31/08/2010
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Great Islamic Ummah,
The flood disaster in Pakistan which has caused great suffering for our Muslim brothers and sisters in that country is reaching greater proportions every day. This disaster has struck a widespread area, from north of Pakistan to the south, and it has displaced millions of people. The large scale of this destructive tragedy has made it extremely difficult to provide aid.
The Muslim Pakistani nation is facing this great tragedy at a time when occupying and invading American forces are constantly using baseless pretexts to attack this Muslim country.
Honorable Muslim nations,
The extent of losses is so great that millions of our Muslim brothers and sisters are in urgent need of food, clothes and shelter. A large part of Pakistan's infrastructures has been destroyed. Unfortunately, international organizations have not properly fulfilled their duty to render services to the grief-stricken people of Pakistan. And this is a matter which is worthy of scrutiny in its own right.
Muslim brothers and sisters,
Whatever the amount of our aid, it is only a small drop compared to the large ocean of the needs of the flood-stricken people of Pakistan. However, in this critical situation, we should rush to the aid of our grief-stricken brothers and sisters on the basis of Islamic brotherhood. An important point which Islamic governments and international organizations should consider is that they should help the Pakistani government develop and carry out plans to deal with this tragedy, provide aid to the people, and to help cope with the immediate and long-term consequences of this tragedy. This is the case in as much as providing such large-scale relief operations is problematic for any country facing such an emergency situation.
Sayyid Ali Khamenei
Shahrivar 9, 1389
Ramdan 20, 1431
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