Message [The need to support the combatant Muslims in the war with Israel]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

Considering the present conditions and circumstances, I request all Muslims to repose their trust in God and, while observing Qur'anic precepts, join battle alongside the armies that are now the defending Palestine, and lay no store on their lives and possessions in the defense and liberation of that occupied land.

All Muslims, particularly the heads and leaders of Islamic countries, are duty-bound to close their ranks and fight imperialism and Zionism, and strike at American interests. They must also do their utmost in serving the Muslim people.

I would like to express my gratitude to the Iraqi and other Arab governments whose armies are fighting, for all they are worth, this war of destiny against Israel on the Egyptian and Syrian fronts.

In this blessed month of Ramadan, I beseech God to Whom belongs all honor and glory, to free the Muslims from the clutches of the imperialists and their camp-followers, and cut off the hands of their vile hirelings who are trifling with the Muslim countries.

Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini