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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

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الحمدللَّه ربّ العالمين

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و الصّلاة و السّلام علي سيّدنا و نبيّنا ابي القاسم المصطفي محمّد

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و علي آله الاطيبين الاطهرين المنتجبين سيّما بقيّة الله في الارضين

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I welcome you respectable attendees;

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dear brethren and sisters;

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both brethren and sisters from the Ahlul-Bayt World Assembly (PBUH) who are present here,

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and those brethren and sisters who

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are related to the Islamic Radio and Television Union,

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and the esteemed families of martyrs who are present here; I

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ask the Almighty God to help you take advantage of its blessings.

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I am willing to mention a few points about the Ahlul-Bayt World Assembly

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and the Islamic Radio and Television Union.

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But as for the Ahlul-Bayt World Assembly,

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the importance of this assembly is because of its attribution to the Ahlul-Bayt [Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)’s progeny];

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because the Almighty God has used a totally clear expression about the Prophet’s progeny in the Quran,

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which this expression has been rarely used about other groups in the Quran and that [expression] is this,

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“Allah really intends to remove from you the impurity [of sin], O people of the [Prophet's] household, and to purify you with [extensive] purification.”

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The factor introducing the Ahlul-Bayt is their purity and divine purification for them;

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well, this purification has many aspects.

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If a group attributes itself to the Ahlul-Bayt,

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they must abide by certain requirements – this is what I’m saying –

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there are requirements to which they must abide.

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The effort made by the [Shia] Imams (Peace Be upon Them) was focused on striving toward these few goals:

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firstly, to keep alive the true teachings of Islam,

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[and] the principles and fundaments of Islam;  [their effort was aimed] to keep these [principles] alive.

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The [purpose of the] efforts made by tyrannical and despotic governments of the [Islamic] ummah has been

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to either obliterate the Islamic teachings or to alter them, change them, [and] distort them.

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One of the most important moves taken by the [Shia] Imams (Peace Be upon Them) has been to resist against this [effort];

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[and] to preserve the Islamic teachings, [and] to revive the Islamic teachings.

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Another measure taken by the Imams (Peace Be upon Them) was to execute the divine commands.

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[They] endeavored to execute the divine commands,

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both at a time that they had control of the government,

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and at the time when they were away from the government and the power.

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Their effort was focused on realizing the divine commands in the society.

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Another step taken by the Imams (Peace Be upon Them) was to struggle on the path of God,

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which you read in the prayer special to their pilgrimage that:

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“I testify that you have struggled on the path of God in a way that was deserving;”

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that is, they spared no effort in their struggle on the path of God;

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they struggled on the path of God with all their existence, with all their power, [and] with all their capacity.

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An important part of this struggle [on the path of God], which is a separate chapter per se,

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has been the struggle against the oppression and the struggle against the oppressor.

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The life of the Imams (Peace Be upon Them), from beginning to the end, is [summarized in] the struggle against the oppressors, [and] the struggle against the oppression.

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The reason for those pressures and poisonings and martyrdoms and the likes of these has been this very issue;

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because they struggled against the oppression and oppressor. This is the life of the Imams (Peace Be upon Them).

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Now we, who want to be the followers of the Ahlul-Bayt, must observe these things.

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We must propagate the Islamic teachings;

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[we] must consider the execution of the divine commands as one of our own goals;

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[we] must struggle on the path of God with all our existence;

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[we] must fight against the oppression, fight against the oppressor, [and continue to] struggle;

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this is a duty for us. Well, struggle [on the path of God] is not limited to military conflict;

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struggle [on the path of God] encompasses all kinds of struggles

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from cultural struggles to political struggles

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to economic struggles; these are all included under the general title of struggle.

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[Our] mind should not be simply directed toward military conflict;

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sometimes it is possible for a military conflict to break out in some place, but not all of it is struggle [on the path of God].

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In my opinion, today, the [best] example of struggle [on the path of God] which is before us Muslims,

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us the followers of the Ahlul-Bayt, is

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to fight against the plots of the arrogance in the Islamic region;

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this is the biggest struggle today. The arrogance’s plots must be fought against.

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These plots should be first recognized; first of all, the enemy’s true intentions should be understood,

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[to] know what it is going to do;

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then we must sit down and make plans and fight against the enemy’s goals.

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[And this] is not only limited to the state of defense and passivity.

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Struggle includes both defense and offense.

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Sometimes it is necessary for one to maintain defensive positions,

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[and] sometimes it is necessary to take offensive positions;

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in both states, the goal is to fight against the plots of the arrogance,

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which is the basic and main enemy in this region

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and across the Islamic region, especially in this region, which is West Asia.

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This region that Europeans insist to call the Middle East,

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that is, they compare [the position of] the orient [and] the east to that of Europe.

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One place is the Far East, one place is the Middle East, and one place is the Near East;

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just [see] the arrogance of Europeans! From the beginning, this place has become known as “the Middle East;”

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the Middle East is a wrong name; here is West Asia.

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Asia is a big continent, [an] we are located in West Asia.

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This region is a very sensitive region;

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this is a region [which is] important in strategic terms,

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important in military terms, important in terms of underground reserves,

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[and] important in terms of connecting three continents – of Asia and Europe and Africa -;

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this is an important region. They have plans for this region, have schemes;

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we must see what these schemes are and counter them; this is [the true meaning of] struggle [on the path of God].

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The Quran tells us, “And struggle for Allah in a way that is deserved [to struggle for Him].” today, this is the struggle for Allah.

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Plotting against the Islamic world and this particular region is nothing new;

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since many years ago – since one hundred years ago, from the time of the World War I onward –

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this region has been subject to tremendous pressures of the arrogant powers;

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now, one day it was Britain, one day America, [and] one day in a [different] period [it was] France;

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the arrogant powers have been busy here for one hundred years or more.

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However, these pressures and these plans and these plots

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intensified since the time of the victory of the Islamic Revolution;

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because the incident of the victory of Islam in an important country, a great country,

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[and] a sensitive country like Iran flummoxed the arrogance.

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At first and for some time, they had been stripped of their power of analysis

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– I followed up on the issues and saw this – they were flummoxed at first.

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When they pulled themselves together later, they started [to exert] pressures.

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The Islamic Republic of Iran was the center of the pressure.

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Their purpose in the first place was to prevent repetition of this experience in other countries; they pursued this [goal].

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herefore, they decided to mount pressures on Iran;

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now we have gotten used to the enemy’s pressures for 35 years;

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the Iranian nation has gotten used to pressures:

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threat, sanctions, security pressure, [and] various political plots;

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we have been faced with all kinds of pressures for 35 years

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this [pertains to] the period [following] victory of the revolution in Iran;

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however, after the [breakout] of the Islamic Awakening movement, which started four [or] five years ago in North Africa

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– Egypt and Tunisia and some other places – this intensity of action was doubled on the part of enemies;

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that is, in the real sense of the word, the enemy was confused, was perplexed,

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they] did take many measures and [those measures] have continued up to now.

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Of course, they think that they have suppressed the Islamic Awakening movement,

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[but] my opinion is that the Islamic Awakening movement cannot be suppressed.

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It is true that they have taken steps, but this movement still exists;

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now, a little sooner or a little later, it will find its [rightful] position.

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At any rate, they have intensified their efforts in the past few years;

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have taken many steps, and have entered new factors into equations.

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Let me say this first: the enemy that I talk about

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is not an illusionary and imaginary creature.

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What I mean by the enemy is the arrogance system;

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that is, the arrogant powers; powers whose very survival depends on dominating others,

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interfering in others’ affairs, [and] taking control of financial and vital resources of others; these are arrogance;

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or in other words, the leaders of the hegemonic system.

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We have a title in our political literature and it is the hegemonic system,

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which means dividing the world into the dominant and the dominated; this is the hegemonic system.

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Those people who are leaders of the hegemonic system, they are the enemy.

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If we wanted to bring an external example for it, it would be the regime of the United States of America.

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The regime of the United States of America is complete manifestation of the hegemonic system.

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Of course, there are some others,

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however, the most objective, the clearest and the most obvious of all is the regime of the United States of America,

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which has no share of human ethics,

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[and] when committing crime – all kinds of crime – it knows no bridle and hides

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They conceal this crime and this pressure and this violence very easily

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under a smile, under [the guise of] conventional terms, [as well as] good and beautiful words.

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This [US regime] is the manifestation of that [hegemonic system]. Therefore, the enemy that I say is this.

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The enemy’s plot in this region is mostly based on two pillars

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– of course, it has many ramifications, but these two are more important –

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one is sowing discord, [and] the second [one] is infiltration.

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This is the basis of the enemy’s plot in this region: to create discord;

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discord among governments and then discord among nations,

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which more dangerous than discord among governments is discord among nations;

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this means to make nations suspicious of one another and create bias [among them];

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under various names; now, sometimes it was the issue of pan-Iranism and pan-Arabism and pan-Turkism and such things,

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[and] another day is the issue of Sunni and Shia and Takfiri and the likes of these;

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[therefore,] they create discord under any excuse.

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This is just one instance of their plots on which they are diligently working.

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Of course, the Britons specialized in this regard;

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they are specialists in creating religious difference

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and Americans have learned from them and today are working wholeheartedly [to this effect].

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These Takfiri groups that you see are all made by these [countries].

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Of course, I said this a few years ago, [and] some people had doubt [about this,

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but] today Americans themselves are owning up to it;

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are admitting that they have created ISIS;

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they admit that they have also created that Jabhat al-Nusra [al-Nusra Front], [and] they have created the Takfiris;

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they made them and a bunch of naïve Muslims, though honest, were deceived by them; this is [the] important [point].

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The point that is a big lesson for us and we must pay attention to it

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is that sometimes a person with an honest intention

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works inside the enemy’s plot due to lack of insight; this has happened.

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A clear example of this is the case of Syria.

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When in Tunisia, [and] in Egypt, despotic governments were toppled with Islamic slogans,

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Americans and Israeli agents immediately decided

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to take advantage of this formula to annihilate the resistance governments and the resistance countries.

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[Therefore] they went for Syria [and] a bunch of naïve Muslims lacking insight

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fell for their plot [and] took the situation of Syria to the point that you observe

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for four [or] five years a country has been plagued with such a turbulence

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and it is not clear when it is going to end; this was what the enemy did

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and the naïve Muslim fell for the enemy’s plot and filled in the enemy’s puzzle.

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This happens in many cases.

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They created the Takfiri groups,

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they created the insolent, killer, and tyrant groups

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and threw them at the Islamic ummah and try to make this look like a religious war.

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I tell you that these differences that you see today

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in Iraq and in Syria and in other places where effort is made to show them as religious conflicts,

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are by no means a religious conflict,[but] are political conflicts.

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The war in Yemen is a political war, not a religious war;

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they lie that it is the issue of Shia and Sunni while it has nothing to do with Shia and Sunni.

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Some of those people who are losing child and woman and infant

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and hospital and school under Saudi bombardments in Yemen are Shafi’i [Sunnis]; some of them are Zaidis;

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it is not the issue of Shia and Sunni; the conflict is a political conflict, [and] is the conflict of policies.

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Today, such a situation has been created by them in the region;

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they have sown discord; [every] effort should be made to do away with these differences.

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I have clearly and openly told everybody

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[that]: we extend the hand of friendship toward all Muslim governments in the region;

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we have no problem with Muslim states.

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Of course, our relations with many of the neighbors, in fact, most of our neighbors, are cordial and brotherly relations;

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in north, in south, in west and in east,

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countries that are around the Islamic Republic of Iran, have good relations with us.

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Of course, some [countries] have more or less differences [with us], show obstinacy and do mischief

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– of course, this [situation] exists – but on our side, our goal is [to have] good relations with [our] neighbors;

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[with] governments and especially [with] nations. Relations between our country and nations are good relations.

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Of course our conviction is to remain committed to principles and fundaments.

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We say that principles must be preserved.

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It was due to commitment to principles that our venerable Imam (Khomeini) could drive the Islamic (Revolution) to victory

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and preserve the revolution and stabilize the Islamic Republic; [he] was committed to principles.

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One of the principles is “… [the faithful] are strong against unbelievers, and  compassionate towards one another.”

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We have no plan to reconcile with enemies,  [or] with the arrogance,

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and have no plans to be enemy and hostile to [our] Muslim brethren;

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we are bent on friendship and cordiality and fraternity;

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because we believe that we must be strong against unbelievers, and compassionate toward one another; this is the lesson of our venerable Imam [who taught this to us];

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this is unwavering line of the Islamic Republic.

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When supporting the oppressed, we don’t look at the religious orientation of the opposite side; and we have not [done this];

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this was the line of the venerable Imam.

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The way that Imam treated the Shia resistance in Lebanon,

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he treated the Sunni resistance in Palestine in the same way, without any difference.

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We provided the same support, which we accorded to our brethren in Lebanon,

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to our brethren in Gaza [Strip]; without any difference.

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They were Sunnis, these are Shias. The [main] issue for us is to defend the Islamic identity,

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to support the oppressed, [and] the issue of Palestine;

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today at the top of the regional issues of Muslims is the issue of Palestine;

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this is the main issue for us.

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The same [principle] holds water for our hostilities;

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the venerable Imam fought against Mohammad Reza Pahlavi who was a Shia outwardly;

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[and] in the same manner, he fought against Saddam Hussein who was a Sunni outwardly.

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Of course, neither he was a [true] Shia, nor this [one] was a [true] Sunni.

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Both of them were strangers to Islam, but outwardly this was a Sunni, [and] outwardly he was a Shia.

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Imam fought both of them in the same way.

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The issue is not the issue of Sunni and Shia and religion and the likes of these;

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the issue is the issue of the principles of Islam:

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“Be an enemy to the oppressor and help the oppressed.”

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This is Islam’s command. This is our path; [and] this is our line.

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Intensification of differences in the world of Islam is forbidden.

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We are opposed to actions that are taken by some Shia groups,

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which cause discord.

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We have explicitly said that we are against any insult to sanctities of Sunnis.

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A group from this side, [and] a group from that side

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fan the flames of hostilities and intensify them;

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the intensions of many of them are good intentions, but they lack insight.

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Insight is necessary; we must see what the enemy’s plan is.

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The enemy’s plan in the first place is to cause discord.

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The second plan of the enemy is infiltration;

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they want to make such inroads into Islamic countries and into countries in this region

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that [its effect] would continue for tens of years to come.

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Today, America does not have its past credibility in this region; they want to rebuild this.

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In our country, they are following the same goal; this is also what they intend to do in Iran.

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In line with their illusions, in the course of nuclear negotiations

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– this agreement whose fate is neither determined here, nor in America;

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neither here is clear that it would be rejected or accepted, nor it is clear if it would be rejected or accepted there –

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their intention was to use these negotiations and this agreement

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as a means for infiltration into the country. We closed this way

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and will continue to close this way categorically;

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we] would neither allow the economic infiltration of Americans in our country,

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[nor their political infiltration, nor their political presence, or their cultural infiltration;

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with all our power – which, thank God, this power is a high power today –

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we will counter [this]; we won’t allow this [to happen].

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It is the same in the region; they also want to infiltrate into the region;

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they want to pave the way for their presence and pursue their own goals in the region.

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But through the divine assistance and power, we will not allow this to happen as far as we can.

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Our policies in the region are the opposite of America’s policies.

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The territorial integrity of regional countries is very important to us;

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territorial integrity of Iraq and territorial integrity of Syria is quite important to us; they [Americans] seek disintegration [of these countries].

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I had previously said that Americans seek to disintegrate Iraq,

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[but] some people were surprised. Recently, Americans themselves clearly noted

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that they seek disintegration of Iraq! They want to divide Iraq;

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[and] if they could, they want to divide Syria [as well];

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they want to create small and obedient countries;

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[but] through the divine assistance and power, this will not happen.

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We defend the resistance in the region;

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we defend the Palestinian resistance – which one of the most prominent chapters in the history of the Islamic Ummah

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during these years has been the Palestinian resistance.

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Anybody who fights against Israel and pounds the Zionist regime and supports the resistance,

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we support them; [we will provide them with] all kinds of support that will be possible for us;

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we will provide all kinds of support that will be possible for us

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to anybody who fights against the Zionist regime.

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We support the resistance,

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we support the territorial integrity of [all regional] countries;

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we support all those who resist against

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the divisive policies of America;

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[and] we are opposed and against all those who cause this division.

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We do not accept a Shiism whose center and propaganda base is in London;

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this is not the Shiism that [Shia] Imams (Peace Be upon Them) propagated and wanted.

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A Shiism, which is based on creating division,

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[and is] based on paving the road for the presence of the enemies of Islam,

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this Shiism is not [true] Shiism; this is deviation [from true Shiism].

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Shiism is complete manifestation of pure Islam, [and] is manifestation of the Quran.

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We support those people who help unity [among Muslims]

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[and] are opposed to those people who act against unity, [and] we support all the oppressed.

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We will not quit the arena due to allegations that say “you interfered in the issue of Bahrain and the likes of that;”

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we have not interfered in any way, but we support them.

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We feel sad about the [situation of] oppressed people of Bahrain, [and] we feel sad about the people of Yemen,

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pray for them, [and] will help them in any way we can.

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Today, the people of Yemen and the Yemeni nation are really oppressed;

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they [the enemies] are ruining a country because of their arrogant and political goals, [and are doing this] in a foolish way.

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Political goals can be also pursued in another way,

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[but] these [countries] are pursuing these political goals in a foolish way.

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For us, the developments in Yemen are painful and [the same is true about] many incidents [that take place] in the Islamic world;

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in Pakistan and Afghanistan and other places, there are also many incidents [taking place] which are really painful.

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The Islamic world must find a remedy for these [incidents] through vigilance and insight.

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As for the [Islamic] Radio [and] Television Union, I must say that this union is very important.

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This work that you have started – establishment of this union – is a very important work.

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Look! Today in Muslim countries,

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at least seventy percent or eighty percent of people are committed to religious fundaments and Islamic ideas;

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you look at the Islamic countries; people are committed; people accept their religion.

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[Now look at] these radio [and] televisions that must represent the demand of people,

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to what extent they show commitment to religion in Islamic countries?

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This distance is amazing; this gap is amazing.

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Seventy percent of people, [or] eighty percent of people have religious tendencies,

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then in the same countries, radios and televisions do not move in line with religion

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and do not reflect what people demand; this is very [strange];

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they reflect the same thing that is wanted by the dangerous media empire of the arrogance.

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Today, the [global] arrogance has created a huge media empire;

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in line with their whims [they] distort the news, hide them, express lies,

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influence [other countries’] policies in this way; [and] then they continue to say that we [are impartial]!

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This British radio claims that ‘we are impartial’; they are lying, what impartiality?

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They are moving right within the framework of arrogant and colonialistic policies,

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both American policies, and British policies;

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both audio media, and print media, and news agencies,

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and strange communication media that have come into being today, all of them are serving their policies;

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are serving the arrogance, are serving Zionism, [and] are serving their goals.

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To counter this dangerous empire and this huge media mafia

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which is today controlled by American and Zionist capitalists and companies,

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something must be done.This work that you are doing, is just the beginning of a movement;

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this movement must be followed up, must be strengthened, [and] must be intensified day by day,

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[and you must] add to your partners and your allies.

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And God willing, a bright future is ahead.

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Let me tell you that despite all ranting by the arrogance

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and the strenuous effort – from financial and military and political and security viewpoints –

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that the arrogance and the allies of the arrogance and the proxies of the arrogance are making,

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in this region and across the Islamic world, the future undoubtedly belongs to Islam;

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day by day, God willing, the dignity of Islam will increase, [and] the power of Islam will increase.

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Of course struggle [on the path of God] must be made

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and struggling humans, struggling men and women, [and] struggling youths are, thank God, numerous across the Islamic world.

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We must appreciate them,

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and must orient our slogans, our moves, our words,

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[and] our activities in this direction

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and certainly, the Almighty God will help [us].

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“If you help (the cause of) Allah, He will help you, and plant your feet firmly.”

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Peace be unto you and so may the mercy of Allah and His blessings.