政权向信徒发送了一条信息：要生存，他们必须忠于对信仰的一种解释，并接受神职人员的新政治作用。父亲觉得这是我国伊斯兰的尽头，他确实有一点。他说：“没有外国权力，可以像这些人那样摧毁伊斯兰教。
(A message was sent by the regime to the faithful: to survive they would have to be loyal to only one interpretation of the faith, and to accept the new political role of the clergy. Father felt that this spelled the end of Islam in our country, and he did have a point. 'No foreign power,' he said, 'could destroy Islam the way these people have.)