https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/aug/23/morrissey-new-record-will-capture-the-zeitgeist-of-an-ever-changing-world

Now, that's a fair question.

Here are some ephemisms, any way to avoid naming the enemy:

1. Terrorist: Considering the last 20 years, this blurs the cause with historic incidents by anarchists and the IRA.

2. Militant: Confers a vague possibility of fighting for freedom.

3. Fundamentalist. Avoids naming the religion's actual definition.

4. Insurgent. Like Militant, this euphemism implies a reasonable opposition.

5. Extremist. Incomplete term with no subject. Extreme what?

What ever you do, don't say the M word that is the lowest common denominator of the 5 groups.

...this is pop eating itself?

:o

He has a right to say something, surely!??!

Here's another way the media get to avoid the M word: Rohingya.