Conversation so far:
What was Ruhollah Khomeini's opposition ot the white revolution?
", a six-point programme of reform calling for land reform, nationalization of the forests, the sale of state-owned enterprises to private interests.
What were some of the points?
Muslims to hold office, profit-sharing in industry, and a literacy campaign in the nation's schools.
What was the second point?
summoned a meeting of the other senior marjas of Qom and persuaded them to decree a boycott of the referendum on the White Revolution.
What was the third point?
the Shah took an armored column to Qom, and delivered a speech harshly attacking the ulama as a class.

Question: why did he attack the ulama?
Self-contained rewrite: why did Ruhollah Khomeini attack the ulama?