Posted on 09/24/2022 4:02:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
King Charles III will surprise us. The man whose family has served as the physical symbols of colonialism has spent his life trying to free his mind from the calcified prejudices of empire. Britain’s new head of state is a loud admirer of Islam, a critic of Western interventionism and a champion of multiculturalism who will win his country new friends — and some populist enemies — across the world.
The new king has for decades sought to free himself from what he calls “Western materialism” by immersing himself in the world’s second-largest faith. As the Prince of Wales, he threw himself into the study of Islamic textiles, gardens and architecture. But he did not stop there. The king has also studied Arabic to understand the Quran.
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As bigotry and Islamophobia grew rampant after 9/11, he doubled down. “This planet’s survival will depend on you understanding that you can achieve unity through diversity,” he said in 2006 in Pakistan, going on to quote the Quran: “Only they pay attention who have hearts; only they believe (or see signs) who have hearts.”
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Charles’s admiration of Islam is visible in his personal life and work. He laid out a carpet garden at his beloved home at Highgrove that was inspired by Islamic designs with the plants mentioned in the Quran. He is patron of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies and his Prince’s Foundation’s School of Traditional Arts teaches a wide range of courses on Islamic traditions. He has made visiting Muslim shrines, holy places and even the hugely important Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo part of his royal travels. The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar called him a “fair Western voice” on Islam and celebrated their meeting. Britain’s new top Royal diplomat — though he might not have said so
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I have read that he is acquainted with Orthodoxy and holds it in high regard. I believe he has visited Orthodox sites and, of course, his father was raised Orthodox.
You know, if all a person knew about the UK was what they saw at Elizabeth’s funeral, they would have to think that the UK is one of the most Christian places on earth. We’ll see more of that at Charles’ coronation. It’s a tragedy that the faith has largely been abandoned there. I think Elizabeth took it seriously in her personal life and in her role as sovereign. I pray that Charles does too.
Aren’t there some questions around their births? Royal doctors attending, certifying etc?
You like his Muslim father and brother better?
oh its happening in other parts as well
montgomery county md is majority hispanic
Dr. Lady Hussey, President or Chunga Chang
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Lady c says that if the rumor was true that the harkles children were not born of the body, the consequences would be devastating. It would be unsurvivable reputationally for them. But she is not going to get into if it is true or not for legal reasons.
i find the concept of a royal family abhorrent
she seems very self centered
i think it is a tossup
didnt really pay attention
but i thought she was mixed race
After 2022’s Hurricane Irma, I found about eight men cleaning a neighbor’s yard of debris. Anxious to get large pieces of roofing out of my yard, I asked if they could help.
None spoke English. :(
thanks for that
wish i had seen sooner
the ex was definitely in the danger zone
i was lucky to get out alive
who wants to bet that harry only gets sex on his birthday
If she had real friends, they wouldn’t let her marry into a family of inbred Muslim idiots.
[it wouldn’t surprise me if King Chuck ... changes the official religion of England to Islam after his 2023 Hajj to Mecca.]
Wouldn’t surprise me either.
the hispanics and asians are kicking the blacks ass as far as moving into the middle class and beyond
yada yada yada
he is a globull warming bullsh*tter
so to me he will always be
King Charles the Turd
What media site was that? I have seen nothing in the media about them. I did see a body language expert talk about them. It was interesting,
that was posted by a pro meghan twitter person. Came from the Express website.
Brit media is all over this..and I have seen some on Nypost.
here is an example
lead story on DM
Queen voiced ‘surprise’ that divorcee Meghan wanted to wear a pure white wedding dress - and also ticked her off for chastising kitchen worker who was preparing special menu, KATIE NICHOLL’s bombshell book claims
Gawd I hope he does.
One paper is publishing excerpts from the book by Valentine Low..
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