UK lingerie shop says sorry over Isis underwear

A British adult retailer has apologised after launching a range of lingerie named Isis – but said it did not support jihadists in Iraq and Syria and had no plans to withdraw the line. Ann Summers’ Isis range includes lacy black and white bras, thongs and suspenders and is for sale online and in its shops, which number over 100 across Britain. The retailer –which also stocks sex toys, bondage gear and fancy dress – named the range after the ancient Egyptian goddess of fertility. But it shares its name with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the militant group now known as the Islamic State (IS). A spokeswoman for Ann Summers said that names for its ranges are chosen months before their launch. The Sunni fighters belonging to the IS have occupied a swathe of land in Syria and Iraq and are killing scores of non-Sunnis, including Shiites, Christians and Yazidis since they launched their offensives more than three months ago, according to a news agency.