Islamism is a religio-political ideology that strives to derive legitimacy from Islam. It is not a form of the Muslim faith or an expression of Muslim piety, but rather a political ideology that emphasizes the implementation of sharia, pan-Islamic political unity, the creation of Islamic states, and rejection of non-Muslim influences, particularly Western or universal economic, military, political, social, or cultural. Islamism is based on the conviction that the world religion of Islam should also rule social life and the political order or regulate at least part of it, which is in clear contradiction to the principles of the sovereignty of the people, the separation of state and religion, freedom of expression, and general equal rights. Islamists tend to be anti-Semitic, anti-Israeli, and anti-American due to their distorted view of Jews role in the United States. They also tend to be anti-capitalist because they believe that capitalism originates from the West, and many of them believe that "Jews invented capitalism" and therefore see capitalism as doubly evil. Jihadist groups like Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda consider terrorist violence used against "nonbelievers" and supposedly corrupt regimes to be indispensable in their fight for a "theocracy".