Since 9/11, the label "terrorism" has become a journalistic shorthand used to describe political violence by Muslim militant groups. The usage has sparked countless debate among media practitioners whether to be more nuanced or "call it as it is". Recently, a viral memo within Al-Jazeera's newsroom called for the staff to avoid several key words - among them the label "terrorist". We speak to Al-Jazeera to explore the semantics of this controversial word.

Aziff Azuddin contributed to this report.

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