You may have heard of the Australian district named Isis, which has been in the news a lot recently after vowing not to change their name. They have, of course, reiterated that they are in no way linked to Daesh which is often called ISIS—although that should be obvious given that the region has had the name for generations.
Local shops also use “Isis” in their names, and the local community has been praised for deciding not to bow down to any pressure to change. One example of this pressure was in the case of a local rugby league team named the Isis Devils.
The Isis Devils made it to a local grand final last year and were asked to change their name because the game would be televised. They refused, with club spokesperson Kevin Grant saying “we’re quite happy to wear this.”
Grant also expressed his desire for Isis to outlive Daesh, saying, “In the next six months they might not exist, with a bit of luck.”
It is said that rumors fly around in Isis about intelligence agencies listening in on conversations about the club, although former Isis mayor Bill Trevor told ABC that “if they’ve been tapping conversations [...] it would be pretty boring lately, talking about football.”
