Speech [Mission of Islamic associations, Foreigners' intervention in turmoil's, Opponents of wilayat-e faqih]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

I am due to point out a few issues when universities are going to be opened. God willing, I will then highlight the details. Now that you gentlemen are members of the Islamic associations, the number of Muslims in universities should be higher than others. The others are in minority; that is, those who are deviant. Now that you represent Islamic universities and Islamic associations, I would like to advise you to perform the Islamic duties. No one will recognize Islamic unless we ourselves act upon the Islamic principles. It is not sufficient to claim we are Islamic. Likewise, Islamic Republic will not be accepted unless its content is also Islamic. It is unacceptable to claim that we are living in an Islamic country, while every part of it is non-Islamic. This will be a meaningless expression. This also applies to Islamic associations no matter where they are. Now, there are many Islamic associations either in universities or in other places. Perhaps many of the offices have these associations as well. The primary duty of those founding the associations is to follow the path of Islam and to act in accordance with the Islamic principles. Their conduct must be Islamic. They should have undergone self-discipline. If they are refined, God willing, they may succeed in being more rectified. If not, they should endeavor to edify their self. I mean they should adapt all their affairs to Islamic precepts and gain insight into Islamic precepts in all its dimensions as much as they can. For what has Islam come? What does it want to say? What kind of ideology is Islam? They should be able to differentiate between Islam and other schools that have their claims but are not real. Then, they can set to work.

Islamic activities in universities are much more delicate than in other places. That is to say, real human beings are made in universities. In later years, the destiny of our country is in the hands of those who graduate from universities. As you know, since the destiny of the country is in the hands of young people who are graduated from universities and engage in different activities, those struggling to sap the progress of the country are sensitive to university. They do not want our country to have useful universities. This is one question that should be given regard so that they will not be able to penetrate into Islamic associations and deviate the associations under the guise of Islamic associations. The foreigners who want to take away all that belong to us so that there would be no university to stand against them are devils. The universities should not be spiritual-oriented to stand against them. Their agents may infiltrate into Islamic associations and deviate them, bringing about other issues in the name of Islam. Members of the associations should be vigilant lest others should penetrate into their rank, exercising their dictates. In many places, this state of affairs has happened. It was the case previously. Under the name of Islam, the Qur'an and the like, they have presented things to society that were irrelevant to Islam and contrary to the path of Islam.

This is an important matter to be taken into consideration. Unless you look into it with all your intelligence, you might face some difficulties. You must look into the record of those who are going to join you. You should give a lot of care to your members. There are so many who are recruited according to their appearance or merely claiming that they are Muslim. They may perform the religious rituals more efficiently than you, but once you look at them more carefully and study their situations, you would find that their way, conduct and manner are completely different from yours. The Islam preached by them is different from what is presented in true Islam. There are such people among them. Therefore, you should be very careful about the individuals you are going to recruit. You should know them like books; you should be well informed of their records and personalities. You should know what objects they seek. Once you have gained insight into these matters, you will be able to establish a true Islamic association, which would be helpful to our society and can purify and refine our universities. Of course, that is a difficult task to accomplish. If we are going to accomplish such a task in all of our universities, it would be much more difficult and burdensome. However, we should tolerate the problems. Those who are going to accomplish such a positive task or render the great service of purging the corrupt people in universities across the country, they encounter an arduous task, but they should bear the difficulty because it is a valuable job.

Worthwhile activities may always be associated with more difficulties. Therefore, I advise all the Islamic associations throughout the country at the threshold of inauguration of universities to take notice of the following points: Firstly, the individuals themselves must be committed to Islam. They should be careful about their conducts. Do not give them excuse by arguing that you who claim to be Muslim are not observing Islamic conduct and ethics. One should primarily begin with one. One who wants to refine a society cannot do it unless one is refined. A group that is going to purify a center to be committed to Islam cannot rectify others as long as they have not corrected their way. One who commits an act in contrast to Islam cannot advise others to do it. Well, the question would arise as to why you yourself do not do it. What is important is, as I already pointed out, that some people might interlope into the associations under the cover of Islam, while their path is different from yours. They might disorientate you and gradually pass on their deviation to others. They might forge a group to stand against you. You attempt to implement Islam, but they work to give expression to a different thing and that in the name of Islam. This cannot be done unless the new comers are identified. Those who want to join the associations should be known. Their record, family, place of living, education and fields of study are some examples of what is to be investigated. Precise investigation should be conducted so as to have pure associations capable of performing a positive Islamic task benefiting your country.

The occupation you are holding is valuable. All religions were sent to produce real human beings. Basically, the subject pursued by all prophets from Adam to Muhammad was man. They were concerned with man, because the whole world is summed up in man. Man is the paradigm of all creatures. Man is endowed with all the characteristics of all creatures with something above other creatures. If man were rectified, the affairs of the whole world would be settled. If prophets had been successful in accomplishing their mission- self-discipline of man- the world would have been a different place; the situation would have been quite different from what we are observing today. However, they did not succeed due to the sabotages worked after prophets. From this aspect, what prophets should has not been achieved, because unrefined people administer the world. What you are trying to achieve now is a branch of the prophets' objectives, producing real human beings. You want your universities to nurture real human beings. This is what others work to halt.

The extent these foreigners are scared of real human being are not afraid of other things. The entire world is at their command, but if a handful of real human beings were found somewhere, they would destroy the former's life. Therefore, they struggle to obstruct the emergence of real human beings in countries where they plan to exploit. Since Rida Khan's time when I remember all the events, they struggle so that refined man should not find his/her way into the National Consultative Assembly. Efforts were made to ban refined and Islamic people to take the helm in ministries and departments. Almost all assemblies were like this. There existed a few refined persons who created inconvenience for the regime. Similar problems persist today. Again, they have fixed their covetous eyes on here. They do not let Eastern countries and Iran particularly because of its sensitive geopolitical situation live conveniently due to the resources they treasure. are cast upon this land.

Neither the East nor the West will leave Iran alone. They exert all efforts to bar Iran's reform. They are the ones who provoke all the unrests in the country with the aim of disrupting the country's settlement. You noticed that before the Shah fled the country followed by his malicious successor, «1» great efforts were made to retain him in power. After he was forced to abdicate, enormous efforts were made to block the establishment of Islamic Republic. They were scared of Islamic Republic, not of its republic but of its Islam. Those whose pens were subservient to foreigners or were westoxicated, embarked on writing that there is no need in using the term Islamic, insisting that the term republic or democratic republic would suffice. Eventually, they were satisfied with Democratic Islamic Republic. They are scared of Islam and Islamic regime. Now that they have suffered a blow by Islam and Muslims destroyed the regime by Islam, the others who have now come to sit at this table had not role. Those involved were the oppressed men and women who took to the streets and bazaar, stood against tanks, canons and machine guns and accomplished the job. Now that the mission has been accomplished, all of a sudden we saw people from Europe, America and every nook and crany in our country have turned out to be revolutionary and opponents of the former regime while they were staunch supporters of the royal regime. Whoever comes here claims to be the opponent of the former regime and suffered so and so during all those years! They imagine I have come from Mars and I know nothing about their records! Once almost all were royalist believing in" God's order is the Shah's order." They struck a blow for the banner hoisted by the royal family. Now that the flag has been lowered and an Islamic banner raised- I hope this banner will perpetuate- they have come under this flag, striking a blow for it! However, some of them make mischief by acting against this banner while being under its canopy. There are some who seek their advantage; they are less harmful. Well, they reap their benefits, yet are of little harm. However, there is a third group that is either crooked or mentally flawed or might be intelligent and work according to a plan. Others might have prescribed them to act as such and they do. They are obviously threatening.

It is this group that writes and struggles to eliminate Islam. They make endeavors to wipe out what is associated with Islam by showing sympathy with wilayat-e faqih, which is now at the center of controversy. Well, they realized how dangerous it would be for them once an Islamic government is established. This is what they never want to see. Sometimes, their spokesman announces that let the clergy maintain their sainthood. What they mean by the" clergy's sainthood" is to let them pray from the pulpit in the mosque and leave politics to the king. The follow thesis drugging that church should be left to the pope and politics to the king. The domestic proponents of this thesis preach that are also saying the clergy should go to the mosque and say prayers there and teach lessons. There is no objection, but this freedom is to a limited extend. You are not allowed to use mosque against them or school to make troubles. You are not entitled to go any further. Just to the extend you sell activity would be preserved, everyone admiring one to be sacred and refined, one who will never oppose even if the oil of his country is exploited. He would only say let them take it; worldly things are not worth raising objection against! They are looking for this kind of sacredness. They are not aware that Islam, the Prophet, Immaculate Imams attached value to these concepts while retaining their sanctity. Their divinity and sacredness were all maintained, but they used to eliminate those who acted against humanity. They were also in charge of political affairs of the country and it was not contrary to their sainthood. You mean the clergy are more sacred than Amir al-Mu'minin (`a). Or do they not attach sanctity to commander of the believers, signifies that the clerics should preserve their sanctity and not be concerned with the government and currents of politics in the country? The Prophet of Islam and Amir al-Mu'minin (`a) had not maintained their sainthood, because they were involved in political affairs? Prophet used to appoint governors and dispatch them to certain places, so did `Ali (`a). They used to get into the battles and therefore, they had the political affairs of the country under their control. One who says let the clergy just remain sacred is another way of saying that `Ali was void of sacredness since he shouldered the governmental affairs and the like. The same goes true with the Prophet. Therefore, this would be obvious that you do want us to be sacred. You are just trying to make mischief among the clergy, so that you can put them aside and foreigners can come to power. Due consideration must be given to these affairs. Be utterly cautious with the speeches they deliver. They include some tricks by which they are trying to deceive the nation awaken the people. Make speeches and write articles to defy their words, writing speeches. Cast the blemishes. That are sometimes on account of their failings and at other times due to their mischievous nature in their teeth wake them understand that a people who has voted for the Islamic Republic with an absolute majority of 98 or 98.5 percent object. They would never dare say that we oppose to this part of Islam or we never want this part. That would be against the path taken by the nation. The nation has approved and voted for the Islamic Republic. It is just like saying that the nation who has voted for Islamic Republic now wants monarchical system, the people has been ignorant. Now that the nation has said yes to Islamic Republic, we oppose to them and demand a monarchial government again. They are charging the nation with ignorance and foolishness while our nation voted for the Islamic Republic so wisely. These matters must be taken into your accounts.

Once the universities are open again, you will face such individuals who will sometimes pose as Islamic. Then they will raise issues like wilayat-e faqih, saying that wilayat-e faqih is dictatorship. In Islam, however, if a faqih happens to act like a dictator, he will be no longer a faqih. Islam does not accept everyone as Wali-ye faqih except the one whose practices Islamic tenets and whose way of life and policy full conforms to Islam, the one who practices politics based on Islam. Islam appoints one to supervise that has devoted all his life to Islam and Islamic issues and the one who is not crooked. Such a faqih not to allow everyone does whatever one wishes. They argue that rule of faqih leads to dictatorship, inculcating that it is the same dictatorship with turban and stick. These are words dictated to them and now they are retelling them. They are exactly like babies who repeat word by word what is told them. From now on, you will face these problems when the universities open. You are required to deal vigilantly and wisely with these people. You should consult with one another as to how to deal with them. They come in the name of freedom and they are seeking a weird kind of freedom. They want an absolute one, but the freedom. Everyone defines them from his or her point of view. You will certainly face these problems.

Treat those individuals attentively without any conflict. Conflict is not proper. You should act in a way that strips them of pretending to be in the right. If you get involved in conflicts with them and let us suppose that you will beat them, that you have resorted to force and beating them because you are short of logic. If any of such individuals happen to come in university and raise a issue, go over to them and ask them what exactly they say. Once they might aim to make ado. Most of them are like this. Their leaders provoke them to raise Cane. In such cases, arrange a meeting with them and let them voice their opinions. You will see they have nothing to say. Their sole aim is to create tension the universities open and carry out their programs. Confront them without being engaged in clash with them. If they have a gathering of one hundred people or even a thousand, you should gather ten or twenty thousand people facing them. Raise your own issues without conflict. This is how it must be done. I hope, God willing, dealing with those affairs will never reach that level. Nevertheless, once we come to realize that they are hatching plots against us, there would be another course of action to take.

Having heard my words, I hope you will act accordingly. A group consisting of informed, faithful and committed figures should be present to supervise the affairs.

Within two or three days, I would deliver a long speech addressing the universities. God willing, you will all be successful. I pray for you all and I hope you will succeed in rendering the kind of service you have in your minds. Recruit new members in accordance with their records. Multiply your members and, God willing, you will be successful.