In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
It is forty days now since our dear ones were killed and injured. For forty days the families of those killed in Faydiyyah Seminary has been mourning their beloved ones. Yesterday, Sayyid Younus Roudbari's «1» aged father came to visit me, while his face was distorted by the grief of this disaster. How can we console the bereaved mothers and grieved fathers? We have to offer our condolences to the Prophet of Islam (may God's salutations be upon him and his progeny) and the Imam of the Age (may God Almighty hasten his advent) . We were slapped on the face and lost our youth for the sake of those blessed saints. Our only `crime' was our support to Islam and the independence of Iran. We have been and are being insulted for the sake of Islam. We await imprisonment, torture and execution. Let the despotic regime do any inhuman acts, take our youth's lives, expel our patients from the hospitals, threaten us with death and dishonoring, destroy the religious schools and drive out the pigeons of the holy shrine of Islam leaving them homeless.
We have not been able to determine the number of those killed, injured and robbed in these forty days. We do not know yet how many are buried, how many are imprisoned and how many are in hiding, just as we do not know yet the number of those killed in Guharshad Mosque «2» whose corpses were carried in trucks.
The big problem is that when we refer to any of the departments they say that it has been ordered by His Majesty and they can do nothing about it. The Prime Minister, Qum governor and other officials, they all say it has been his Majesty's order! They say His Majesty ordered the crimes committed in the Faydiyyah Seminary; the patients have been expelled from the hospitals according to His Majesty's order. It is His Majesty's order that if we respond to Ayatullah Hakim's request, the commandos will be sent to our homes to kill us and plunder our houses as well as dissolute women to defame us. It is His Majesty's order to arrest tullab illegally and make them soldiers; it is His Majesty's order to assault a university and beat up the students. The functionaries attribute all of the law-breakings to the Shah. If this is true, we should bid farewell to Islam, Iran and the law; and if this is not true, they are falsely accusing the Shah of these offences, crimes and inhuman acts. Why does His Excellency not defend himself so that the people would know what they have to do with the government and know the true criminal to punish them at the right time?
I have repeatedly notified that this government «3» does not mean good and is against the laws of Islam. Its signs are now appearing one after another. The Ministry of Justice has revealed its opposition to the essential laws of Islam by dropping the prerequisites of being Muslim and male from the conditions for becoming a judge. From now on, the Jews, the Christians and the enemies of Islam may manipulate our reputations and lives. The ambition of this administration and some of its members is the elimination of Islam. The Muslims will not be living happily as long as this unruly and usurping administration is in office.
I do not know wither all these crimes and violence are for the oil of Qum and the seminaries should be sacrificed for oil; or it is for the sake of Israel and because they find us obstacles to signing agreements with the Israel in spite of other Islamic governments. In any way, we are to be destroyed. Islam, its laws and the jurists are to be sacrificed. The despotic regime assumes that they dissuade us by these inhuman acts and pressures from seeking our goals, which stop the oppression, offences and transgressions, protecting the rights of Islam and the nation, as well as the establishing social justice, which is the great aim of Islam. We are not afraid of the military service for the children of Islam. Let our youth go to the barracks to educate the soldiers and enlighten them. Let there be enlightened and free-minded persons among the soldiers so that Iran will attain freedom and glory, through the Will of God.
We know that the great officials of Iran, the venerable officers, the noble members of the army, share our ambitions and are ready to sacrifice their lives for the glory of Iran. I know that the conscientious officers do not approve these crimes and savagery. I am aware of the pressures they endure and regret it. I shake hands with them as a sign of fraternity and a pledge for saving Islam and Iran. I know that deep in their hearts, they are agonized for being submissive towards Israel and they will not consent Iran to be trampled under the boots of the Jews.
I announce to the heads of the Islamic countries, Arab and the non-Arab states that the `ulama' of Islam, the leaders of the religion, the religious nation of Iran and the noble members of the army are on brotherly terms with the Islamic governments. They share their gains and losses, hate and detest any agreements with Israel- the enemy of Islam and Iran. I openly express myself here:" Let the agents of Israel put an end to my life."
Now it is suitable that the Muslim nation- in Iran or abroad- commemorates the disaster brought upon Islam and the Islamic seminaries, on the 40 th day after this grave incident; and if the states do not prevent them, they can hold mourning sessions and curse those causing these catastrophes.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini