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In the Name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful

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و الحمد لله ربّ العالمين

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و الصّلاة و السّلام علي سيّدنا محمّد و آله الطّاهرين

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I congratulate you, respectable and dear attendees, state officials,

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guests of the Islamic unity forum [the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought] and esteemed ambassadors of the Islamic countries that are present in this meeting,

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[on the occasion of] the auspicious birth of the Revered Prophet of Islam (PBUH) and his honorable son, Imam Sadeq (PBUH).

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I also congratulate the entire nation of Iran and the whole Islamic Ummah

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and all freedom seekers of the world and those people who value virtue and ethics

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and endeavor and jihad on the path of virtue and ethics [on these occasions].

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The birth of the Revered Prophet [of Islam] (PBUH)

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as well as the rise to Prophethood of that honorable person was a new spirit in the dead body of the world in that day.

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That world was outwardly alive; governments, monarchies, efforts, [and] activities were going on,

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but that world was [plagued with] demise of humanity, [and with] demise of virtue.

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The only thing that existed was ruthlessness, was tyranny, was discrimination, [and] was brutality; virtues were dead

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and the Revered Prophet, both himself and his message, inspired that world with a new spirit.

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[The fact] that I say both his message and himself because the Prophet was embodiment of Islam.

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The honorable wife of the Prophet of Islam has been quoted as saying that

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“his temperament was [embodiment of] the Quran.”

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He was the Quran incarnate. The Prophet and his religion inspired that dead world with [new] spirit.

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[As put by the Quran:] “… respond to Allah and to the Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life.”

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[Pure] life was that he brought for those people and for that dark and death-ridden and infested world.

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I and you are marking this ceremony today.

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Well, marking [these occasions] in words and by coming together is a good work,

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but this is not what is expected from me and you, who claim to be following Islam and Prophet [Mohammad (PBUH)];

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this is not enough. We must also try to inspire the dead world of today

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and the infested world of today with [a new] spirit.

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Today, the world is plagued with oppression, with cruelty, [and] with discrimination.

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Today, the death of virtue is also a major [cause of] mourning for humankind.

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Virtues are being suppressed by the means of materialistic powers;

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justice is being suppressed; humanity and ethics are being suppressed;

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humans’ blood is being incessantly spilt on the ground by those in power;

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[and] nations die of hunger, because they have been plundered by powers.

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This is the situation of today’s world.

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This is also like the same [period of] ignorance that existed before the advent of Islam; this is also [a form of] ignorance.

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Today, the duty of the Islamic Ummah is not solely to hold celebrations to commemorate the birth of the Prophet or the Prophet’s Ordainment;

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this is a small and insignificant step compared to what is our duty.

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The world of Islam is today duty-bound, like Islam itself and like the Prophet himself,

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to inspire this world with [a new] spirit in, to create a new atmosphere, [and] to open a new way.

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We call this phenomenon for which we are awaiting, the “new Islamic civilization.”

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We must pursue [the establishment] of the new Islamic civilization for humanity;

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this is basically different from what [global] powers think about humanity and act accordingly.

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This does not mean conquering lands; this does not mean violating the rights of nations;

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this does not mean to impose our ethics and culture on other nations;

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this means to present the divine gift to nations,

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so that, nations would choose the correct path on their own volition, through their own choice, [and] according to their own discretion.

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The path to which global powers have dragged nations

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is a wrong path and the path to misguidance. This is our duty today.

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Once, the people of Europe, by taking advantage of the knowledge of Muslims and the philosophy of Muslims,

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could take advantage of this knowledge and this philosophy and build a civilization for themselves.

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This civilization was of course a materialistic civilization.

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From the 16th and 17th centuries AD, Europeans started to found a new civilization

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and since it was materialistic, they took unrestricted advantage of various tools.

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[On the one hand,] they shifted toward colonialism, toward overpowering [other] nations,

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[and] toward plundering the wealth of nations;

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[while] on the other hand, they bolstered themselves from within by [taking advantage of] science and by technology and by experience,

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and imposed this civilization on the human world.

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This is what Europeans have done through four [or] five centuries.

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This civilization that they offered the world,

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provided people with beautiful aspects of technology and speed and ease and tools for life,

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but did not make humans happy, [because] it did not establish justice,

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[and] on the contrary suppressed justice, enslaved certain nations,

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made some nations poor, [and] humiliated some nations

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[and at the same time] was plagued with contradictions within itself, became morally corrupt,

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[and] from a spiritual standpoint, became empty and senseless.

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Today, Western people themselves have owned up to this.

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A prominent Western politician told me that

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‘our world is an empty and senseless world and we feel this’. He is right;

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this [Western] civilization had a glamorous façade, but its inside was dangerous for humanity.

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Today, contradictions within the Western civilization are showing themselves;

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in America one way; in Europe one way; and in regions under their control across the world in another way.

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Today, it is our turn, [and] today it is Islam’s turn.

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[As put by the Quran:] “And these days [of varying conditions] We alternate among the people.”

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Today, it is turn for Muslims to lay the foundation of the new Islamic civilization through their [firm] resolve.

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Just in the same way that Europeans in that day took advantage of the knowledge of Muslims,

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[and] took advantage of the experience of Muslims, [and] availed themselves of the philosophy of Muslims,

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we today [also] take advantage of the knowledge of the world,

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[and] take advantage of the existing global tools

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in order to build the Islamic civilization,

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though with the spirit of Islam and with the spirit of spirituality. This is our duty today.

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This is mostly addressed to religious ulema and true intellectuals.

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I have not much hope in politicians anymore.

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Earlier, it was believed that politicians in the world of Islam could help in this way,

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[but] unfortunately, such hopes have waned.

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Today, our hope is pinned on religious ulema across the Muslim world

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and on true intellectuals who would not consider the West as their kiblah;

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the hope is pinned on them and [achieving] this [goal] is possible. Don’t say that this is not possible;

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[because] this is quite possible, [and] this is practical. The world of Islam has many tools [at its disposal]:

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we have a good population, we have good lands, have prominent geographical situation,

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[and] have an abundance of natural resources in the Islamic world.

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We have talented and prominent manpower in the Islamic world,

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which if we raise them in accordance with Islamic teachings,

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they would be able to show and present their artistic creations in the field of science, in the field of politics,

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in the field of technology, and in various social fields.

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The Islamic Republic [of Iran] is [just] an example,

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a test zone and an examination for the world of Islam.

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Before Islam ruled this country,

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we were an underdeveloped nation in the true sense of the word, [and] were dependent;

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we lagged behind in scientific terms, lagged behind in political terms,

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lagged behind in social terms, [and] were isolated in the world of politics.

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Today, the advances made by the Islamic Republic have made our enemies confess [to these advances];

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today, almost after the lapse of 35 years since the victory of the Islamic Revolution,

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in terms of scientific ranking, in technological ranking,

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[and] in many modern sciences of the world, we stand among progressive countries.

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Reports whose reality and truth has been proven,

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tell us that we rank the seventh in one field,

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rank the sixth in one field, and rank the fifth in another field.

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The Iranian nation, blessed by Islam, has been able to show its identity and character; this can be generalized [to the rest of the Islamic world]

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provided that the heavy and ominous shadow of superpowers does not weigh on countries; this is the first condition;

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of course, it has a price and no big step is without a price.

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In this high-level and important meeting,

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where important and great personalities are present in this meeting,

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I want to say this that the Islamic Ummah,

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through a strenuous and perseverant endeavor, can design an Islamic civilization suitable of this era,

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lay its foundation, take it to fruition, and present it to the [entire] humanity.

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We invite nobody to Islam with force;

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we bring no country under the control of the Islamic world with force;

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we will not act like Europeans; [and] we will not act like America.

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European started out from an island on the margin of the Atlantic Ocean and went to the Indian Ocean,

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[and] forcefully conquered a huge country like India as well as a number of countries around it

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and plundered [them] and [in doing so] they became rich while reducing them to ashes; they progressed like this.

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Today, they are doing the same thing across the world in other ways, [and] through other methods.

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With other people’s money, with other people’s capital, with other people’s wealth, [and] with the product of other people’s labor,

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they are making progress for themselves and embellish their appearance.

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Of course, their inside is on decline, [and] their inside is decaying;

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just as I said, they are getting emptier and emptier.

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Whatever you Muslims gain will make your enemies angry;

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[however,] any calamity befalling you, will make them happy and content.

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[The Quran says:] “If good touches you, it distresses them; but if harm strikes you, they rejoice at it.”

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They are like this, [and] this is [the word] of the Quran. We must not set our sights on them,

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and must not look at their hand, their smile, and their frown;

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[we must] find our way and move and go ahead;

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this is a duty for us and a duty for everybody in the Islamic world.

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One of the enemies’ tools is to create division among us;

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I insist to put emphasis on this issue and underline it. [I am addressing you] brethren and sisters,

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[and all] Muslims in the Islamic world, [of course,] if this voice would [be allowed to] reach your ears!

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The day when the word Sunni and Shia appeared in Americans’ literature, I was concerned;

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[and] people who were aware started to worry. What America has to do with Sunni and Shia?

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A given Jewish [and] Zionist American politician,

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from whom nothing could happen but mischief against Islam and Muslims,

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what is it to him to come and pass judgment between Sunni and Shia in the Islamic world,

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[and] to say one thing about Sunni [Muslims] and say another thing about Shia [Muslims]?

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From the time that Sunni and Shia literature appeared in Americans’ remarks,

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those people who understood [the situation] and were accurate [in their assessment], started to worry

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[because] they knew something new was going to happen and to be realized.

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Waging war between Shia and Sunni has a precedent; the British are skillful in this regard.

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We have an abundance of records and a lot of information from past [history] of creating fighting and difference

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and grudge between Sunni and Shia, which was done by agents of Britain – whether here, or under the former Ottoman government,

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or in Arab countries – in order to pit them against each other;

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however, the plot that today Americans have in this regard is a more dangerous plot.

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Is taking sides [by Americans] with a sect against another sect within the Islamic world

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something to make us happy? If they took sides with us, should this make us happy?

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No, we must become sorrowful [and] see what weakness they have seen in us,

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which want to take advantage of that weakness and [for this reason] are announcing support for us.

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They are against the essence of Islam.

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The reality of this issue [is the same thing that] in the case of America’s September 11 [terror attacks]

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in New York and in the case of the explosion of [the World Trade] towers, the then president of America

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said it was a crusade; he was telling the truth; he was a bad person, but this remark by him was a true remark:

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[it is] the fight between Islam and the arrogance. Of course, he said Christianity and the crusade, but he was lying;

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Christians were living in full security within the Islamic world

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and today, this is the case in our country, [and] is the case in some other countries;

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he meant the fight between arrogant powers and dominant powers of the world, and Islam; this was right;

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[and] that remark was an honest remark. These current people who rule America,

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who say ‘we agree to Islam, [but] we are against that given Islamic sect,

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[and] are against that given sect’ are lying; they are being hypocritical and are pretentious;

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these [people] are against the essence of Islam and have found creation of fighting and war among Muslims as the [best] way [to achieve their goals].

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Once, this difference [among Muslims] was brought up under the title of Pan-Iranism and Pan-Turkism, and Pan-Arabism

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and such things, which were not very practical.

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Today, they want to sow discord under the name of religion and pit the youth against each other.

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Then, the result is that terrorist cults like Daesh and the likes of them

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are born through the money of those who are affiliated with America, through America’s political assistance,

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[and] through cooperation of America’s allies, and find room to maneuver

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and cause these calamities in the Islamic world; this is the result [of those plots].

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They are lying if they say ‘we are against Shia, [but] agree with Sunni’; no [this is not true].

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Are Palestinians Shia or Sunni? Why they are so averse to Palestinians?

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Why they absolutely raise no objection to crime(s) against Palestinians?

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How much [the] Gaza [Strip] was pounded?

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How much pressure was put on the West Bank territories

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and are still under pressure? They are not even Shias, they are Sunnis.

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For Americans, the issue is not the issue of Shia and Sunni;

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any Muslim who wants to live according to Islam, [and in accordance] with Islamic rules and Islamic laws,

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and strive for it and move on its path, is considered an enemy [by Americans].

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They conducted an interview with an American politician;

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the interviewer asked him who the enemy of America is?

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He said in response that the enemy of America is not terrorism,

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the enemy of America is not even Muslims, [but] the enemy of America is “Islamism;” Islamism [is the enemy of America].

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That is, as long as a Muslim goes on with his life indifferently

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and has no motivation about Islam, they do not consider him as enemy;

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however, when it comes to Islamism, [and] when it comes to commitment and compliance with Islam and the rule of Islam,

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when it comes to founding that very Islamic civilization [which I talked about], enmities start.

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He was right, Islamism is his enemy.

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Therefore, when the Islamic Awakening takes place in the Islamic world, you see how confused they become,

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[and then] they make effort, [and] work [hard] so that they would render it ineffective, or even better, destroy it;

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[and] they succeed in some places. Of course, I am telling you

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that the Islamic Awakening cannot be destroyed,

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[and] the Islamic Awakening, God willing [and] with the Grace of God, [and] through the divine power and assistance, will [finally] achieve its goals.

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Their goal is to trigger internal war among Muslims

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and, unfortunately, they have relatively succeeded.

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They are devastating Islamic countries one after the other

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– they destroy Syria, destroy Yemen, [and] destroy Libya –

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[and] annihilate their infrastructure. Why? Why we should submit to this plot?

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Why that thing, which is their objective, should remain unknown to us? [We must] obtain insight;

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if we want to succeed in this regard, we must obtain insight. Amir al-Mo’menin [Imam Ali] (PBUH), has said,

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“Know that nobody will carry this flag except for those who have insight and are patient.”

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[We] must obtain insight and must remain patient on this path.

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[As the Quran has said:] “And if you are patient and fear Allah, their plot will not harm you at all.”

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If we move with insight and be patient and remain steadfast, [their plots] will not be effective;

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however, when we talk like them, [and] work like them, then this will be the outcome.

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Why they mount so much pressure on Muslims in Bahrain?

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In Nigeria, why for that reformist, faithful sheikh,who seeks to bring Shias and Sunnis together,

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they create such disastrous conditions and kill about 1,000 people who are around him

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and martyr six of his children in a matter of two years?

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Why the Islamic world remains silent in the face of such brutalities?

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Why the Islamic world tolerates round-the-clock bombardment of Yemen for almost a year?

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It is for about a year – ten-odd months – that house(s) of Yemeni people, [in addition to] their hospital,

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their school, their road, their innocent people, [and] their woman and man are being bombarded; why?

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Is this to the benefit of the Islamic world? Syria [is being destroyed] in one way, [and] Iraq in another [way].

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Their goals are dangerous goals,

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[because] their goals are being set within their think tanks – as they call them; [therefore,] we must be vigilant.

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I said that hope and obligation and responsibility

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is on Muslim ulema and on true intellectuals in the Islamic world;

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they must talk to their people, [and must] talk to their politicians

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– [because] some politicians in the Islamic world are conscientious;

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I have seen this up-close – [and] they can play a role.

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I want to say this in this meeting: we must take this advantage of the birth anniversary of the Prophet

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to make it our duty to do the same thing that Islam did from its first day, which was to revive the dead world of that day,

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and this needs intellect, wisdom,

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thinking, insight, [and also needs] knowledge of the enemy;

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we [must] know the enemy, know the enemy’s plots, [and] do not be deceived by the enemy.

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The Almighty God must help us,

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must keep us on his right path and keep us steadfast.

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The Arab poet was right when he said:

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“the world is awake and developments do not go to sleep; so why are you asleep, o the best of people?”

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When the world of power, [and] the world of money and force with all its potentialities is focusing on you,

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you have no right to nap, [and] have no right to go to sleep.

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(O God! Help us tread this right path in a way) that would appease Islam and the world.

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O God! Help us tread this right path in a way

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