Renounce the polytheists in both word and action

Renounce the polytheists in both word and action

My strong recommendation to all the fortunate pilgrims, particularly the scholars and preachers from Islamic countries who are present in this divine gathering, and to the Friday Prayer Leaders of the two Holy Mosques, is that with a proper understanding of the issue, they must realize their immediate, urgent duty today. ... They should direct all their motivation and outcries toward the Arrogant Powers and the enemies of the Islamic Ummah, particularly the heads of all the seditions – Zionism and the US. They must show their renunciation of the polytheists in both word and action.

Excerpt from Imam Khamenei’s 2009 Hajj message