“The United States and the West are also no more the unquestionable decision-makers of the Middle East that they were two decades ago,” Ayatollah Khamenei said. “Contrary to the situation that existed ten years ago, the nuclear know-how and other complex technologies are no longer considered inaccessible daydreams for Muslim nations of the region. Today the Palestinian nation is an acknowledged paragon of resistance, the Lebanese nation has single-handedly demolished the fake awesomeness of the Zionist regime and emerged as the victor of the 33-day war, and the Iranian nation is at the vanguard of the movement towards the looming peaks,” his eminence added.
Sayyed Khamenei also highlighted in his message that the growing wave of Islamic awakening heralds a glorious future for the Muslim community. The Leader added that the achievements secured by the Iranian nation over the past three decades have prompted hegemonic powers to use more sophisticated methods to counter Islam.
“The extensive propaganda of the enemy to spread Islamophobia, its offhand efforts to create discord among Muslim sects, to incite sectarian prejudices, to bring about pseudo-confrontations between the Sunnis and the Shi’ah, to create disunity between Islamic states and to aggravate their differences, to change them into hostility and unsolvable conflicts, its employment of intelligence and espionage outfits to propagate corruption and immorality amongst the youth—all these are nervous and bewildered responses to the steady and firm advances of the Islamic Ummah towards awakening, honor and freedom,” the message read.
Hi eminence slammed the US as being bogged down in quagmire of its own deeds. “Today the arrogant United States, the self-styled commandant of the Islamic region and the real sponsor of the Zionist regime, is bogged down in the quagmire of its own making in Afghanistan. As a result of all its crimes against the people of Iraq, it is in the course of becoming isolated in that country. It is hated more than ever before in disaster-stricken Pakistan.”
Ayatollah Khamenei added that the wave of Islamic awakening which is steadily advancing and growing in depth day by day “should inspire us, the Muslim nations, to keep marching ahead towards the desirable future with ever greater confidence.”
“On the other hand, the past lessons and experience should make us more vigilant than ever before. The clear and living message of the Noble Qur’an is addressed to us: “You are the best nation ever brought forth for mankind: you bid what is right and forbid what is wrong, and have faith in Allah. (3:110)”
Sayyed Khamenei also put responsibility on Muslims to aid the Palestinians and other oppressed nations. “Today the major duties of the elite of the Islamic Ummah is to provide help to the Palestinian nation and the besieged people of Gaza, to sympathize and provide assistance to the nations of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Kashmir, to engage in struggle and resistance against the aggressions of the United States and the Zionist regime, to safeguard the solidarity of Muslims and stop tainted hands and mercenary voices that try to damage this unity, to spread awakening and the sense of responsibility and commitment among Muslim youth throughout Islamic communities.”
“The glorious spectacle and stage of Hajj provides us with an opportunity for the fulfillment ofthese duties and summons us to intensify and redouble our resolution and efforts,” his eminence ended up by saying in his message.
Millions of Muslims from across the globe who have converged on the Saudi holy city of Mecca for the annual Hajj pilgrimage have started the five-day rituals. Most of the pilgrims have spent a day in Mena and will now be heading to Mount Arafat where they will spend the day in prayers and reflection.
Their stay in Arafat will begin at noon and will end with the setting of the sun. They will then spend the night in Muzdalifah which is halfway between Mount Arafat and Mena.
On Tuesday, the pilgrims and millions of Muslims around the world will take part in Eid al-Adha celebrations. The worshippers will then perform the last stages of their pilgrimage which includes the "stoning of the devil" ritual.
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