Ayatollah Khamenei: The assault on hijab is part of a colonial logic which must be exposed

On the occasion of the anniversary of the first Friday Prayer organized after the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Ayatollah Khamenei met with Friday Prayer leaders from across the country in the Imam Khomeini Hussainiyah on July 27, 2022. The following are some of the main points he stated during this meeting.

The core of the identity of Western Civilization is separation of religion from progress. The Islamic Republic of Iran has invalidated this 200 to 300-year-old claim. The Islamic Republic started with the slogan of religion and it has progressed. This has enraged the West.

The Western powers are a mafia. The reality of this power is a mafia. At the top of this mafia stand the prominent Zionist merchants, and the politicians obey them. The US is their showcase, and they’re spread out everywhere.

The Friday Prayer is a totally unique religious duty, and there’s nothing like it. When we look into the depth of the phenomenon of the Friday Prayer, we see that it is even more unique than Hajj, which is a great multifaceted event.

Friday Prayer can be a base and a meeting place for all the important, current issues of the society, from intellectual issues to social services, from the people’s cooperation to their mobilization for defending the country militarily.

The Ghadir celebration in Tehran with over a million people in attendance was amazing. In this million-people celebration, individuals from all walks of life participated. These people are in favor of religion and like the religion.

For 200 years the West has said that if women aren’t freed from moral and religious boundaries and coverings, they can’t progress and reach higher scientific, political, and social positions. Iranian women showed the falsity of this. Our female scholars work in key scientific centers.

Iranian women are among the most outstanding in literature and in athletic competitions. One is truly unable to praise them the way they deserve. Iranian women wearing hijab stand on podiums receiving medals in front of hundreds of millions of global TV viewers. This is not trivial.

Iranian women’s achievements in various fields invalidate the West’s 300-year-old claim. Naturally, they can’t tolerate it, get mad at Iran and launch a propaganda campaign against it. In response, one should expose the Western colonialist rationale in a very sensible manner.

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Ayatollah Khamenei: The assault on hijab is part of a colonial logic which must be exposed

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