Substitute Leader of Tehran Friday Prayers Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani here said the United States was after fully demolishing the Islamic values in the Muslim world. Addressing thousands of worshipers at Tehran University Campus Emam Kashani referred to the elapse of 14 years from the sad demise of the late Imam Khomeini and said, "Yet, this sorrow is still as heartbreaking for the world Muslims." Elaborating on some points highlighted by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei at the mausoleum of the late Imam Khomeini on his 14th demise anniversary, he said, "His Eminence posed the question, 'What objectives is the United States pursuing in the region, and how should Iran react to them?'"
Emami Kashani said "The objectives of the United States were crystal-clear from the very eginning, but those who are in charge today (at the US administration) claim elsewise."
| "Liars and thieves, the lot of 'em!" |
He added, "The US Secretary of State (Colin Powell) recently emphasized at the G8 ministerial conference that the United States would do its best to pave the way for the rule of the American and Western norms in Iran." Emami Kashani said, "That means demolishing Islam; not the secular version of Islam of course, but the version brought for the mankind bythe Prophet of Islam (PBUH), the one that was promoted by Imam Ali (PBUH), and the same one whose banner was hoisted by the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran (PBUH).
| He means the virulent, intelerant, "I'll kill you for that" version of Islam... |
The prominent ayatollah further emphasized, "Had the other prophets of God, like Jesus Christ, and Moses who talked to God directly, peace be upon them all, lived in this era, they would have asked their followers to condemn the deeds of those who commit crimes and act brutally against the mankind, inviting them to upraise against them. ... The reason why the United States wishes to confront Islam is that the Islamic faith is fully integrated with politics, but the American policy makers should bear in mind that Islam has revived today, and the Islamic societies are fully conscious and alert."
| Why should we do that? Islamic policy-makers don't bear in mind that the Islamic world is a cultural and economic backwater with very few exceptions — not through anything we've done, but through its own policies, one of them being the incessant rolling of eyes and shouts of "jihad!" |
Pointing out the fact that the Americans resort to cultural means wherever they wish to strengthen their foot-hold, Ayatollah Kashani said, "In order to penetrate in the hearts and minds of the Iraqi nation, the Americans promised them democracy, liberty, the salvation of the people, and support for the poor and the miserable, but it was all for Iraqi oil... And then the Americans keep interpreting the humanitarian aid forwarded from Iran to the oppressed Iraqi nation as 'interference in the internal affairsof the Iraqi nation!"
| "Yeah! If arms and ammunition ain't humanitarian, I don't know what is!" |
Emami Kashani said, "The US administration is after fully demolishing the Islamic values throughout the Islamic world and replacing them with the Western, and particularly the American values."
| Those would be the values that include freedom of religion. Can't have that, y'know... |
"The United States is now standing upright against Islam," said the ayatollah, stressing, "It is therefore of extreme importance to observe unity and solidarity, to refrain from highlighting the differences, and to heed the problems with which the people are entangled." He asked the Iranian nation too, to take lessons from the history of the days of the advent of Islam, and to respect the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, particularly the parts of it related to the right of the Supreme Leader. Ayatollah Kashani at the end emphasized once again that, since the United States would not stop its adventurism so long as it has not fully established the American culture, and secured the illegitimate rights of the occupier Israelis, it was of extreme importance to observe full unity and solidarity among the world Muslims, and inside each Islamic country, including Iran.
| Every time we're pitted in opposition to a country with a Supreme Leader, I feel proud. Maybe it's a cultural thing. |
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