All-Out Independence and Rejection of Dependence on Arrogant Powers

Genuine Islam is capable of guiding the Muslims towards
dignity and felicity and is able to empower them to confront the dominant
materialistic powers of the world without any dependence on the Eastern and
Western poles. The victory of the Islamic Revolution, which was a manifestation
of this concept of Islam, demonstrates this truth for the entire world.

Commenting on this issue, Imam Khomeini states: “If
instead of relying on the Eastern and Western blocs, the Islamic governments and
nations rely on Islam and hold fast to the illuminating, liberating teachings of
the holy Quran… they will not be frightened by the United States nor will they fear the Soviet Union.”

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Commenting on the comprehensive independence of the country and its preservation
as well as its impact on the political insight of the Muslims, and their faith
and awareness of the capabilities of Islam, the Leader of the Islamic
Revolution, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, states:

“Up to the establishment of the Islamic Republic, the
Muslim masses were told that Islam was not capable of bringing about dignity and
honor for them and that in search of felicity they should go after Western
models and European and American cultures or tilt towards imaginary hollow
Marxist theories; but after the victory of the Islamic Revolution and
establishment of the Islamic Republic in Iran, the honor and dignity the
materialization of Islam granted to the Iranian nation, thwarted all the
longstanding achievements of the colonial powers and showed in practice that
Islam can rescue a nation from indolence and oppression and direct it towards
the apogee of dignity, courage, and self-confidence and also it is able to grant
them a firm, independent system, capable of challenging the materialistic powers
of the world.”

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Once again it should be borne in mind that the formation
and victory of the Islamic Revolution, the establishment of an Islamic
government in Iran, its honorable resistance against various plots of the global
arrogance and its internal and external agents, in fact, demonstrated the
unlimited capabilities of Islamic thought and culture in establishing the most
perfect form of government system (Islamic government) which meets the demands
of various societies with their indigenous cultures in all times and is capable
of directing the societies towards perfection and felicity. On the other hand,
the formation of the Islamic government could represent the most prefect
practical model of government for the disinherited and oppressed peoples of the
world, particularly the Muslim masses, preparing the grounds for the revival of
religious thought and culture and putting forth the need for return of the
Muslim masses to the foundations of Islamic culture.

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei
has a clear remark on this topic:

“The impacts of the victory of the Iranian nation in the
face of the world challenges did not remain confined to the Islamic world,
rather, the Islamic breeze started blowing even in the non-Muslim countries
where the iron cage systems of party dictatorship or ethnic oppression had not
allowed the Muslims of those countries to even feel being Muslims; their dormant
faiths started simmering and the herald of Islam disturbed the tranquility of
the evils… This is an Islamic resurrection which has enlivened the dead souls
and is preparing the grounds for the day when in response to the question “Whose
will be the Dominion?”, it is said: “That of God, the One, the Irresistible.”
(The Holy Quran, 40: 16).

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