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as fahish (a sinner); and best of all for those who despise the organisation’s particular brand of Islam, is that it rhymes with and sounds a bit like jahesh, meaning ‘stupid ass’. In Arabic culture, this is quite a serious insult, one which simultaneously demeans the subject and reduces its power to instil fear.
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