up on the rise, is a recognizable one, Isis, with ebony skin and her winged arms spread. No level of expectation can dilute the surprise—you can't believe what you're seeing. Tama-Re, Egypt of the West, has that Magic Kingdom quality. [5] In 2001, the Religious Movements Homepage Project at the University of Virginia reported on ...

  9. Outrage after Obama compares ISIS to the Crusades in ... - AOL

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    Several people pointed out the Crusades happened 800-1,000 years ago. "When you have to go back that far for an example, you've made the point that Christianity doesn't engage in such behavior," R ...