"If the heads of the Islamic countries give up their...

"If the heads of the Islamic countries give up their differences and become acquainted with the sublime Islamic objectives and tilt towards Islam, they will not become captives and slaves of colonialists as such." 14 The Imam painfully warns that depravation, colonization, and exploitation of the material and human resources of the Islamic world will increase and there is no way for getting rid of from this problem except return of the Muslims to the cultural, religious principles and revival of Islamic unity of word.

"I have warned time and again that if the Islamic ummah does not wake up and does not become aware of its duties, if the Islamic ulema do not shoulder their responsibility and do not rise, if true Islam, which is the result of unity and movement of all Islamic sects against the aliens and is the guarantor of the mastery and independence of the Muslim nations and governments continue to remain under the black veil of colonialism, and if the flames of differences and disunity among the Muslims flare up, darker and more miserable days await the Muslim society and a destructive threat will endanger Islam and the Quranic principles." 15 In order to perform its divine mission, the Islamic government of Iran considers the establishment of the universal Islamic ummah as one of its duties and will not spare any efforts in this regard.

Article 11 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic states: "On the basis of the Quranic verse, "Verily, this brotherhood of yours is a single brotherhood, and I am your Lord and Cherisher: therefore Serve Me," 16 all Muslims belong to one ummah and the government of the Islamic Republic is duty-bound to base its policy on the coalition and unity of Islamic nations and make incessant efforts to materialize political, economic and cultural unity of the Islamic world." Commenting on the unity of Islamic ummah, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei, states: "The entire Islamic ummah must remember this profound, precise recommendation of our dear Imam and should not forget unity of word on the basis of Islam.

"And hold fast, all together, by the Rope Which God (stretches out for you)." 17 Hold fast to the rope of Allah and get united around the pivot of Islam.