"From 1994 to 2014 satellite television and high-speed Internet has spread "hate speech" against both Sunni and Shia.Fundamentalist Sunni clerics have popularized slurs against Shia such as "Safawis" (from the Safavid empire, thus implying their being an Iranian agents), or even worse "rafidha" (rejecters of the faith), and "majus" (Zoroastrian or crypto Persian).