Serdar Jalaloglu (Source: Trend.az)
YEREVAN (Panorama)—Chairman of the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan Sardar Jalaloglu has stated that Azerbaijan is the homeland of the so-called Islamic State (IS). While Western powers and more recently Russia lead a campaign against the terrorist group in Syria and Iraq, Modern.az reports on the proud statement by Jalaloglu.
Jalaloglu reportedly told the website that the IS is actually connected with Azerbaijan. He said that the principles and activities of the IS are not new, and that they appeared in Islam 1,000 years ago as a movement of assassins during Hassan-i Sabbah’s rule.
Jalaloglu notes that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the current leader of the IS, appropriated Hassan-i Sabbah’s ideology.
“Azerbaijan is the historical homeland of the IS. As in the first time, now again, the ideology of the IS was born in Azerbaijan. The ideology of the Khurramites movement, led by Babak, and of Koroghlu’s movement is the same as that of the IS today. The aim of those movements is to restore justice with the help of violence. Today, too, the majority of the IS leaders are Azerbaijanis,â€
