Part 12
By Abu Umair al-Afghani
Second: Views from the Islamic World and Well-Known Muslim Scholars and Political Figures on Daesh
A. Iran
1. Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran, said at the UN General Assembly:
“Daesh is the result of America’s wrong policies and is America’s own creation.”
Date: September 24, 2014
2. Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s Foreign Minister, said in an interview with the BBC:
“Daesh is a product of instability in the region, created by America and its allies.”
Date: October 6, 2015
He repeated this point in many other speeches as well.
3. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said:
“Daesh was created by Israel and America in order to divide the Muslims.”
Date: September 21, 2014
4. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, former President of Iran, said:
“America and its allies are responsible for Daesh.”
Date: September 2014
B. Syria
1. Bashar al-Jaafari, Syria’s representative to the United Nations, said that Daesh was the creation of American intelligence and its allies.
Date: September 24, 2014
2. Bashar al-Assad, former President of Syria, said:
“Daesh is the product of American policy.”
Date: November 19, 2015
C. Iraq
1. Nouri al-Maliki, former Prime Minister of Iraq, said in public statements on June 15, 2014, that the fall of Mosul was an international conspiracy.
2. Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the highest religious authority in Iraq, said:
“The instability in Iraq and the emergence of Daesh were brought about by America and the Western powers.”
3. Sheikh Abdul Mahdi al-Karbala’i, a well-known preacher from Najaf, said:
“American support allowed Daesh to grow in Iraq.”
Date: June 25, 2014
D. Afghanistan
In an official statement, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) described Daesh as an American intelligence conspiracy designed to create division among Muslims.
E. Views of Scholars, Jihadi Movements, and Prominent Political Figures
1. Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the well-known scholar, said:
“What fuels Daesh is not religion, but Western support for Daesh and its backers.”
Date: March 15, 2015
Source: Official Al Jazeera report.
2. Sheikh Saleh al-Fawzan, the Saudi scholar, said:
“Daesh is strengthened by political conditions created through foreign intervention.”
Date: December 8, 2014
Source: Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
3. Rached Ghannouchi, the Tunisian scholar and thinker, said:
“American policies in the Middle East paved the way for Daesh.”
4. Sheikh Abdullah Boutaleb, the Moroccan scholar, said:
“Daesh is the product of political chaos that America fueled to serve its own interests.”
5. M.Fethullah Gülen, the Turkish scholar, said:
“Daesh is the result of America’s mistaken policies.”
6. Statement of Jabhat al-Nusra:
Daesh is a product of American intelligence.
7. Statement of Al Shabaab in Somalia:
The expansion of Daesh is linked to America’s strategic intervention.
8. Statement of Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir (JIJK):
Daesh is the result of America’s strategic mistakes.
9. Statement of Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP):
Daesh is an American political tool used to destabilize the region.
10. Statement of Harakat al-Ansar al-Islam in Iraq:
Daesh was created by Western powers.
11. Statement of Hamas in Palestine:
Daesh is an extremist and deviant group that has no connection with the principles of Islam and was created by Israel and America.
