Statements [Revealing anti-Islamic acts of the Shah's regime]

The reasons behind the regime's opposition to Islam
" If they were not against Islam, they would not burn the Qur'an. When the heads of the Intelligence Organization and the Police Force «2» ordered copies of the Qur'an to be set on fire, prayer texts to be trampled and sent the police forces to the roofs to hit tullab and clergymen on the head with bricks, are these not signs of opposition to the holy religion of Islam? All these will be judged someday. I know how to deal with them if I live long enough. «3»
In fact, scrolls have been written in the provinces and brought to Qum for the same reason. Of course, we were quite grateful to see people in the provinces collaborate with us on the issue of religion. This is all the fault of the country's Shah, for he cannot rule the country properly. Of course, he has an excuse for that: he has usurped the sovereignty, and anything, which is usurped, will soon be lost. Anyway, this is irrelevant now; let him have his sovereignty! What we say is why he does things against the religion. The Shah intends to promote secularism as his father did. We advised them many times that these acts entail no good consequences, but nobody lent an ear to me. Now that they do not pay any attention, we will overthrow the opponents of the religion with the help of God; in any position they may be; whether the Shah of the country or the government. We want to stop prostitution. The religion of the country is Shi`ism and such abominable acts should not take place in it. Either we will be killed in this struggle and our rightfulness will be proved, and then people will revolt and kill the opponents, or we will destroy secularism. We are not afraid anymore of guns, rifles and bayonets. We have also sent missionaries to the provinces, towns and villages to tell the people of the truth and to make them prepared. Even if they prevent the preachers from speaking on the pulpits in the mosques, they will hold sessions in the houses and say what they meant to say".