Ayatollah Khamenei:

“Hajj is a great opportunity for Muslims to strengthen solidarity”

Rasa – In a speech during a meeting with Iranian Hajj officials, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Sayyed Ali Khamenei, discussed the Takfiri threat to the unity of the Islamic ummah or community through the creation of discord and sedition and explained the officials that their duties are to overcome the Takfiri scheme.

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Date: 01 October 2014 - 17:11

RNA – In a speech during a meeting with Iranian Hajj officials, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Sayyed Ali Khamenei, discussed the Takfiri threat to the unity of the Islamic ummah or community through the creation of discord and sedition and explained the officials that their duties are to overcome the Takfiri scheme.

The following are his remarks:

Today, one of the most important methods of the enemies of the Islamic ummah are creating discord. They create discord. If someone accepts that the Islamic movement and the Islamic Awakening threatens the interests of great powers, they can naturally understand that these great powers focus all their efforts on creating discord among Muslims, keeping them busy with trivial things, pitting them against one another and preventing them from thinking. This is what they are doing with all their power.

They provoke the elements of discord between Islamic denominations – between Shi’ism and Sunnism in particular – as much as they can. They want to fill hearts with grudge and suspicion. This is what the hands of colonialism are doing in the present time. Unfortunately, some people among us Muslims – whether Shi’ite or Sunni – are helping them. They are ignorant. They do not know that what they are doing in the area of creating grudges and enmity and showing hostility and opposition is at the service of the interests of great powers. They do not understand this.

During Hajj pilgrimage, you should do your best to decrease this lack of understanding and the fake grudges that the enemies of Islam and the Islamic ummah are injecting into Muslims. You should work to decrease it. Today, the great interest of the world of Islam lies in solidarity among Muslim brothers. Muslim brothers have certain common points. Muslims have many common points, but the enemy wants to deny them.

Today, in some parts of the world of Islam, there is certain propaganda against Shi’ism which is focused on removing these common points. They promote the idea that the opinion of Shi’ism towards the Holy Quran is different from Muslims’ opinion. They promote the idea that the Shi’ite opinion towards the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S) is different from that of Muslims. They are promoting these ideas and they are spending money on them. They slander their Muslim brothers to the advantage of arrogant organizations, America, Zionism and the enemies of the Islamic ummah.

You should do your best to dispel this lack of understanding and these suspicions and lies. The gathering of Muslims in Hajj is a great opportunity. Therefore, this opportunity should not be missed. The best way this opportunity can be used is to make Muslims get close to one another. Everyone should participate in different ceremonies together with others. Everyone should participate in spiritual ceremonies and daily prayers together with others. All Muslims should prostrate themselves before God the Exalted together. All Muslims should worship God before His house together. You should take away the enemy’s plot.

Today, you can see that Takfirism is an element for the enemies of Islam and the enemies of the Islamic ummah. They excommunicate not only Shi’ite Muslims but also Sunni Muslims. They bomb the mosques of Sunni Muslims to the advantage of the Zionist regime. They do this to pit people and Muslims against one another so that they ignore the important issue of Palestine and the presence of the enemy in the heart of the world of Islam. These are their goals and some people follow them whether knowingly or unknowingly. We should pay attention to this.

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