The New Hitler Of The Middle East: The Supreme Leader Of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
11 February 2018By Dr Ibrahim Al-Othaimin
In an interview with The New York Times, Crown
Prince Muhammad bin Salman, described the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei, as "the new Hitler of the Middle East". The Crown Prince said:
"We learnt from Europe that appeasement in such cases will not work. We do not
want the new Hitler in Iran to repeat in the Middle East what was done in
Europe."
This assessment by the Crown Prince of the Iranian situation seems quite apt
as, since the revolution, Iran has adopted a brutal ideology, namely
Vilayat-e-Faqih (Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist), which is the legitimate
cover for the continuation of the revolution and incitement of problems and
terrorism in the region and around the world.
The Guardian Jurist, also known as Supreme Leader, is the ultimate authority
in Iran, quite similar to the Papal States of the Middle Ages. The Papal
States regarded the leader as God's representative on Earth. Article five of
the Iranian constitution expresses that as long as Imam Mahdi remains in
occultation, the absolute guardianship and the leadership of the Ummah in Iran
is given to a Jurist who is decent, pious, informed of the demands of the
times, brave and qualified for leadership.
After decades of Saudi, Gulf and international patients, full confrontation is
the optimal and final solution for dealing with such a regime
Sectarian view
In addition, Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist does not acknowledge
nationalism as it has a sectarian view that claims the loyalty of all Shiites
of the world to Iran.
The constitution says that the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution has
the right to rule the "Shiite" nation since the original legitimate leader,
i.e. Imam Mahdi, is in occultation. This suggests that the utmost loyalty of
every Shiite in the world must be the Supreme Leader of the Islamic
Revolution.
Thus, Iran transformed sectarianism into constitutional texts by turning the
Shiites of the world into an agenda under the rule of the Guardian Jurist. It
turned them into armed groups, spy cells, militias and organizations with
utmost loyalty to the Guardian Jurist with no account of their nationalism.
Many Shiite militias are operating on the directions of the Guardian Jurist
including Hezbollah in Lebanon, Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq, Houthis
in Yemen, and sleeper cells in the Gulf States or around the world.
Referring to its close ties with Shiites in Iraq including Sistani and other
Iraqi Shiite clerics who studied in Qum, the Director of the Gulf and Middle
East Center of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Hamed Reza Daghani, said that the
Iranian "soft power" in Iraq was the key factor in achieving Iranian ambitions
in Iraq and in the region.
Totalitarian ideology
Therefore, the Crown Prince's description is profound and precise as the
Iranian totalitarian ideology is no different to Nazi Germany or any
totalitarian regime embracing expansionism, racism and disregard for all
international conventions. Over the past eight decades of its emergence,
containment and compromise only resulted in failure in dealing with the
totalitarian ideology.
After decades of Saudi, Gulf and international patients, full confrontation is
the optimal and final solution for dealing with such a regime, a main
supporter of terrorism which continues to interfere in the internal affairs of
other countries and to destabilize their peace and security.
The only confrontation can give birth to those who choose to abandon the
totalitarian revolutionary ideology and reject revolutionary concepts for the
concepts of nationalism, national states, respect for international
conventions and refrain from intervening in the internal affairs of other
countries.
This is the only way to create a healthy political atmosphere that may
contribute to the stability of the region and change its current chaotic
reality.
This article was first published in the Saudi Gazette on February 1, 2018
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