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Imam Khomeini's historical epistle to Mikhail Gorbachev
Compiled By: Syed Ali Shahbaz
On January 2, 1989 AD, the historical epistle of the Father of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini (RA), was delivered to the last president of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, inviting him to return to God and spiritual values. The epistle also invited him to study the divine religion of Islam, and predicted the end of communism. Part of the epistle read: One should turn to facts. The main problem of the Soviet Union is not the right o of ownership, economy and freedom.
Your main problem is your disbelief in God; the same problem which has, and will push the West toward the dead end. Your main problem is a long and pointless fight against God; the Source of the universe and creation.” The epistle added: It is perfectly clear to everyone that hereafter communism would be seen in the world’s political history museums because Marxism does not meet any of the actual needs of mankind… I want you to seriously study Islam, because of the ethereal and global values of this dynamic religion, which can salvage nations and solve the major problems of mankind.
Two years later, Imam Khomeini’s prophecy about the end of Marxism materialized and the Soviet Union disintegrated.
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