THE SANGUINARY HAJJ MASSACRE OF THE PILGRIMS IN 1987

What I am going to appraise today is the lamentable mishap that occurred in Mecca. From the beginning of the uprising, God’s sake and for deliverance of the nation--may it please God--we have had many martyrs, both before and after the revolation We had grand martyrs during the dynastic tyranny and afterwards, as you have observed; we have had invaluable martyrs.

But the Hejaz mishap is something else; different from other mishaps. At that time we beat and were beaten. We have had martyrs everywhere. During the reign of Reza Shah, those who remember, can relate what sufferings we had had. And in the time of Mohammad Reza, you all can remember the conditions we were in, and what martyrs we had. But that was all martyrdom, although it was grave too. But the case of Hejaz is something else. We saw what happened on the Qods Day, but the sanguinary Friday of Mecca is another thing. On the Qods Day case we tried to delver the noble Qods from the hands of the usurpers and they claimed t~ possess it. But they did not do a sacrilege to it. Of course, the noble Qods must not be left in their hands; it must be handed over to its real owners. Many dear ones, the dust of whose feet is worthier than the whole beings of the palace dwellers have been martyred in the recent explosions and assassinations. During the imposed war by Saddam, we also lost so many dear ones and suffered a great deal of damage. Butagain, all that is different from the case of Hejaz. We are still not fully aware of what has happened, and the world is still unaware. In Hejaz, the sanctity of the most sacred stations of both the Muslim and the

Muslim world was broken. Ka’ba is held in reverence , not only by us, the Muslims of the world, but also by all nations who believe in a religion. Ka’ba had existed from the beginning. All the prophets have performed services in it. Breaking the sanctity  Ka’ba is no simple action to be ignored. If we overlook the Qods mishap, if we overlook the crimes of Saddam, if we overlook all those who have mistreated us, we cannot overlook the issue of Hejaz. That is another question. it is different from any other question.
And it is necessary to keep this day alive; the day they betrayed Islam. Andnow Moharram is nearing. Moharram is our month of lamentation, over the martyrdom of the prince of the martyrs, who left Mecca in order to observe the sanctity of Mecca--may all be sacrificed to Mecca. And now this sacred sanctuary is overtaken by a group of impious people who do not know what they are to do and cannot understand what has been imposed upon them and the Muslims. It is a shame on all Muslims to let the sanctity of Mecca, the divine sanctum and the most sacred heavenly station, be so broken and the Muslims be seated so silently. It is up to the Muslims to keep the memorial alive. In Moharram, all the preachers, the mourners and the mourning parades must dea’ with this fact as their top matter of discourse that Imam Hossein (a.s.) was martyred in the cause of Godly justice, devotion to God, fulfillment of pilgrimage service and protection of the sanctity of the House of God. And now we remain seated idly watching what? What are we supposed to do?

Of course, I must point out that I never mean that we must bother those who are here, the Saudis, the Kuwaitis or the others. They are sheltered by us and must be kept safe, and I am sure our youths have goodwill. But let me tell you that there might be others among you with evil intentions, and want to smear the nation and the government of Iran. You must be careful. The Saudis and the like are not those whom we want to punish. The problem is much above this. We must, with all our might, the Muslims must, with all their might and tie other peoples, those who believe in God, must, with all their night, confront and fight against this problem, in a way they deem appropriate. We must die of the shame that this grave crime was committed before our eyes, and after all, they claim to be in the right.

This plot, has doubtlessly, been prep1anned Without doubt, this plot has been devised beforehand. They had imposed it upon Al-c-Saud to do such a silly thing and disgrace themselves in the world, though it has already been and will be disgraced, and we indeed wonder what we should do? God Almighty will protect His House, and they will be slapped in the face, b~ the Muslims, by the faithful and by the people of Hejaz. Tie people of Hejaz had no hand in it. It was committed by groups related to this wrongful party and this wrongful governmentThe plotas been devised beforehand. It was unprecedented that King Saud send me a message and thank me by saying that it will be calm there. He never did so before. He did it only this year Why?

Why did he send this message this year It vas a show. He thus tried to show his goodwill. The best evidence that their plot had been pre-planned is their way of action. They admitted to it themselves. They said: The Iranians wanted to set Ka’ba on fire and arrange for Qom to replace Ka’ba--such a foolish claim. Thus, it becomes clear that the plot had been devised beforehand. Their only pretext was that the Iranians have come to destroy Ka’ba. We are prepared to take our revenge. The problem is not just their massacre of the innocent pilgrims; the real problem is their desecration on Mecca. The Heja2 calamity has different dimensions; but the most critical one is breakion the sanctity of a sacred place and the Muslims will not remain silent. Hereafter, Fahad and his likes will realize what had been imposed on them, and what calamity had occurred. The Muslims know their proper course to pursue. The people of Hejaz know very well, too. Had this happened in Ta’ef, it could have been tolerable, but not in God’s sanctum.

We have had so many martyrs in wars and so on, and will have the same in future, too. But this happened at the sanctuary, the sanctuary that God ordained to be so from the beginning, which is now usurped by them. They came to be servants of the two sanctuaries, but now have become traitors to the two sanctuaries. Who has appointed them as servants to the two sanctuaries? How dared they change the name Hejaz to Saudi Arabia? These are all complicated problems and we do not know how to clear ourselves from this disdain. I had really been patient with the problems, with the war problems and ~‘with everything. But this has rendered me impatient. It is something different.

What we hope is that God Almighty will solve the problems. I pray to God to help us not to be indifferent to this case, in this month of Moharram.(156),

What which I must relate to the dear pilgrims is that America and Al-c-Saud have illustrated the incident of Mecca as a sectarian dispute, and a fight of powers between the Shiites and the Sunnites, and misrepresented the Iranian leaders as ones who are dreaming of reigning over a great empire; so, many, who are unaware of the political trends in the Islamic world and the Sinister conspiracies of the world plunderers, would think that our cries of disgust at the pagans and our strive for freedom of nations is in 1~act an attempt to gain more political strength and to expand our h~1amic geographical sovereignty.

It ~s not surprising to us and all thinkers and the learned people whoaware of the mischievous intentions of Al-e-Saud if they accuse the government of Iran, which has, from the early days of its victory, cried out for unity of the Muslims and shares the sorrows and joys of Muslims all over the world, of trying to separate the Muslims, or, more than that, accuse the pilgrims who have lovingly gone for pilgrimage to the divine sanctuary and the Propert’s shrine, of troop expedition to capture Ka’ba, burn God’~ sanctum and destroy the Prophet’s Medina, adducing as their evidence, the participation of our military and civilian officials in the pilgrimage. In the logic of Al-e-Saud, the military personnel must be alien to Hajj. Such pilgrimages by military and civilian executives are questionable to them, and suspected of conspiracy. In the eyes of the arrogants, the executives of the Islamic countries must only journey to Europe, not to Hajj. The protégés of America consider burning the American flag as burning the sanctuary, and giving slogans against America, Russia and Israel, as enmity to God and Quran and the Prophet (pbuh), and our officials in pilgrims’ garb as leaders of the plot.(157),

And those who emigrate in God’s way and were slain, or died, God shall provide them with a fair provision; and surely God is the best of providers. H.E. Hajj Sheikh Mahdi Karrubi, may his diffusions be prolonged:I heard your perseverance message and that of the dearer-than-our-soul pilgrims, from the side of the wronged Ka’ba and the blood-stained sanctuary of God. Convey my sincere greeting and that of the Iranian nation, to all the dear ones, who, in the vicinity of God’s House and sanctuary, were impudently offended by the hired agents of the archsatan, criminal America. This grave incident wounded not only the Iranian nation but certainly all the freedom-loving people and Islamic nations of the world. But to a brave and valiant people such as the Iranians, who as a nation have gone through years of revolutionary experiences and thrown off the fraudulence mask of American aides such as Shah and Saddam who made assaults on the Imam Hossein mourners and burned the mosques, such offenses are not unprecedented and unexpected. Thus, once more the dirty hands of America and Israel came out of the sleeves of the hypocrite heads of Arabia and the traitors to the two Sanctuaries and took aim at the hearts of the dearest Muslims and guests of God and the claimants of‘SEQAYATEL-HAJJ-VA-EMARATEL MASJEDEL-HARAM”(Lit., Watering the pilgrims and edification of the Sacred Mosque) and shed the blood of Muslims on the streets of Mecca.
While we are deeply sorry and mournful for this unprecedented massacre of Muslims and followers of Abraham the Hanif, and practitioners of the Holy Quran, we thank God that our enemies and political opponents are among the witless and foolish, because they could not foresee how their blindly actions have strengthened  and promoted our revolution, and disclosed how innocent and oppressed our nation has been, in a way matchless by hundreds and missionaries to the farthest points of the world to illustrate the difference between the just and the unjust governments, so clearly and Openly. How better could we unveil the ugly faces of American servants and prove that there is no difference between Mohammad Reza Khan , Saddam and the heads of the reactionary Arabian regime, in fighting against Islam and Quran, and that they are all servants of America and assigned to demolish the mosques at-Id prayer niches, and put out the flames of rightful cries of the nations?

How better could we Prove to the world that those presently entrusted with the keys of Ka’ba are unfit for hosting God’s servants and guests, and that they can do nothing except ensuring the interests of America and Israel, and presenting to them the interests of their own country If we wanted to prove to the world that the AL-e-Saud government those Godless Wahhabis , are like a knife that has always pen rated into the Muslims’ hearts from their backs, we could not do it so well as the feeble and debilitated Saudi executives have done it so cruelly and fiercely, and indeed they are the real heirs of ‘ABI-SUFYAN” and ‘ABI-LAHA” and they, as followers of ‘YAZID’, outran his offences.

The Islamic Republic of iran has, thank God, made so many truthful and loyal friends an~ supporters from different races and nationalities, including Arabians who testify to our righteousness and give evidence on the bloody massacre of the Muslims committed by the so-called servants of the two Sanctuaries and can transmit the bitter facts of the day of the incident to the world . And worse than that, is the immediate support of Saddam,

King Hossein of Jordan and King Hassan of Morocco for the crimes of AL-e-Saud. as though Arabia had conquered a great stronghold and achieved a tremendous military victory by machine-gunning hundreds of innocent defenseless men and women and running over their pure bodies. So they congratulate one another while the world is lamenting and the Prophet’s (pbuh) heart broken.(158),

AL-e-Saud government has undertaken the control of the pilgrims which gives us all confidence that the Mecca incident is not apart from the principal policy of the world ,plunderers to extirpate the freedom-loving Muslims of the world.(159),

God has indeed fulfilled the vision He vouchsafed to His Messenger truly: ‘You shall enter the Holy Mosque, if God wills, in security.’ In spite of a year passing since the disastrous and cruel massacre of the defenseless Hajjis and pious monotheist pilgrims by the servants of America, the atrocious AL-e-Saud, the city of God and the creatures of God are still filled with consternation. AL-c-Saud, by killing the guests of God and shedding the bloods of the best servants of God, not only stained the sanctum but also the whole world of Islam, with the bloods of martyrs and put the Muslims and the free people into mourning.

Last year the Muslims of the world, for the first time, celebrated Eid-e Qurban (Feast of Sacrifices) by the martyrdom of the children of Abraham (a.s.)-who had returned from tens of battles with the world plunderers and their tails--at these altar of love and the ‘Mena of divine acquiescence. A place where America and AL-e-Saud, contrary to the ways and customs of nobility, massacred mumerous men and women among the fathers and mothers of the martyrs and the disabled, and at the last moment they flogged the half dead bodies of the aged and the thirsty mouths of the oppressed, so to revenge themselves on them! But upon who and for what guilt? Revenge on people who had departed from their own home to the House of God and the House of people! revenge on people who had carried the haversack of Divine deposit of strive on their shoulders! revenge on people who Abrahamwise returned from idol-breaking! Those who had broken the Shah! who had broken Russia and America! and smashed paganism and hypocrisy! the same ones who, after traveling through a long way, have come, bareheaded and barefoot, to cry:

To please Abraham; have come to God’s feast, to wash the dust off their faces by ZamZam water and quench their thirst by the limpid Hajj rituals to regain energy for more responsibilities and in the course of their eternal progression, not only at the Hajj “MIQAT” but also in the MIQAT” of their action, and rid themselves of the veils of attachment to the world . The same ones who, in order to salvage the deprived and the servants of God, denied themselves the comfort seeking people, dressed themselves in martyrdom garb and made up their minds not to be slaves to America and Russia, nor accept the servitude of anyone except God. They had come to tell the Prophet (pbuh) that they are not tired of striving and know very well that ‘ABI-LAHAB and ABI-JAFIL” are lying in ambush for revenge. They wonder if LAT and HOBAL’ are still in Ka’ba? Yes, more dangerous than those idols, but under new pretence and deception.

They know that today the sanctum is not a place for the people, but for America, and he who does not say “LABBEYK to America but proceeds towards God is subject to revenge. Revenge on pilgrims whose whole existence and their revolutionary moves and actions revive Abraham’s rituals and are really going to perfume the atmosphere of their country and their lives with the fragrance of the charming tune of LABBEYK, ALLA-HOMMA-LABBEYK’

Yes, in the logic of global paganism, whoever tries to enact disgust at the pagans is accused of idolatry and the ‘Muftis” will sentence him to death.
After all, same sword of blasphemy and hypocrisy that was concealed under the deceitful Hajj garbs of Yazidians and the hired ones of the Ommayyeds-God’s curse be upon them--to kill the noblest children of the Prophet (pbuh) that is, “ EMAM HOSSEIN “ (a.s.) and his faithful companions, must come Out once more to Cut the pure and purged throats of the followers of Hossein (a.s.) in the hot weather of Karbala of Hejaz at the altar of the sanctuary, and accuse them just the same as the Yazidians had been accusing the true children of Islam and misrepresented them as dualist, atheist, gentile and whose blood may he shed. We hope, God willing, that we take our revenge upon them in due time and leave on their hearts, the scar of privation, from the sweetness of this grave crime, and then we will enter the Holy Mosque after celebrating the victory of righteousness over blasphemy and infidelity, and liberating Ka’ba from the grasp of the incompetent and the untrustworthy.

And as to the pilgrims of other countries, who have, surely, pilgrimaged under control and threat of their governments, will not see again their friends, their brothers, their supporters and co fighters. AL-c-Saud, in order to gloss over last year’s terrible crimes and to justify their offence of “obstructing on God’s path’ by preventing the Iranian pilgrims from entering Hajj , will bombard the pilgrims with their constant propaganda, and the courtier clerics and hired Muftis in the Islamic countries, specially Hejaz, will make pretences and give false speeches using the mass media of communication, with an endeavor to corner the pilgrims and disable them from thinking and studying the philosophy of Hajj and inquiring about the preplanned commitment of the archsatan in killing the guests of God. And the responsibility of the pilgrims in these circumstances are indeed too heavy. The biggest pain of the Islamic communities is that they have not yet realized the real philosophy of many divine precepts, and Hajj, with all its secrets and its magnificence has still remained as a false worship and a fruitless move.(160),

IN THE NAME OF GOD THE COMPASSIONATE, THE MERCIFUL

H.E. Hojjatol-Islam Hajj Sheikh Karrubi--may God prolong his diffusions:After expressing my thanks and appreciation for the indescribable perseverance of the wronged pilgrims to the Sacred House of God against the assault made by Al-c-Saud, the disgraced men of history and the blind lead servants of the world plunderer America and my thanks for your brave and devotional perseverance who, while being captive in the hands of the blood­thirsty AL-c-Saud , unveiled the ugly face of those criminals of history by issuing fiery messages and giving interviews and disclosing this unforgettable infamy of America and its wicked agents , I hereby appoint you, who, thank God, have always been a pioneer among the strivers of Islam, as my representative superintending the Hajj affairs of the Iranian pilgrims as you did in previous years.

The unprecedented and unforgettable felony of breaking the sanctity of the divine sanctuary that wounded the hearts of all the devout Muslims of the world, is no easy matter to be forgotten or remain silent about.

I hereby express my gratitude to all the executives and organizers of Hajj pilgrimage for their sincere efforts and to Hojjatol-Islam Imam Jamarani for his devoutness and perseverance who exalted the Islamic Republic of Iran and delighted the souls of the martyrs, and pray to God, to grant you success in the cause of Islam and its luminary precepts and bless the souls of the martyrs of Mecca who, by dedicating their bloods, raised the red flag of monotheism and prophecy of Mohammad (phuh), and to grant their survivors who have achieved a great honor, patience and reward.’(161),

The Iranian pilgrims will, God willing, show patience and perseverance , accomplish their observances and with full confidence, tranquility and acquiescence, celebrate the victory of blood over swords and the martyrdom by the side of the House of God, and those who go to the laminated Medina, will relay the greetings of the martyrs of Ka’ba and the injured at God’s sanctuary, to the Messenger of God and the infallible Imams (peace be upon them) and congratulate them for this great victory. And will proceed along their way firmly and with confidence and tolerate what difficulties created by America and Arabia on God’s account and defend the Prophet (pbuh) and praise God for accepting the Hajar-wise and Ismael-wise sacrifices of this great nation by the side of His House , praying to God to let our martyrs associate with the martyrs of the early days of Islam, bless their survivors with patience and reward and the injured with recovery and throw back the wickedness of the aggressors to themselves and punish them by His divine torment.(162),

The Islamic Republic of Iran is grateful to the free Muslims of the world who, in spite of political strangulations, unveiled the vicious secrets of America and Arabia through conferences, interviews and lectures. The Mus1ims~must bear in mind that, unless they change the equilibrium of world forces to their own benefit, the interests of the foreigners will always be preferred to theirs and every day the archsatan of Russia will create a new mishap, under the pretext of protecting their own interests.(163),

Really! Had the worldwide Muslim mobilization been organized, could any one dare commit so much presumptuousness and wickedness against the spiritual children of God’s Messenger (pbuh)?(164),
And who can you find that is unaware of the fact that the use of force and bayonets and military expedition against the pilgrims to the House of God, and so much mobilization, and resorting to groundless pretexts for fighting with defenseless men and women and mothers and wives of the martyrs , and the disabled, indicates nothing but the weakness, wrath and inability of America and hopelessness of its submissive servants. Undoubtedly, America and Arabia had taken advantage of the armless condition of Muslims at pilgrimage by the House of God and assaulted the files of our brave men and women, in a cowardly manner. The Saudi government must know for sure, that America has stained its reputation in a way that will not be cleansed, to the very last day, not even by ‘ZamZani’ or “Kowsar’ water, and the blood that streamed over Hejaz land from the heart of the great ocean of our nation has become ZamZam of guidance for those thirsty for the pure politics of Islam; so, the present nations and the future generations will be saturated but the tyrants drowned and killed , and we have charged all these crimes against America, and will call them to account in due time and revenge Abraham’s children on the Nimrods, the satans and the Korahs of the time. I emphasize once more, that this is the price of our independence, liberty and Islam-seeking and “the no east no west” ideology.(165),

The massacre of the pilgrims to the House of God was committed out of conspiracy, to maintain the policies of the world arrogants and hinder the influence of the pure Islam of Mohammad (pbuh). The tainted and shameful record of the indolent rulers of Muslim countries show the pains and sufferings they have inflicted upon the half-dead--body of Islam and Muslims.(166),

‘Do you reckon the giving of water to pilgrims and the edification of the Holy Mosque as the same act of one who believes in God and the Last Day and Struggles in the way of God? Not equal are they in God’s sight; and God guides not the nation of the oppressors.

One would think this noble verse has been descended at this very age and as though it is for Al-e Saud and the like, in the course of history, and for the great striving nation of Iran and the pilgrims to the sacred House of God at present time and their like at all ages. God Almighty says: 0! you blind-hearted! Have you evaluated your watering the pilgrims and repairing the Holy Mosque equal to belief in God and The judgment Day and striving in the cause of God? Never, they are not equal to you, and God will not guide the tyrants. Haven’t the Saudis and their likes , in the course of history, compare the value of their giving water to the pilgrims and decorating the Sacred Mosque, with that of the Muslims who believe in God and The Judgment Day, and sarifice themselves and their striving youths in the cause of God and those who rise up to repel God’s enemies from the sanctuary of Islam and the sanctum of God? And, haven’t the present day Saudis stepped beyond their limits in showing their superiority to the Muslims and mistreating the strivers worse than their master, America , whereas God has specified, in this verse, the belief in God and The Judgment Day, and has preferred striving in the cause of God and fighting against the enemies of humanity, and taught all the Muslims that the value of crusade is above all other values? And where God says: And God will not be a guide to the nation of the oppressors.’

Doesn’t He want to indicate that the present day Saudis and those of all ages are no more than wicked cruels, who are unable to accept guidance and that God will not guide them? Is there any greater cruelty to the Righteous One and His creatures and to the Prophet and his noble followers than what the Saudis did with Ka’ba, God’s sanctum, and with its pilgrims who sacrificed all their possessions in the cause of God and Islam? Was the guilt of these strivers who obeyed God’s command anything besides disgust at the pagans who were the lords of Al-c-Saud, King Hussein, King Hassan, the unblessed Mubarak and Saddam? Is silence before this historically unprecedented tyranny anything but consent to this crime and partake in the tyranny of the tyrants? At any rate, Al-e-Saud are not qualified to be in charge of Ka’ba and Hajj affairs and the Ulema and Muslim intellectuals must think of a remedy for it.(167),

The Prophet of Islam is not in need of luxurious mosques and decorated minarets. The Prophet of Islam is after the glory and honor of his followers, who are regrettably disdained as a result of erroneous policies of the subordinate rulers. How can the Muslims of the world forget the atrocity of massacring hundreds of clergymen and thousands of Muslim men and women from different sects during the shameful life of A1-e-Saud and the massacre of the pilgrims to the House of God? Can’t the Muslims see that, today the Wahhabi centers have become centers of espionage and conspiracy where the aristocratic Islam, the Islam of Abi-sufyan, the Islam of the dirty courtier clerics, the Islam of idiot sanctimonious people , the Islam of misery and humiliation, the Islam of superiority of wealth and power, the Islam of deception, compromise and bondage, the Islam of dominion of capitalism and in a single word, the American Islam is promoted on the one hand, and submissiveness to their lord, world plunderer America, on the other?

The Muslims do not know where to turn with their grief that Al-e-Saud, the so called servants of the two sanctuaries, assures Israel of their willingness not to use their weapons against it and to prove their truthfulness, they severed relations with Iran. How warm should the relations of the heads of Muslim states with the Zionist be to exclude from their agenda at the heads of Islamic states’ conference even an outwardly opposition to Israel. Had they had an iota of pride and Islamic and Arabian ardor, they would have not contented themselves with such a dirty political agreement and self-subjection and country betrayal.

Aren’t such moves disgracing the Muslim world? Isn’t remaining as a silent bystander, a sin? Isn’t there a Muslim who outdone their predecessors.(168),