Speech [Islamic governments, source of major problems of Muslims]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

It is one of the blessings of Islam and the Islamic Revolution that all these various military and non-military groups, clergies, students and other groups have come together and pursue one goal. Where in the former regime could you see all these groups sitting in one gathering for one and the same goal to make Islam and Islamic Revolution move forward and to consolidate the Islamic Republic? The former regime worked to separate the clergies from the universities and the military from the non-military, pitting one group against another by propaganda and provocation.

We should not complain about America, though it is the father of corruptions; we should complain about and shout at Islamic countries and governments. Islam has done a lot and preached a lot for the communal unity and unity of expression, that is it has days to ensure unity of expression such as `Ashoura and Arbaeen. The Qur'an emphatically calls on people not to be fragmented, stressing that Muslims should be one hand and let" God's string" «1» tie them together. According to its plan, America works to trigger dispute among Muslims to use whatever Muslims have to loot their resources and keep Muslims as consumers. Of course, they bring up these issues for their sinister intentions. We do not expect them to be otherwise, but we complain about the heads of Muslim states; we should shout at those who present themselves as followers of Islam while act in ways contrary to the text of the glorious Qur'an, the tradition of the great prophet (s) and the interests of their own countries. The problem of Muslims is the governments ruling over them and the disputes existing among them have been triggered by these governments.

If it were not for this American plan, and the second American plan proposed by Fahad «2» and plans to be brewed in the future, Israel would not dare to annex the Golan Heights to its territory. These plans cause disputes and pave the way for Israel. You should not think it is just a matter of Golan Heights; there is a lot more to it than this. No one should think that such international bodies human rights groups will do anything for nations. Never think that opposition to these organizations can have any effect on the crimes committed by Israel and its like. America has voiced its objection to this annexation, but no one in his right senses believes that Israel can do anything without American permission. The problem lies in the neglect governments that offer their resources as gifts to them and in return bring about humiliation for themselves and their nations. The problem of all Muslims and Islam is unawareness or the knowing treason of heads of some countries.

It would be a misplaced naive if nations just sit and wait for these governments to check the progress of Israel and powers that want to humiliate them and take away their resources. You can see that by this plan, they have created discord among `Arabs. They want to do the same to our Islamic government by propagating that you buy weapons from Israel, you organize the terrors and do so and so in Bahrain. They have brewed all sorts of plots against Muslims. Everyday they broaden the scope of their dispute and widen the rift among governments and have started getting the results.

The issue of annexing Golan Heights to the occupying Israel is just tip of the iceberg. Backed by Israel America does whatever it wants, in total disgraced of these America-made organizations, no matter how much they oppose it.

Muslims must not sit and let these governments do their job for them; they must rescue Islam from the hands of Zionism. They must not sit and let these international organizations do their job for them. Nations must rise up against Israel; they must not be content with simple condemnations. The same people who have signed brotherhood contract with Israel condemn it but it is a condemnation that seems to be serious while is in fact a joke. If Muslims sit and wait for America to work for them or wait for those installed by America to work for them, one of the days chosen by the conscious Muslims for their unity from many years ago is a feast like the birthday of our noble Prophet or it can be on other birthdays of feasts. The point is that people show respect to such days, come together and strengthen their unity.

As regards the birth anniversary of the prophet (s) some of the Iranian clergies like Mr. Muntaziri «3» called on Muslims to participate in the festivities from the twelfth to the seventeenth as a mean for Muslims to meet and solidify their unity. However, we see a Muslim unaware of Islamic issues or being dependent on others cries out that showing respect to the prophet is an act of unbelief. Celebrating birth anniversary of the holy prophst is an act of unbelief! Anyhow, he condemns Iran and we know the reason. A court clergy who wants to realize their purpose, stands up against Muslims and declares that respect for the prophet is an act of unbelief. This clergy does not know what unbelief means. If respect for the prophet was an act of unbelief, then the first unbeliever would be the prophet himself. God respects the prophet to such an extent that in prayers the prophet's name is mentioned; in some places if it is not mentioned the prayer is vitiated. If we take account of the view of this ignorant court clergy and his friends, every prayer Muslims have said and every testimony «4» to the prophet should be taken as act of unbelief. All Muslims including this clergy himself are unbelievers if they say prayer. Obviously, such clergies who call themselves as Muff is in some Islamic countries have orders to implant dispute. Cry for unity is raised high from Iran while call for disunity is heard from Hijaz. From the center of revelation where the prophet called people to unity around the string of God, a hypocritical clergy lets out a cry of discord, while Iran, which this court clergy terms unbeliever, calls for unity. What part of the celebration for the prophet is an act of unbelief? They do not know what unbelief is. Or they know, but endeavor to implant dispute among Muslims. We complain about these corrupt and hypocritical clergies and about the governments which support this type of clergy and accept them as their domestics. America pursues its own purposes and in order to achieve them, it needs to create dispute but why do such clergies and governments follow suit? You have the weapon of oil; if one day you deprive the East and the West of it, they will obey you. However, you offer part of this oil to America and other superpowers and enslave yourselves. They level every sort of accusation against the Islamic country of Iran, which has been, since the beginning of this movement and even before that, opposed to Israel, and one of the major objections of our people to the deposed Shah was his backing Israel. Now America and its allies are accusing Iran of buying arms from Israel and some of the discarded elements from Iran also support this.

The problem of Muslims is that they have all resources and lands and number about one billion, but, because of a handful of aberrant people at the helm they have to obey the superpowers. Iran has come out of slavery and dealt a big blow to America and other powers and forced them out of this country. There is harmony among the clergy, university professor, army, gendarmerie and the nation which will not let other powers interfere. Definitely, this is something bitter for the cleric who is a hireling of America. It is bitter for some puppet governments. With all their power, these governments work to disrupt this harmony and unity of expression.

With all the power at its command, Iran does not covet the territory of other countries, however weak they might be. On the contrary, it backs them. It does have power, but it uses this power to support other Muslims. People like the treacherous Saddam, who has been deceived, uses his power to wipe out Islam and the Islamic Revolution. Now that he has fallen into the abyss of perdition, he is stretching his hands to other countries to get him out of this mess, but they will not be able to help him.

Dear military people, clergymen, academicians, farmers, industrialists and all strata of people! You should appreciate the harmony you have. Islam has been manifested in your country. God's light has been manifested in your country. Appreciate this divine manifestation. Try to increase your activities as much as you can and keep it up. Army men, revolutionary guards, Basij, other armed forces and popular forces! Speed up your activities and cut short criminal hands from your country. Do not give them the chance to pull themselves together and get help from other places and powers. Young brothers behind the fronts should engage in activities and voluntarily go to the theater to solve this problem very quickly. The young are engaged in many activities, but they should try to do more; everyday should be better than the day before. They should prepare themselves to stand up against these superpowers. You should appreciate this divine gift: the harmony and reconciliation among you. This is a great gift that God granted Muslims as pointed out in the Qur'an," Verily you who were in dispute, we brought you together." «5» This is one of the greatest divine gifts. There should be unity among the diverse strata of a society more than anything else. All of them get together and shout with one voice that they want Islam and the independence of the country. They want to be liberated from all bondages of superpowers. Thank God, they obtained it. Keep this great divine blessing. We should try to compensate for any possible shortcoming we have had in the war.

Commemorate these days. So do the Arbaiyin, `Ashoura and their like. Also commemorate martyrdom anniversaries, like the day of Mufattih, «6» (may God's mercy be upon him). Those serving Islam and were martyred by the enemy should be commemorate. You offered so many martyrs to obtain freedom and independence, preserve tem at any cost. Help all war fronts until, God willing, this evil is quickly removed and the country gets busy with reconstruction. May God protect and support all of you and grant you greater harmony and unity, infuse amity among all strata of the people all over the country and guide these young adults who were led astray and return them back to the fold of Islam. May God put an end to this deceit.

May God's peace and mercy be upon you.