Posted on 10/29/2005 3:32:33 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
The Prince of Wales will try to persuade George W Bush and Americans of the merits of Islam this week because he thinks the United States has been too intolerant of the religion since September 11.
The Prince, who leaves on Tuesday for an eight-day tour of the US, has voiced private concerns over America's "confrontational" approach to Muslim countries and its failure to appreciate Islam's strengths.
The Prince raised his concerns when he met senior Muslims in London in November 2001. The gathering took place just two months after the attacks on New York and Washington. "I find the language and rhetoric coming from America too confrontational," the Prince said, according to one leader at the meeting.
It is understood that Prince Charles did not - and does not - believe that the actions of 19 hijackers should tarnish the reputation of hundreds of millions of law-abiding Muslims around the world.
Khalid Mahmood, the Labour MP for Birmingham Perry Bar, was also at the meeting at St James's Palace. "His criticism of America was a general one of the Americans not having the appreciation we have for Islam and its culture," he said.
Mr Mahmood and other Muslims present stressed that Prince Charles did not go so far as to criticise the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001. More recently, he has been careful not to express his views on Iraq.
The Prince also spoke of his sympathy for America after the terrorist attacks that claimed the lives of almost 3,000 people. He said he wanted to promote better relations between the different religions of the world.
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I remembered a line from the movie: "Quigley, Down Under".
When Quigley and company were approached by a British patrol, the Major remarked to Quigley, after noticing he was a "Yank", called America a land of "misfits that should be run out of their own country".
Quigley replied, after spitting some tobacco juice, "We ran the misfits out of our country a long time ago. We sent them back to England."
"He said in 1994 that when he became Supreme Governor of the Church of England, he would rather be "defender of faiths" than "defender of the faith"."
That's what one gets when there's no opposition to challenge the ruling elite.
Plus a law stating you cannot defame(tell the truth?) the Royal Family.
Meet the "Bubble Boy" who would be King.
If you could be somebody's tampon, whose tampon would you be?
If Prince Charles is nice, I'm sure Cindy Sheehan and her gay 'booted out of the USMC' boytoy can find a pair of handcuffs for him to strap up to the White House fence and show us how sincere he is to Islam.
i think he caught cold up his skirt--UP HIS!!
"Can he be shipped off to be Bermuda's governor too?"
He apparently inherited the gene.
Figures. He seems to consider himself a "spiritual seeker" and I guess any "faith" goes for that type. Come to think of it, he really wouldn't be that far out of line in the average Anglican church.
I'm trying to remember the name of the Islamic movement that Charles is supposedly affiliated with - it's one that has gotten a fair number of aristocratic Brit converts in recent years, and has also been active in Mexico. If it comes to me, I'll post it.
I really thought this had to be from The Onion..... another case in which reality is too absurd to be fiction.
I am fed up with Islam - we are being told constantly an absolute raft of lies about how it's a religion of peace and we must be tolerant. Well, people from Islamic countries come to the West to live in our societies of their own free will - where is their responsibility to support the country which shelters them? Where is their responsibility to be pro-active about threats to this country?
Charles needs to think again. Presuming he thought the first time round.
Regards, Ivan
Prince Charles of Arabia article...allegations of his conversion may be true.
http://www.meforum.org/article/356
Are not royals not supposed to yip about political issues?
Charles' relative Edward VIII--he of the strange relationship with Nazi Germany--seems to be not the only one of the family to think that fascists just need understanding.
Maybe he will "come out" in a suicide attack somewhere.
They're not. Charles is trying to take advantage of a grey area about religious issues.
Regards, Ivan
Thanks for clearing that up Ivan.
Cheers.
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ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Prince of Wales will try to persuade George W Bush and Americans of the merits of Islam this week because he thinks the United States has been too intolerant of the religion since September 11."
OPINION: Well now, it's good to know the Prince of Wales is attempting to be fair and balanced.
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Another reason the throne should be given next to William. At least he seems to have some class and brains.
If this report is true then Charles is a shmuck like his father.
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