An interesting sermon:
" Many of the calamities which befall the muslims stem from the muslim governments, these muslim governments who should speak with one voice, who should share the same views, who are all of one and the same religion and the adherents of the same book. They all see how their differences have benefited others, they know what the affliction is but they don’t seek a cure. Rather, every day their differences increase and the gulf between them widens.
This is what the big powers want, for us to be disunited, even become enemies, become occupied with one another’s affairs so that they can take advantage. The muslims should think of a basic solution to their problems and the muslim governments should do likewise. They shouldn’t think only of remaining in power in thier countries and of living a prosperous life, they should cure this affliction of disunion for there is no other solution; no assembly, no conference and no league will be affected.
I ask God the Blessed and Exalted to awaken Muslims in general and the muslim governments in particular and help them to overcome thier problems, and for Islam to be materialised in the islamic countries the way it truly is, the way it was in the early age of Islam.
Another problem the muslims have is that of the (relationship between the) government and the nation. To the best of my knowledge, and as you yourselves are also aware, the government are the ones which are not in agreement with their people, they treat the people as an enemy.
The nation turns its back on the government and the government tries to impose itself on the nation, for this reason the nation do not support their governments, rather they treat them as an enemy would treat an enemy. This is the cause of the weakness of these governments.
Imam Khomeini’s speech to ambassadors of Islamic Countries.(1979)