In His Most Exalted Name
Jamadi ath-Thani 28,1392 AH
The Muslim students residing in America and Canada, may Allah always assist them:
Your respected letter arrived. The indefatigable struggles and efforts of you, enlightened Muslim youth, along the path of proper understanding of Islam and discerning the truth of the Holy Qur'an brings hope and joys for the vigilant Muslims. While acknowledging the spirit of Islam and of quest for truth of you, zealous and faithful youth, I deem it necessary to mention that in treading this noble path, you will incur many hardships and dangers, and the hidden hands of the enemies Islam from every direction will try to prevent you from reaching your goal.
The agents and hands of imperialism who know that when the nations, especially the young educated generation, become familiar with the lofty principles of Islam, definitely the imperialists will fall and be destroyed and the severance of their hands from the interests of the colonized nations and countries, have resorted to sabotage. By poisoning and tainting the minds and ideas of the youth, they try to hinder the manifestation of the splendorous countenance of Islam. By means of deceitful titles and colorful schools they mislead our youth. In your research and study of the truths of Islam in the political, economic, social, and other fields, it is necessary for you young Muslims to consider the validities of Islam and not to overlook the distinctions which separate Islam from the other schools of thought. Be careful not to confuse the deliverance-bestowin ordinances of the Holy Qur'an and Islam with the wrong and misleading schools which are mere products of the human mind.
You must bear in mind that so long as the nation of Islam is attached to the imperialist schools of thought or compares the divine laws with them and put them side by side, it will never attain peace and freedom. These different schools of thought offered to the Muslims from the left and right are merely for the purpose of leading them astray; the desire is to keep the Muslims abject, humiliated, backward, and enslaved forever, and to keep them away from the liberating teachings of the Noble Qur'an. The left and right imperialists have agreed to struggle hand in hand to destroy the Islamic nation and Muslim countries, repress nations, and plunder their enormous capital and natural resources.
Israel was originated through the conspiracy and collaboration of the imperialist countries of the East and the West. It was created to suppress and colonize the Muslim nations. Today it is supported by all imperialists. By strengthening Israel militarily and politically and through the supply of lethal weapons, Britain and America encourage and incite it to commit continuous aggressions against the Arabs and Muslims, and to perpetuate its occupation of Palestine and other Muslim lands. The Soviet Union, by preventing the Muslims to become equipped and armed and through deceit, betrayal and policy of compromise, guarantees the existence of Israel. If only the Islamic countries and Muslim nations- instead of relying on the Eastern and Western Blocs- relied on Islam, set before their eyes the luminous and deliverance-bestowin teachings of the Holy Qur'an, and acted upon them, today they would not have been victims of the Zionist aggressions, be frightened by the American Phantom (jets) and subdued by the compromising inclination and Satanic trickeries of the Soviet Union.
The Muslim governments' drifting away from the Holy Qur'an has brought the nation of Islam to this gloomy and deplorable condition, and subjected the fate of the Muslim nations and countries to the compromising politics of the left and right imperialists.
It is necessary for you, deserving youth of Islam- who are the hope of the Muslims- to enlighten the nations; to expose the sinister and destructive plans of the imperialists; to be more serious in the study of Islam; to learn and act upon the teachings of the Holy Qur'an; and to struggle with utmost sincerity in the publication, propagation and introduction of Islam to other nations as well as in the promotion of the lofty ideals of Islam. Exert more efforts for the implementation of the Islamic government and the study of its entailing issues. Reform and purify yourselves; be united and organized, and tighten your ranks. Produce more supporters and devotees. Do not neglect exposing the plots of the tyrannical regime of Iran against Islam and the Muslims. Let the world hear the cries of your suffering brothers and Muslims of Iran and be sympathetic with them. Condemn the atrocities, murders, law-violations, and other crimes which are committed unabatedly in Iran. By the help of God, may the doors be opened for the independence and freedom of the Islamic nation and the elimination of oppression of the tyrannical regimes and servants of imperialism, and the threats posing against Islam and the Muslims be eradicated. Extend my greetings to all who struggle for Islam and in the way of Islam. May God's peace and mercy be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini