Archive - Khamenei.ir

2004-08-25 08:45

Leader’s Speech in Meeting with President and Cabinet Members

2004-08-25 00:00

Leader Praises Government's Performance

2004-08-20 00:00

Leader's Speech on the Martyrdom Anniversary of Imam Ali al-Naqi (a.s.)

2004-08-15 11:02

The West's view of the woman is a humiliating and insulting one

In the matter of women, your position is not a defensive one; rather an offensive one. They blame us for making hijab obligatory for women. However, they themselves have made women to remove their hijab. Blow for blow! Yet, their actions in the matter of women are more detrimental than that. In the western culture, the woman is driven to corruption, is humiliated and harassed. That men and women sit next to one another at diplomacy desks will never compensate for the detriments the West has inflicted on women. They have used women as a tool for satisfying sexual desires. They believe women are worthless without makeup; that women need to do makeup so men appreciate their appearance. This is the biggest insult to the woman. You have a lot to say in this area, and have claims to make.

2004-08-15 00:00

Leader Cites Basic Principles of Iran's Foreign Policy

2004-08-12 00:00

Leader Reinstates Judiciary Chief for Another Five-Year Term

2004-08-12 00:00

Leader Reinstates Judiciary Chief for another Five-Year Term

2004-08-11 00:00

Leader's Message to Ayatollah Sistani

2004-08-11 00:00

Iraqi People Will Not Leave U.S. Atrocities Unanswered: Leader

2004-08-11 00:00

Leader Prays for Ayatollah Sistani's Immediate Recovery

2004-08-07 09:55

Saint Mary a role model for believers

At the opposite end of the scale, Allah the Exalted mentions two women as models for believers: "And Allah sets forth, as an example to those who believe, the wife of Pharaoh. Behold she said: ‘O my Lord, Build for me, in nearness to You, a mansion in the Garden, and save me from Pharaoh and his doings'" [The Holy Quran, 66: 11]. One was the wife of Pharaoh and the other was Hazrat Maryam: "And Maryam the daughter of Imran" [The Holy Quran, 66: 12]. As for the first woman, she was not beguiled by the Pharaoh's palace. She was a woman who was raised in a Pharaoh-like manner and most probably, her parents and household members were the descendants of the same taghuts. She was living with utmost comfort and welfare, but faith in Musa conquered her heart and as a result, she believed in him. When she began to believe and know the path, she abandoned all that comfort and welfare and she was no more attracted to that great palace. She said, "O my Lord, Build for me, in nearness to You, a mansion in the Garden." She preferred a house in paradise and she attached no significance to the material life. As for Hazrat Maryam, "And Maryam the daughter of Imran, who guarded her chastity and We breathed into her body of Our spirit" [The Holy Quran, 66: 12]. She preserved her chastity. These are human values.