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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Kinda makes me glad we don't have a royal family. Oh, I forgot about the Kennedys. Darn.
Parliament does have the ultimate say. This has been the case since the Glorious Revolution.
Regards, Ivan
If I were Prince Charles, I would be watching very closely what the MI5 is doing. ;-p
We can be fairly certain that the British Establishment does not want Charles - he represents a break with tradition, which the Establishment is there to defend.
Bad things happen to potential monarchs when the Establishment puts its minds to it.
Regards, Ivan
Just came across an article on that same summit, where Prince Charles is urging Muslims to stop killing people who leave islam.
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/society/prince.charles.urges.abolishment.of.muslim.death.penalty.for.converts/154.htm
Not too "muslim" of him, imho.. also, I see Muslims bashing him all the time. So the jury's still out for me.
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