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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They are joking, right?
Yes, the British are doing a great job at keeping the Muslims happy.
Too intolerant of Islam? Seesh.
Someoen need to post the "All I ever needed to know about Islam I learned on 9-11" poster
Tell that no-chin loser that we Americans are not all that happy about being lectured to by an English royal.
Hey Charles, how about going to Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan and see if you can lecture them on tolerance and the strengths of Americans?
There is a rumor that Prince Charles is a Muslim convert, although to the Sufi school of Islam, a mystical woo-woo type of thing that is considered a heresy in mainstream Islam and is usually not violent. However, they still regard themselves as Muslims, and do everything possible to further the "cause."
Gee, it sure is comforting to know that the future head of the Church of England when he assumes the role as King wants to play footsies with Muslims, this ought to make Britons feel real secure. It's kind of having Chamberlain as a life appointment.
A note to my American friends...
You may be under the impression that just because Charles is Her Majesty's son, that he may be a person of some importance in the United Kingdom. Please let me disabuse you of that notion. Anyone who would state that they would enjoy going through life being Camilla Parker Bowles' tampon is not worthy of serious consideration. As such, we don't take him seriously and nor should you. Rather, please regard him as you would an eccentric relative who has a plan to build a perpetual motion machine or believes the CIA is using microwaves to read his mind.
Thank you for your kind attention.
Yours sincerely, Ivan
Exploding subways, massacres, rapes, beheadings, segregation, brutality, and a constant drumbeat of demands for appeasement. What more could you want?
I think we understand Islam all too well. It is his highness who is misinformed. What a dhimmi.
Thank God you do have a Prime Minister who sees things for the way they are.
Hey, a "religion" founded by an egomaniacal pedophile, dedicated to removing all other religions and schools of thought by savagely killing people?
What's not to like?
For my part he can save hois breath and the British taxpayers money.
Well he certainly isn't going to be KING. His Uncle did enough damage with his cuddling up to the NAZI's
LOL Thank you Mad Ivan for your words of reassurance.
Now if you could just do something to keep him in England where he belongs? LOL
Bwhahahahaha!That is funny Ivan. I like the way you think
Did the Prince forget about the London bombings? I guess he thinks that event was a bunch of Christians out for a joy ride.
Maybe the prince should realize that centuries of inbreeding in the royal family don't create a superior intellect.
Why doesn't England just hand over the island to the Moslems and get it over with. No use doing it slowly bit by bit. Just surrender Christianity in deference to the Moslem faith and get it over with.
Same thing here...
The Moslem faith and Christianity are not compatible. One will win in the end. If we're going to move tens of millions or perhaps hundreds of millions of them here, then we should just surrender this nation too.
Get it over with. If Blair and Bush thing moving these people here is a great idea, then be done with it. Do it, then turn out the lights.
The latest is that we're going to bring over 10,000 Saudi Arabian citizens to go to school in the U.S. I guess it really should matter that Saudi Moslems dispise us. The Nineteen terrorists (only nineteen people mind you) took our our trade center buildings (3), caused severe damage to the Pentagon and only by the grace of God missed the Capital and the White House.
Yep, if we're going to do it slowly, then just go all out and surrender all at once.
Thanks Ivan. As always, your remarks define the UK perspective for me.
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