Ayatollah Calls for "Islamic Hub"

G'head, guess where he wants it to be:

TEHRAN - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that the creation of a powerful hub of the Muslim world will help the Islamic ummah counter threats posed by the hegemonistic powers.     

The Leader made the remarks in a message issued on October 27 to the people who are participating in the annual gathering of Muslims in the hajj pilgrimage, which began in late October and culminates this week, according to the Islamic lunar calendar. 

The text of the message was released on Saturday. 

The people in the countries that have been experiencing pro-democracy uprisings are in need of two things, Ayatollah Khamenei said, noting, “First of all, continuing resistance and not allowing (their) strong will to be sapped.” 

“Secondly, the exercise of vigilance in the face of plots hatched by the global hegemons and the powers which have suffered harm from these uprisings and revolutions. They will not stand idly by and will enter the scene with all their political, (military), and financial strength in order to once again exert influence and establish authority over these countries. 

“The greatest danger is the interference and the exercise of influence by the bloc of kafirs (unbelievers) and the global arrogance (forces of imperialism) in the (process of the) establishment of new political systems in these countries. They will make every effort to prevent new political systems from adopting an Islamic and popular identity. All the conscientious in these countries and all those who have pinned their hopes on the dignity, glory, and progress of their countries should try to make sure that the new systems will be Islamic and popular. Constitutions play prominent roles in this regard. National unity and the recognition of religious, ethnic, and racial diversity is the key to future victories.”   

The Leader added, “The brave and awakened people in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and other awakened and combatant nations must be aware that they will be emancipated from the oppression and deceit of the United States and other Western hegemons only when the balance of power shifts in their favor.”...

I don't know who writes his speeches, but speaking as someone who's written a few orations in her time, the Ayatollah's wordsmith, who crafts some of the clunkiest, least ear-pleasing lines this side of Stalin, should be shot forthwith. Then again, maybe it sounds better in the original Farsi.