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Imam Khomeini on Islamic Unity
"Today, world
peace is such that all countries are under the political influence
of the superpowers; they observe a control everywhere and have
schemes for defeating every group. The most important of these is
sowing discord among brothers.
Muslims should be
awake, Muslims should be alert that if a dispute takes place among
Sunni and Shi'ite brothers, it is harmful to all of us, it is
harmful to all Muslims. Those who want to sow discord are neither
Sunni nor Shi'ite, they are agents of the superpowers and work for
them. Those who attempt to cause discord among our Sunni and Shi'ite
brothers are people who conspire for the enemies of Islam and want
the enemies of Islam to triumph over Muslims. They are the
supporters of America and some are supporters of the Soviet Union.
I hope that through considering this
Islamic precept - that all Muslims are brothers - all Islamic
countries will triumph against the superpowers and succeed in
actualizing all Islamic ordinances.
Muslims are brothers and will not be
segregated by the pseudo-propaganda sponsored by corrupt elements.
The source of this matter - that Shi'ites should be on one side and
Sunni on the other - is on the one hand ignorance and on the other
hand propaganda of the foreigners.
If Islamic brotherhood comes to the
fore among Islamic countries, such will become a great power which
none of the global powers will be able to cope with.
Shi'ites and
Sunnis brothers should avoid every kind of dispute. Today, discord
among us will only benefit those who follow neither Shi'ah nor
Hanafi. They neither want this nor that to exist, and know the way
to sow dispute between you and us. We must pay attention that we are
all Muslims and we all believe in the Qur'an; we all believe in
Tawheed and must work to serve the Qur'an and Tawheed.
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