TEHRAN Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Sunday said that the Hajj makes every Muslim recognize that the prestige, all-round success and welfare of Islamic countries can be attained only under the light of the two principles of '****tohid****' (monotheism) and '****wahdah****' (unity).

"****Tohid**** means negation of the lordship of tyrants and despots and rejection of the supremacy of wealth and might. ****Wahdah**** is expressive of the honor and power of Muslims," said the Leader in a message to the annual Hajj congregation here Sunday.

According to an IRNA report, the Leader said that the great Hajj congregation this year may receive scores of reports from dozens of Islamic countries that each creates responsibility for Muslims and together set in perspective the realities faced by the great Islamic ummah.

Stressing that the Islamic world is passing through a critical phase in its history, the message underlined the great responsibility that Muslim governments and nations undertake in this connection.

"Admission of this responsibility and commitment to it can close a sorry chapter of weakness and misfortune in the history of Islam and inaugurate another chapter of the prestige and greatness of the Islamic world and its material and intellectual glory," read the message in part.

Elsewhere in his message, the Leader said the Western world which has been an aggravating agent of the weakness and backwardness of the Islamic countries, is itself entrenched in great and insoluble problems.

However, the message further continued, a gentle breeze of awakening caresses the bruised and vexed face of the Islamic world, adding that the signs of this awakening are visible in its different parts, especially in the heroic Iran and in Lebanon and Palestine as well.

Stressing that the spell of indignity and domination of the West has been broken, the message said however the road ahead is still a long and arduous one but is one which is without any uncertainty.

"At the present moment the people of Palestine have taken up a great share in opening this road and in advancing on it. We should all assist that brave and oppressed nation. Other nations and governments can fulfill their role in advancing on this road by helping the heroic people of Palestine."

The message noted that thousands of propaganda means are active to make Muslims lose hope in their future and to allure them toward a future that suits the enemy's evil intentions.

"This cultural propaganda and psychological warfare have been the West's most effective tool in its bid to dominate Islamic countries," read the message, adding that struggle against this ploy is not possible except by rejection of the West's domineering and self-imposing culture.

Western culture needs to be fractionalized and separated by the intelligentsia and the elite so that its useful elements may be absorbed and its harmful, destructive and corrupting elements need to be wiped out from the minds and practice of Islamic societies, it said.

Reminding the religious scholars, the intelligentsia and the political elite throughout the Islamic world of the all-round and promising struggle that lies in front of them, the message expressed hope that the Hajj this year will make everyone more resolute in advancing on this worthy and blessed path.

Meanwhile, concurrent with Arafat Day, tens of thousands of Iranian pilgrims held demonstrations announcing their deliverance from pagans on Sunday in Arafat plateau.

Groups including Iranian and non-Iranian pilgrims while chanting slogans entered Iran's Hajj mission to take part in a ceremony on deliverance from pagans.

The demonstrators chanted slogans of: "Allah Is the Greatest", "There Is No God but Allah" and "All Muslims Unite Together".

According to a report from Arafat, the pilgrims also chanted anti-Israeli and anti-U.S. slogans while performing Arafat rituals.

More than two million Muslims, including 88,000 Iranians, took part in this year's Hajj ceremonies.

While addressing the groups of Muslims in Arafat, the Iranian Hajj delegation Head Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Mohammadi Rayshahri denounced the satanic powers which have dominated the world, spearheaded by the United States and the Zionist regime.

Referring to the importance of deliverance from pagans, he said that the Founder of the Islamic Republic, late Ayatollah Rouhollah Khomeini, considered the procession as a part of the Hajj rituals.

He said that the purpose behind these processions is to make the world of Islam wakeful and forge unity among the Muslims, enabling them to defend the Islamic interests in the world of paganism.

In his address, Rayshahri also denounced the Israeli regime for its atrocities and mass killings in Palestine.