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

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و الحمدلله ربّ العالمين

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و الصّلاة و السّلام علي سيّدنا و نبيّنا ابي‌القاسم المصطفي محمّد

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و علي آله الطّيّبين الطّاهرين المعصومين سيّما بقيّةالله في الارضين

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I congratulate all of you, brethren and sistersو on the occasion of the auspicious Eid al-Fitrو

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and esteemed ambassador of Islamic countries and [other] guests, who are present in this meeting,

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and the entire great nation of Iran and the entire huge Islamic Ummah across the world

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I hope that, God willing, the Almighty God will pour down his favors on this great Ummah

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and this Eid (festive occasion) would be blessed for the Islamic Ummah in the real sense of the word.

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The truth is that today, the Islamic Ummah is plagued with many problems.

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Many wounds have been inflicted on the body of this Ummah and continue to be inflicted,

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the most important of which is discord.

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The enemies of Islam try to sow discord among [various] Muslim groups

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under various excuses and create division and hostility [among them]. [They try to sow discord] on the pretext of ethnicity,

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on the pretext of religion, on the pretext of geography, [and] on the pretext of territorial and border problems.

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All these pretexts have been provided to them and, unfortunately, the enemy

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takes advantage [of them] and we, who are officials of Islamic governments, neglect this effort of the enemy.

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I think to myself [about this issue]; when one hears

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that a given American senator, who is averse to the essence of Islam and Islamic countries,

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expresses concerns about [the situation of] the Sunni community in the face of [the] Shia [community],

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when one sees this ploy, he has right to be extremely worried,

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[and] has right to be extremely cautious. [It is source of concern when] that enemy, who is averse to the essence of Islam,

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now expresses support for an Islamic group against another [Islamic] group!

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What does this mean except evilness, except conspiracy, [and] except [an effort aimed at] creating hostility [among Muslims]?

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And, unfortunately, this happens to exist today. [Therefore,] we must think [about this issue], [and] we must understand [it ulterior motives].

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All Islamic countries will be at loss as a result of division and all of them will benefit from unity.

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Unity of Islamic countries, their being close to one another, [and] not using their forces against one another,

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are [all] beneficial to united countries themselves, [and] are beneficial to Islamic countries themselves.

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We must understand this, [because] this is a divine philosophy, [and] is an Islamic philosophy;

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[however,] unfortunately, it is not receiving [due] attention. Today, we have problems within the Islamic world,

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[and] we are losing blood; [I mean,] there are bleeding wounds [in the body of the Islamic Ummah] today. Yemen is one example of those wounds.

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Attention must be paid to these [problems]. Problems facing Syria, problems facing Iraq, problems facing North Africa,

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[and] various problems that one observes in the Islamic world, all of them are signs of the existence of discord and existence of dispute,

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and this is detrimental to Islam, [and] is detrimental to the Islamic Ummah. [We] must solve this [problem].

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This is one of the salient features of demonstrations on the [International] Quds Day. You just observe;

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almost in all small and big cities of Iran, people pour into the streets on the Quds Day while fasting

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– and in these [recent] years in this hot weather – and you observed huge gatherings of people in Tehran and in other cities.

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These [demonstrators] are this very Shia people, who are expressing sympathy and unity with Palestinians,

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who are Sunnis. This is the [true] meaning of unity,

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[and] this is the meaning of commitment to the unity of the Islamic Ummah, [for] which [our] honorable Imam [Khomeini] founded [this Quds Day demonstration] and today, people are moving [along the same line].

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One of the great perils, which is threatening the Islamic world today,

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is downplaying the important issue of Palestine and letting it slip into oblivion.

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Unfortunately, this is what is being done right now. Some Islamic countries

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behave in a way, talk in a way, and act in a way as to make the issue of Palestine

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be ignored, [and] make the issue of Palestine slip into oblivions. This is a very great peril.

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The issue of Palestine is the number one issue of the Islamic world. An Islamic country

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has been totally usurped. The issue is not about a small land or a city

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or a village, [but] a whole country is the issue. A nation has been driven out of its homeland.

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[Even] those Palestinians, who live in the land of Palestine today, are living

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under maximum duress [and] under maximum pressure. They are constantly exposed to massacre and humiliation and indignity and pressure.

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Is this a small matter?

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According to the Islamic jurisprudence – both jurisprudence of Sunni denominations, and Shia jurisprudence and perhaps other [Islamic] denominations –

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there is no doubt that when an enemy takes control of Muslims’ land,

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it is a duty for all to fight against it, [and] engage in jihad against it in any form of jihad, which is possible.

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Today, fighting against the Zionist regime is obligatory and necessary for the entire Islamic world.

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Why some [Muslim countries] shun this duty?

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Thank God, our nation [is] watchful and vigilant in this regard. At any rate, the Islamic world needs unity, needs unanimity,

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and] needs empathy. Nations are oftentimes empathetic toward one another;

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it is governments, which shoulder a duty in this regard, [and] it is governments, which can play a role [in this regard].

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And I hope that due to the blessing of the auspicious month of Ramadan and the blessing of the Eid al-Fitr day

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– which is an Eid for Muslims and source of dignity and honor for the Grand Prophet of Islam –

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the Almighty God would bring our hearts closer together, make Muslims kind towards one another,

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[and] God willing, give the Islamic Ummah necessary power and might and

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necessary resolve and determination in the face of the enemies of Islam.

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