Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi, one of the topmost Shia clerics in Iran, gave his analysis of the Virginia Tech massacre (FARS).

The incident in Virginia Tech is a sign of deviation from faith in God, logic, and human emotions. There is a lesson in this event for everyone in the world. …the shooting proves how much insecure the materialist world is….If this had happened to one person in one of our universities, the Westerners would make a fuss out of it. The experts, who are on their payroll, would give analysis which the enemy likes and they would wrongfully claim that the person has been killed because of lack of freedom, poverty, tuitions, and other reasons. Now that this happens in their country, nothing is done and after a few days everything will be forgotten. If it had happened here, it would be talked about for months. This is their world! This must be enough for everyone to know whom they are dealing with. We are in an insecure world where we deal with unjust and illogical people. Muslims must be unified to be able to pursue their rights and stop others from oppressing them.