MUSLIMS MUST FIND ISLAM
November 3, 1979
Imam Khomeini meets with a group of Saudi Arabian students who live in Iran on the occasion of Eid al Adha. Imam Khomeini spoke about the following:
In the Name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate
The movement in Iran does not belong to itself alone because Islam is not special to anyone group. Islam has come for mankind not for Muslims and not for Iran. The prophets and the Prophet of Islam were sent to human beings. They called out to the people (aiyahan nass) and we who brought about the movement did so for an Islamic Republic. A movement for Islam cannot relate to one country and not even to all of the Islamic countries. Islam is, in fact, the movement which follows the prophets.
Our great Prophet came from Saudi Arabia but his invitation did not belong to Saudi Arabia alone. It related to the entire world. A human being is a creature who at the beginning is like an animal and if he grows, he becomes a spiritual creature, who becomes higher than the angels of God and if he goes towards corruption, he becomes a creature lower than all of the animals.
Now you see those people who claim to be humanitarian and they support human beings and animals but I do not think that you will find an animal among all the animals that is more savage than they are. They are creatures who want to murder millions of human beings because of their own interests. Even if an animal is a flesh-eater, it does not kill more than that which fills its stomach and when it is full, it leaves the other animals alone. But these people are ready to kill multitudes of people for only a small profit.
Other people who do not wall their interests or at least, do not act to the other's advantage, their existence cannot be considered to be unimportant. Unfortunately, there are organizations among Muslim and eastern societies themselves, in your countries, who believe their words and they say, 'The east is backwards from the point of view of thought,' or they do not believe them but they work for them. We must call them traitors.
They design these words in the midst of their own society. American media and the media which is directly under the influence of Zionism expresses that. These very expressed problems are spread to their own countries so that eastern and Muslim countries can no longer find Islam. They cannot have a noble existence. Muslims must rediscover Islam. Islam has fled from their hands. We do not know what Islam is now. The West and these criminals have influenced our minds to such an extent that we have lost Islam. Even though every year in the great Mecca, which God, the Most Exalted, has determined to be the place of gathering of Muslims, Muslims gather there but they do not know what they are doing. They do not use it in an Islamic way and this political center is changed into a center where affairs neglect the problems of Muslims.
If Muslims knew the politics for which the Pilgrimage (haj) was established, this would be sufficient in order for them to find their own independence. Unfortunately, we have lost Islam. They have completely separated it from politics. They cut off its head and gave the rest to us. They have created this situation for us. As long as Muslims remain in this situation, they cannot reach their glory. The glory of Islam is that which existed at the beginning of Islam. They destroyed two empires with their few numbers because they wanted to build human beings.
Islam does not conquer. Islam wants all countries to become Muslim, of themselves. That is, Islam seeks to make those people who are not human beings, human. They captured some people in a jungle. They tied them up and were taking them back when our great Prophet said, 'I must take them to paradise with chains.'
Islam exists to correct society and if a sword is unsheathed, it is unsheathed to destroy the corruptors who do not allow society to be corrected. In this way, the others can be corrected. I hope that if we are successful, it will gradually be corrected. We face many difficulties now.
We need the prayers of all Muslims. May God confirm all of you.

GOVERNMENTS THINK THAT THEY MUST GOVERN AND THAT PEOPLE MUST BLINDLY FOLLOW THEM
November 3, 1979
Imam Khomeini speaks to the Ambassadors from Arab countries on the occasion of Eid-i-Qorban. Imam Khomeini, in congratulating them, said the following:
In the Name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate
I offer congratulations to all Muslim nations upon the occasion of the great Muslim festival of Eid-i-Qorban. I hope that all festivals will be auspicious and blessed for all Muslim nations. I thank you gentlemen for coming so that we can discuss our affairs together at close hand. The festival of Muslims is blessed and auspicious when Muslims find themselves, their independence and glory, the glory which existed at the beginning of Islam for Muslims. While Muslims are separated and in a state of disunity and when everything they have is connected to foreigners, no day is auspicious. A day is auspicious when the hands of foreigners are curtailed from Muslim countries and Muslims stand upon their own feet and they undertake the affairs of their own countries.

Islam wants Governments to serve the people
I do not know when the problems which take up the attention of both Muslim governments and people will be solved. One of the major problems which Muslims have entangled themselves with is the problem between governments and the people. Another problem is between Muslim states. The problem of governments and the people is that the governments do not know themselves and the people do not know themselves. Governments think that they must rule and people must blindly follow while the problem is that governments want to rule and it is because of this desire to rule that they put down their own people. If this problem is not solved, basic problems which we have will not be solved by the super-powers. While governments do not know their duties, they do know that the problem which exists between them is caused by the very problems and the disorder within their own countries. But because of the interference of some problems or because of bad intentions or treacheries of some groups, these problems will not be solved. For how long must we be entangled with these problems and dependent upon the East and the West? When do Muslim countries want to awaken? When do Muslim countries want to act according to the way that it was at the beginning of Islam between Muslim governments and its people? For how long do we want to remain separate from our people?
Notice these two situations which our people had. One situation existed at the time of the monarchial regime. From the beginning of the monarchy to the end, and, in particular, in the last fifty or so years which I remember in total and perhaps, you do not remember, but you did see some of it. Compare us to then or the time when our people dominated all of the powers and super-powers and they broke this great barrier. Compare us to these two situations. See what they should do. Compare the governments to these two situations. See what they should do.
While the previous regime existed, the people were separate from the government, not an indifferent separation but a separation in which they confronted each other -the government and the deposed shah put all their efforts into pushing down the people. With all his power, he pushed down the people, imprisoned them, tortured them, executed them and did not allow them to breathe. The people, on the other hand, opposed him and if a problem arose for the government, if the people did not increase the problem, they did not decrease it. And if the government was defeated, the people would be happy and if the government and the shah dominated, the people would be unhappy.
The auspicious day is the day when the hands of foreigners will be curtailed from Muslim countries. We saw and you also heard and I heard some of them and I saw some of them. Reza Khan ruled here. He ruled the people in a despotic and unlawful way which history will record. The day when foreign countries took the offensive and they took our country and everything we had was endangered, I bore witness i to the fact that when Reza Khan left Iran -they threw him out -our people, at the same time that they were unhappy, they were happy by the coming of the foreigners. They felt this to be a gift from heaven. I advised his idiot son not to do something so that when he was destroyed like his father, the people would be happy. Then when he left, the people celebrated. They celebrated in the streets. That was a government which opposed its own people and now you see a government which does not confront the people, people do not fear them, imprison them and torture them. Now the people are such that if a problem arises for the government, the people themselves will first step forward in order to solve the problem.
The problems which our people had, because of the previous regime, cannot all be solved. Our people fell together and they are helping each other. Today, before your corning, people who have been active in the Reconstruction Crusade in Qom came to see me and they spoke of their activities without receiving any aid from the government. It was a great deal -buildings had been built, wheat fields had been thrashed, farmers were helped, baths were built, public health was made better and so forth. These people know their country to be a part of themselves. They know its governments to be a part of themselves.
When the country belongs to itself and the government to itself, neither does the government feel that it must use the force of bayonets nor do the people fear that the government might do such a thing. They do not feel that if they help, they are helping foreigners.
Look at these two situations. One is the situation when our former government was separate from the people and now the situation is that the people are not separate from the government. Islam wants that governments serve the people.
The greatest problem which we Muslims face, unfortunately, I must say, is that we grow slowly. Our political growth is slow. We still feel that with the force of bayonets, and with pressure and security organizations and the army, one can correct a people and a nation can in this way achieve its independence. We still think that way. Our governments still think that they must crush the people, in whatever way possible. When will this problem be solved? When will these governments come to their senses?
Be a friend to your people and they will support you and you will serve them. If people feel that governments have come into being to support and serve them, there is no problem that they also are ready to serve and are even ready to serve more. This problem must be solved by the governments themselves, but, unfortunately, they are not. This is one of the problems and until this problem is not solved, there is no hope that we will be able to oppose the super-powers and push them out of our countries.
The second problem is similar. It is the problem of governments. Why is it that Muslim governments should be this way with each other -where they pull each other in different directions? Why should countries who have everything and have all kinds of power, like Israel, with its small numbers, come and rule the way they do? Why should it be this way? Is it not that people are separate from each other, separate from the governments and governments are separate from each other? A billion people -the Muslim population of the world, with all their weapons, are sitting by and Israel commits all those crimes against Lebanon and Palestine. They are sitting by watching, they are viewers. The voices of our brothers from there are so loud, but we are sitting by listening, we are viewers. When will we discover our powers? You have seen in history that Muslims, at the beginning of Islam, with just a few numbers but concentrated and with faith, dominated. In a period of time of less than a half a century, they dominated the known world at that time, because they were together. The weapon of faith was in their hands. We want to take up the weapon of faith which has been put aside and confront those powers with the weapon of faith. You have seen how a nation, small in number, and who had no military weapons, no instruments for warfare, no official soldiers, had the weapon of faith and with this weapon of faith, they dominated upon a satanic force which was supported by all powers.
When do Muslims want to awaken from their sleep and solve the problems between them? Until such time that the problem between them is solved -the problem between themselves and the one between governments and their people and the problem between the governments themselves -you cannot have the hope that you will reach your glory. We have spoken and written about this for many years. With the Will of God, God will awaken us Muslims and will cause us Muslims to become familiar with our Islamic, our divine duties. With the Will of God, God will grant that our festivals (id) will be real festivals, not a festival where we are entangled with the super-powers. May God confirm all of you and give strength to all Muslim countries, give us all faith and help us to solve our problems.
Peace be upon you, and the Mercy and Blessings of God.

US CANNOT DO A DAMN THING !
November 5, 1979
Imam Khomeini gave the following message to the students of the Faculty of Economy of Isfahan University and a Technical Development Group dispatched to Kurdistan.
In the Name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate
One of the problems we encounter is the use conspirators make of the feelings of our youth. ' These conspirators, who found themselves defeated, who could not fight our people, as our people formed a solid unit and were, successful in their struggle with those great powers, are now trying to use the pure feelings of our youth to their own benefit. Our youth are not aware of these conspiracies. Although we have transformed and the Revolution has succeeded but has not as yet borne fruit, their aim is to make use of whatever means they have to spread propaganda throughout the country so that our youth despair of the way they have chosen. Our youth, although filled with the purest of sentiments, our hope is dependent upon them, unfortunately do not sit back and consider the sense of their words and talk sense back to them. The conspirators say, 'The Revolution brought no results.' It is up to you young people to reply to those principles which the people originally aimed for.
Let's look and see if success has been achieved or not. Let's look and see what the principles were the day our people rushed into the streets. What did our women, men and youth want? Have their wants been met or not?
What they wanted and what was heard throughout the country, town, streets, lanes, schools and everywhere was independence, freedom and Islamic Republic. These three slogans were chanted by all. During those days, the only aim they had was to overthrow that regime and establish a new system where they would have independence. Following the suffocation of 50 years or more, we could even say 2500 years, we have achieved freedom, no other countries are our masters; no one has made us their captive. Were these not the original principles? Were not the first principles of our people the same as those three slogans? Are they say our Revolution is over but nothing has happened.
They say that the principles which our people first wanted have not been given. They say, 'The system of the monarchy still exists.' 'Suffocation prevails.' 'Consultants of the super-powers are still at work here. They are active and our government or people are still under their rule.'

Freedom
When I tell you these facts, you yourself reply that not only have such aims been attained, but, it is freedom which has brought me and you here together. When did the opportunity exist in the past five years for you to assembly in such a gathering and talk? It is freedom which allows you to talk, to criticize. You can criticize the previous regime and the present government as well. This is freedom. Nobody comes and asks you not to criticize. Therefore, we have attained freedom. It is one of the things our people cried out for and we have attained it.
As for independence, they say the U.S. still governs here. You are aware that at the present time, our youths have occupied this center of corruption. They hold Americans in this center. They took this center of corruption and the U.S. can't do a damn thing about it. Our youth should be confident that the U.S. can't do a damn thing. The talk about, 'in case of military intervention' is nonsense. How can the U.S. militarily intervene in this country? It is impossible for them to do so. At the present time, the attention of all of the people of the world is here. How can the U.S. stand against all the people of the world and militarily intervene? It is a damned act if they choose military intervention. Don't be afraid. Our youth once again respond with feelings as to what we should do if the U.S. should militarily intervene. This 'if' should be forgotten. The USA is unable to militarily intervene here.
They have many problems and issues before them. They solve them with difficulty. They can't do such an act. If they could have militarily intervened in Iran, they would have kept the shah with their powers. With the power of propaganda, they struggled to keep him but our people did not pay any attention to them. Not only were the USA, and other powers useless, but all those who stood together to keep the shah here failed.
When this nation wants something, it is impossible to stand against them. Nobody can. No power can. It was not our youth who suggested there may be military intervention. Their intervention is always satanic and conspiratory. When they want to intervene, they encourage our youths to stage a demonstration. Then their elements break through the mob and create turmoil so that we no longer have a free or peaceful environment in order to carry out our programs. They use these satanic ways to push forward. They send their satans to our dear, pure-hearted youth. They create propaganda. They write what they want to do on the walls. We see that they have started our young people to stage an apparently lawful demonstration in the streets. But they essentially want to take unjustified advantage of such a lawful demonstration.
For instance, as to the occupation of the U.S. embassy, that is, the U.S. center of conspiracy, by a great number of our youths, we were informed last night that there is a rumor of large demonstrations to be held in Tabriz and Tehran and other cities in support of Mr. Bazargan. They wanted to have such a demonstration. I do not know whether or not they succeeded. They wanted to raise such an issue.

Plans of the Satans
Their intention is to take a situation to a point of grave consequence. For instance, 'There is the Iraqi embassy, attack it and destroy it.' Or, 'There is the Afghani embassy, attack it and destroy it.' They stir up such things so that our country will stand against all nations. These satans have these plans. Our youth must be aware. They must not be impressed by them. Did Mr. Bazargan, for whom they called the demonstration, oppose the Revolutionary Council? No. This is just a door. Mr. Bazargan had become a little tired. He said, 'Let me sit on the side.' But it does not mean that now that he is in the sidelines, he does not participate in any affairs. He is one of the persons most respected by all. They should not think he has been dishonored. Not at all. He is respected.
But for something which has been accepted by people, they should not rush into the streets and set up something which they want to make a game out of. Suddenly a person is killed and one or two slogans are given. If you recollect, I was not here. But I was informed that once when a group was demonstrating in Qom against the previous regime, they were holding a peaceful demonstration but suddenly, they saw that someone threw something from a comer and broke a window, a window of a bank office, or destroyed a place. Sometimes a person is killed. Then they attempt to stir up others and create a massacre. They act according to plan. Military intervention is not at all considered. In their conspiracies, they make use of our own forces. They do not use their own powers. They use our own powers in our own countries.
What do they benefit from in Kurdistan? An American soldier is not sent to serve there.
They use their own satanic tactics. They benefit from persons who are somehow related or dishonest. These dishonest people take advantage of some simple-hearted Kurds. They say something to them and spread the words. Their aim is to destroy Kurdistan. The Iranian army has gone to that territory to prevent their killings, cutting-off heads and torture. Immediately afterwards, they start to write that we, namely, the Government of Iran, want to destroy the Kurds. Our army has gone to safe-guard the Kurds, but they say it has gone to destroy them.

The Number One Enemy
I have not heard anything about the support of the group called Fedayie Khalq (devotees of the people) for the youths who have occupied the embassy. If they are not American, why didn't they support our youth? If they are pro-Russian or non-nationalists, who are they? If they are nationalists, America is their enemy as our entire nation is their enemy because America has kept our number one enemy. They were our enemy when he was here. They were people who had a mission to their own country, namely, a mission to prevent this country from moving one step forward towards progress. We, you and our people, all consider America to be their first enemy. Now that our youth have occupied there and found it to be a center of conspiracy, I have not heard one word of support from the Fedayie Khalq for our youth. I have not heard anything. Perhaps you may have heard something. If the actions of our youth were, for instance, against the government or against Islam, you would see how they would fan the issue.
One of their plans is just this. I have a copy of it. It is signed by the Fedayie Khalq. They are spreading such lies so that this movement will not reach fruition. They say, 'Nothing has been done in Kurdistan. Nothing. Nothing.' You yourselves have read about all that has been done in spite of all they do to prevent any action of ours. In order for us to do even more, there needs to be a peaceful environment. Can a group asphalt the roads when there is war in a country? It can't be done. Now you have read about all of the things done in Kurdistan, things you yourselves accomplished. God safe-guard you Youth. These elements, without any shame whatsoever, say that nothing has been done and it is the same as it was before.
They have written in one of their circulars that political prisoners existed during the time of Mohammad Reza and now they also exist and even, have increased. They have not thought that the political prisoners, who are now in jail, were people who, during the time of Mohammad Reza Khan were active against the nation. Do you consider thieves to be political prisoners? Do you consider those who have revolted against this country, against their nation, those who have committed treachery, to be political dignitaries? Was Nassiri a political dignitary? Was Hoveyda a political dignitary? Or were they thieves? Why do you call them political dignitaries? Those who are now in prison are the SAVAK elements. They are criminals and persons who either killed or gave the order for the killing or torturing of our youth.

The Rotten Propaganda
Who was in prison during the time of Mohammad Reza'? Which class was in prison? Learned scholars, university educated persons and our national dignitaries were in prison. Who is in prison now? Those who are from SAVAK. If you are not from SAVAK, how is it that you consider these persons to be political dignitaries? If you have no relation with the former regime, if you are not a part of the SAVAK mechanism and if you do not actively work for SAVAK, how do you write in your articles that political dignitaries in prison are more now than during the time of Mohammad Reza? Do you consider thieves to be political dignitaries? It is known that your policy is other than the policy desired by our people, our genuine people. If you have no relations with them, how could you say those persons who were in prison during the past regime and are there now are both political dignitaries?
During the time when we had prisoners, we had real political prisoners like the deceased Taleqani, like Mr. Montazeri and like Mr. Lahouti, who were full of knowledge. A great number of such persons were in prison and suffered torture. The leg of one of our respected clergymen was sawed off. We were told that there were many nice and respected people who were in prison for many years, political dignitaries other than clergymen who underwent torture and torment, because they were opposed to the regime. Such persons were in prison during that time and now those who are from SAVAK are in prison. These persons who call themselves Fedayie Khalq say nothing has been changed. They think, no, they do not think, rather, they delude themselves by saying that there is no difference between that imprisonment and this. Whether or not thieves are imprisoned or honest persons are imprisoned, or whether or not plunderers and murderers are imprisoned or persons .who want to prevent the plundering!
Such is their logic. Our youths must not be deceived by their rotten propaganda. This propaganda is made by America. America does not bring its army here. America brings its writers here. America brings its speakers here. America dispatches its own elements which have been trained for many years, in order to stir up trouble.

Political Insanity
America has created such disturbances in Kurdistan. They cause confusion in Tehran and sometimes, they bring disorder to the universities, sometimes they cause people to rush out into the streets. They act in such a way. Today, our youth occupy their den of corruption, in reaction to them keeping God's worst creature, our worst murderer. He served them and now they use pseudo-humanitarian excuses like wanting to give him medical attention.
Today, at this very moment, conspiracies exist to take advantage of the virtue and sincerity of our youth. Suppose they whisper into their ears, 'England is the same as the U.S. What difference is there? Attack and destroy their embassy.' 'France is the same as they are.' They do not do things in a standard way. Their way is the way of anarchy.
They want people to think that our country is a country of chaos and anarchy where anyone can do anything he wants to do. They want the world to think that we need a guardian. Who is to be its guardian? Mr. Carter, who himself needs a guardian in order to prevent him from killing so many people. They have been struck with political insanity.
They are manic to let so many people be killed and to cause so much corruption. They should go to a mental asylum for medical treatment. Their brains should be given treatment. They want to introduce our people as anarchists. They want to say that our people are savage.
Once I was standing near the scene of a demonstration held by Iranians. It was during the time of Mohammad Reza. An American was standing beside me. He said, 'Look at those savages.' I said to him, â€کAre they savages because they are struggling to attain their rights?' They tend to see us as such. Even if we say a right word, they still see us as savages.
Our youth must be aware. They must not believe the words of everyone. One of the things they do is to spray poison around so that we will become disappointed with our Revolution, They say, 'Nothing has been done.' If there are primary tasks, I say they have been accomplished. Secondary tasks are in the process of being performed. Look at the tasks and construction of housing done during the government of Bazargan. These unfair persons say that not even a single house was built. Look at what people have done in the Reconstruction Crusade, look at what service people have rendered to farmers. A great number of tasks have been accomplished. You just mentioned some of them. You have gone everywhere and have rehabilitated all disorderliness. These persons still say nothing has been done. On the other hand, they are actively involved in seeing that nothing gets done! These persons who introduce themselves as Fedayie Khalq set things on fire with match. They set the harvest of a peasant on fire with a match. They shoot a gun and make a hole in the oil pipeline so that the oil of our people is wasted.
If America wants to do, something, it does so America does not dispatch an army here. America dispatches, persons worse than an army, civil or military. They use the same words. If an army came forward, we would also go forward. If the American army comes here, we will go forward together as a nation. I will go forward; all of you will go forward. America will not dispatch an army Be quite certain of this Do not be afraid of America at all and its conspiracies You youth who are in the universities should neutralize their actions You should stop them if they intend to cause trouble in the Reconstruction Crusade You should stop them wherever you are Do not let them grow
They are the first class servant of those whom we consider to be our first class enemy I hope that God assist, you all and that you be successful
Do not expect immediate result, in a country where everything has been destroyed, where they have escaped and destroyed the economy and left so many debt, for our people. They ran away, they agitated everything and ran away Do not expect everything to he restored quickly now that this Revolution is over. It requires time. A government should be established with your support and the support of the people Proper elections should be held with the support of the people. People know competent persons. It is not necessary that we train them for year' Not at all. They understand. This nation can distinguish between everything. It knows who is pious, and who, at times, pretends to be pious.
Such awareness exists in everyone who has lived for twenty or thirty years among these people and who knows their roots and who they are not. They realize who has charmed coquettishly and who has not. They realize well who the opponent was but they could not talk. People must select those persons whom they know to be in the service of this nation, those who have sympathy towards the deprived class.
We do not intend to establish a House of Lords. The Senate is called the House of Lords. We want to abolish the Lords and make them human. We closed down the doors of that House in which those Lords sat and committed so much treachery against this country. The House of Venerable Old Men, the House of Lords or the Senate, consisted of a group of parasites, old men on the verge of extinction. After all the treachery that they committed in their lifetime, they gathered together and talked with their friends about all the medicine they gave or the food they swallowed from the wealth of the people.
This House is closed down. It is finished. We do not have a Senate any more. We have a Parliament. We do not want our Parliament to be established from among the high class. We intend to enjoy a Parliament consisting of peoples who are aware of the facts that occurred to this nation. You have seen what happened over the fifty years or more during the course of the monarchial system. You have seen the people who passed on this nation. They know other people in their cities and their rural areas. They have observed what they have done during the course of time. In those days, agents did not work in a clandestine manner. They openly tortured the people. Such persons should be put aside and persons who are honest and who are known to them for their honesty, religion and service to the people, should be selected and they should elect them.

Constitutional Law
With the Will of God, Parliament will be established. The Constitutional Law will be put to a vote. It is nearly finished. It will be put to a vote after we read and approve it. If our people show coldness, it is one of the cases' in which there is a conspiracy, in order to discourage people from this Constitutional Law. Ask them which article among all articles of this Constitution is a reactionary? Originally the first article which they put their finger on was article five, 'leadership of the theologians'. It is an Islamic pattern and because they are afraid of Islam and they consider Islam to be reactionary, they do not dare call Islam itself reactionary. Rather, they say, Islam wants .to take us back 1400 years. The meaning is the same. It is just that they do not use the word 'Islam'. So many progressive ideas are hidden in the idea of the leadership of the theologians which are not obvious in other articles you see. People themselves elect a person whose ethics, religion and nationalism as well as his knowledge and actions are set. Such a person supervises the situation so that treason is not committed. The same is true of the President whom people themselves elect. With the Will of God, they will appoint an honest person from now on. But, nevertheless, an expert, religious theologian, who has spent his whole life in theology and has served Islam for a lifetime, is elected for precautious measures to observe what he does, lest he does wrong. Our coming President will not do wrong but precautious measures have been taken in order to prevent it from ever happening. Our military, gendarmerie and other high-ranking leaders are no longer persons who are treacherous. But precautious measures have been taken so that the theologian, as an observer, supervises sensitive affairs. This is among the most progressive articles they approved in the Constitutional Law.

Democracy
The same persons who shouted and wrote, 'Who needs Islam. Let's have a Republic', are afraid of Islam. They say, 'Let it be a Democracy or a Democratic Republic.' They do not understand that there are so many democracies known today in the world but do you know any country in which the great powers have acted on the basis of democracy? The word democracy is used in a special way by everyone. It has a special meaning to the Russians. It has' another meaning to the Americans. It had a special meaning for Aristotle. Today, it has another meaning. We say that we do not want to include something which is ambiguous and is interpreted everywhere in a different sense in our Constitution, so that later on anyone could change it according to his or her own option. We say Islam. Islam does not intimate a different meaning in every place. Islam is clear and every Muslim knows what it means. We say Islamic Republic. Our people have also asked for an Islamic Republic. It is this which our people agreed to in a vote of 98.2%. 1.8% is not a significant opposition.
From the very beginning they opposed it. Those who were against the Islamic Republic at that time, were afraid of Islam and not a Republic. Now they oppose the Assembly of Experts. Before that, they opposed the election of the Assembly. Later they opposed the Assembly of Experts. The time will come when they will oppose Parliament and then the referendum for the Constitution. Their problem is 'why Islam?' whereas our people know their goal to be Islam. Our people found their fulfillment in Islam. Islam possesses both the present and the future world. Our people want Islam. If our people only wanted a Republic, all of them would beat their chests and congratulate everyone.
Since it is paired with the word Islam, they oppose it and call it reactionary. They consider Islam to be reactionary. They consider God to be reactionary. They are this kind of people! If they only had faith, but they have not had any up to the present time. They dislike the Prophet of Islam more than they dislike you because he has laid the foundation. It was a reactionary act which your nation of reactionaries performed. You removed the hands of treacherous persons from this country and they consider it reactionary .It was reactionary of you to chose to govern your own destiny. I do not know when they will awaken, when they will desist from their wrong actions and opposition. I regret that a group which should serve this country should not appreciate that this nation gave their blood, threw out plunderers, removed the hands of parasites, punished some of the murderers and some others will receive punishment, with the Will of God. I regret the fact that they don't come onto the field and agree with this nation. The nation has given its everything. You now sit freely and leisurely in your rooms and write against this nation. One regrets the reflections they have. Again, reactionary, reactionary. If you opened their hearts they would return to saying, 'Islam is reactionary’ but they do not dare say it. Some obviously have said it and then repented but it is not known whether or not their repentance is true.
Everything has been done our nation should awaken along with our youth; They should realize that America does not enter our battlefield with arms, but rather it comes with the pen. It does not come here with a military force; rather it will enter our battlefield with those persons who direct these affairs. You must be careful not to become tools in their hands by cooling-off and thinking that nothing has been done. Everything has been done. Do you consider the act of breaking down a satanic power which was supported by all the great powers to have been a trifle act? Not only did the great powers accept them, but the second class powers as well? What do you want higher than this? You have attained a reputation in the world as well as a sense of greatness which no one else enjoys. Do not destroy it for the sake of the fact that, for example, in a certain place, there is less asphalt road than in another place. Did you give the blood of your children in order to get asphalted roads? Did you want asphalt? You acted for the sake of God. Acting for God is much higher than asphalt. It is higher than anything else. Do not sit and say and come here and complain about the affairs. Leave such complaints for a later time. We are now in the middle of the way. We must destroy this power. We must choke this conspiracy. It is conspiracies like this which persuade you to come and say that nothing has been done.
May God protect you. May the Will of God protect you an. God willing, He will save our youth. Our young people have been active from the beginning and they still are. They devoted themselves to us and to Islam. I pray for them. I am at their service. I would go and serve like them if I could, but I am an old man who is sitting here with nothing but a stammering tongue. God protect you all and give you success in all affairs.
Peace be upon you, and the Mercy and Blessings of God.