Today, the hostility toward Islam is clearer than ever. There was hostility in the past, [but] today it is clear. An ignorant example of this hostility, which is seen today, is the desecration of the Holy Quran. You see a foolish, ignorant person doing this in public with the support of a government. What this shows is that the problem is not just what we are seeing in the open. It is not just about insulting the Holy Quran. They think they can weaken the Quran with these kinds of acts. They are mistaken. They are ruining themselves.
Imam Kamenei
Oct. 3, 2023
