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The international community must realize that the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group serves an anti-Islamic movement that has nothing to do with Islam, an activist tells Press TV.

“ISIL itself is internalizing Islamophobia by creating otherness within the family of Islam,” Massoud Shadjareh, head of the Islamic Human Rights Commission from London, said in an interview with Press TV, adding that this is a “double-edge” being played against the Muslim community.

“The reality is that even the name, sort of associating Islam and state with this group, actually itself creates that perception that all these barbaric acts are being done in the name of Islam and in the name of Islamic state and we need to find a different way of actually calling these barbaric head choppers,” he stated.

Shadjareh also noted that the “international community must know very clearly that all the Muslim community is dissociating itself from this barbaric ideology.”

The activist added that the Muslim community needs to dissociate itself from ISIL in a way that “no one is left under any illusion.”

The comments come as Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei warned Monday against enemy plots aimed at spreading Islamophobia.

The Leader said the enemies promote Islamophobia by creating armed groups that massacre civilians in the name of Islam.

The ISIL Takfiri terrorists, who are currently wreaking havoc on Iraq and Syria, have been committing heinous crimes in the areas they have taken, including mass execution of civilians as well as army troops and officers.