Maryam Rajavi:Iran, the Islamic State, and the Perversion of Islam

Maryam Rajavi is the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, which seeks the establishment of a democratic, secular, and non-nuclear Iran.

Maryam Rajavi is the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran

The breed of extremism that we face today is a lethal cocktail of medieval barbarism and modern-day fascism. It is a worldview that shuns political tolerance, promotes misogyny, and, of course, glorifies violence. This specific brand pursues the implementation of Sharia and its draconian punishments. It has never had any connections to Islam, and there is clearly no place in the modern world for such a worldview.
There is considerable evidence that the regime in Tehran has armed and financed Sunni extremists at various times and locations. Not only is Iran a long-standing sponsor of Hamas, but also as US Secretary of State John Kerry said recently, "ISIS was created by Assad releasing 1,500 prisoners from jail, and Maliki releasing 1,000 people in Iraq who were put together as a force of terror. "Tehran is the known puppet-master of both.
 http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2014/12/15/iran-islamic-state-and-perversion-islam-0