The Political Dimensions of Hajj
General
part 3
Islam is bewildered, everywhere, from central Kaba, the dignified, to the farthest point of Muslim residence. They do not know it well. That is why when Muslims convene, at Mecca, a place ordained by God Almighty, for the congregation of Muslims, the spiritual congregation of them, they do not know what they are to do. They do not get Islamic benefit from their congregation. Such a political stage has been changed into a place of neglectfulness of all Muslim problems. You must find Islam. Unearth the facts about Hajj, the political aims of Hajj. If Muslims realize this, it will suffice them to find their independence. But, regretfully, we have lost the true Islam. What we have now, is the Islam that has been completely separated from politics. They have cut its head off. That which is the principal part has been severed and the remainder left to us. That is what placed us in such a sorry plight. Unless we all unearth Islam, we shall not be to regain our dignity.
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The politics of Hajj is not something devised by ourselves. Hajj is an Islamic political movement. We had in mind from the outset to perform the Hajj pilgrimage the way it was supposed to be, just as the Prophet broke the idols down, in Kaba, we are to break the idols of our time just the same, the idols that are much more wicked.
We must perform our Hajj rituals just as we did two or three years ago. The pilgrims must parade and demonstrate just as they did before. Re-assignment of Mr. Moosavi does not alter our policy. Hajj rites are to be performed the same way as they were in the last two or three years, and the governments must show forbearance. We cannot deviate from the duty that Islam and Qur'an have prescribed for us. Our policy on Hajj is the same as before. Every time we go, we will do the same, unless they stop us from going on Hajj pilgrimage. The case will be different then.
I hope the pilgrims, this year, will discharge their duties better and more populated. Individuals must be more careful about their conduct and unite with one another, and I hope the other Muslim peoples have sensed this meaning too. More than one billion Muslims should not follow what America says and what Russia says. They must stand firm, heedless of others, just as the forty million population of this country has been standing fast, crying out: "Neither Eastern, Nor Western". The prestige value of this country is above that of those supported by either east or west, and the respect of the individual Muslims for it is greater. Therefore the nations must be fearless of what America may do. They are but empty drums.
Warm greetings to the pilgrims of the Sacred House of Godmay God Almighty assist them:
It is undeniable, and needless to say that the grand Islam is the religion of monotheism, breaker of polytheism, idolatry and egotism. It is the religion of natural disposition and deliverer of man from bondage to natural bonds and humanly and jinni temptations, inwardly and outwardly.
Source:
"Hajj In The Words and Messages of Imam Khomeini" book
Other Links:
HAJJ : IMPORTANT WORSHIP FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Introduction To Pilgrimage - Hajj
