In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Problems of the Muslims
Before anything else, I would like to thank all of you of this respected group who are in the service of Islam and have come here to meet me. And I pray to God for your success and the success of all the Muslims for the realization of the aspirations of Islam; and I implore God to enable us to succeed in what the Qur'an, the honorable Prophet, and the Imams of the Muslims have wanted us to practice.
We have certain problems one set of problems concerns Iran, one set of problems concerns all the Muslims and yet one set of problems are with regard to the governments who rule over the Muslims. The problems of Iran are concerned with the obstacles that were placed to hinder the spread of Islam and the salvation of the Islamic nation. By the will of God and the valiant efforts of all believers, we smashed the barrier and cleared all the obstacles. However, we now have other problems, because all the organizations of those who went away were un-Islamic and evil; and with a lot of effort we need to convert, these organizations into Islamic structures. I pray to God to grant us success in our efforts to establish Islam the way it is.
More important than these are the problems that are faced by Muslim nations and governments. Throughout history, there has been concerted propaganda to create division among the Muslim nations who are spread far and wide in various territories. In order to cause disunity among Muslims, who are spread all over the world and number about one billion, there has been publicity in order not to allow the creation of unity of expression. This propaganda has resulted in the alienation of brothers and establishment of various nations; and things that were inconsequential at the advent of Islam are to be propounded in order to divide and weaken them. Worse than this, is the problem of governments. During the Ottoman era, when Muslims had a relatively strong government, and were a power that would sometimes take on Japan and the Soviet Union and defeat them, and the Muslims were the cause of fear for foreigners, unfortunately, because of the very fact that the foreigners were afraid of this unity, when they triumphed in the first World War, they carved the Ottoman empire up and appointed a person for each place and made efforts to make these governments become inimical with each other, because they knew that if the Muslims, with these resources and populations, were to unite, it would not be pleasant for America and the West and perhaps the Muslims would have threatened them. For this reason, they created conflicts among the governments; and these people were their agents.
The dominance of foreigners, the greatest evil
Today, there is a bigger danger. Previously, they were afraid of the unity of Muslims; but this was a hypothetical problem not a real one. Today, with trust in God, Iran has revolted, and they discovered and felt and at the same time witnessed, how a nation having no weaponry, armed with the power of Islam and faith and unity of expression, defeated the devils who were fully equipped and in possession of modern weapons and who were fully backed by the great powers such as America and England, who were not able to keep the Shah in power. They sensed the power of unity of expression. Previously it was theoretical but now it is conscientious and palpable. For this reason, now they have mobilized their forces even more in order to create disputes in Iran. In Kurdistan, in Balouchistan, all over Khouzestan, they want to sow the seeds of discord on various pretexts. And, this is the very reason that they strive to ensure that no unity of expression is attained among the Muslim brethren, and the reason that they compel governments even to fight each other, and they install their supporters in Islamic countries. The big problem is that our governments do not let unity be realized, and want to secure their own interests.
For the reason that you want to obey the commandments of God, you should undertake to prohibit evil, the greatest evil, which is the domination of foreigners over us. You must forbid this evil. You should warn the governments to desist from conflict with one another and with the nation, and instead not show kindness toward the enemies of Islam whom God has commanded not to befriend. Now, there is no greater evil except for the one that has jeopardized the interests of the Muslims. This is the duty of all of you who want to serve God; all of us must condemn this enmity and make Islamic unity our slogan. With unity, and being under the banner of" There is no god, save Allah," we shall triumph.
Key to victory
Until the Muslims do not discover the secret of what happened in Iran, they shall not become victorious. The nation of Iran became united, and together with one voice, wanted Islam and the Republic of Islam. Moreover, when all became united; God granted them victory. If only the Muslims discover this secret, and if this great nation congregates together, they are a power above the powers; because in addition to natural resources, they have the spiritual power that includes faith in God and the Messenger which if combined will become a power above them. However, unfortunately, admonitions are rarely effective.
It is almost twenty years since I have been advising the Arab countries to get together and banish this source of corruption. If Israel becomes powerful, it will not be content with Bayt al-Muqaddas alone; but unfortunately, advice does not seem to work on them. I implore God to awaken the Muslims.
May God's peace, mercy, and blessings be upon you.