A Jordanian prince — a Muslim, obviously — stood by the prince and also spoke up for persecuted Christians.
Posted in Christianity, Islam, MIddle East. Tagged Islam, Middle East, Christianity, persecution, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales.
Good for Prince Charles. Nice to hear that royalty can occasionally find something better to do with itself than provide income for paparazzi and scandal sheets.
One prays that the capital he has amassed can be productively expended. The religious liberty of millions is in dire peril.
Would that our elected leaders made the same impassioned pleas for the Christians getting “cleansed” down there.
Knock a glass off the counter, now clean up the glass shards all over the floor. Notice how much less effort is required to create a mess versus the effort to clean it up.
Unfortunately we live in a universe that has this tendency towards disorder. But I have sympathy for the Prince seeing his work undone so easily.
tl;dr It’s much easier to create chaos than to fix it.
@James C. says: Would that our elected leaders made the same impassioned pleas for the Christians getting “cleansed” down there.
Ahh – but Prince Charles isn’t an “elected leader”. Nor does he actually speak with any of the force of the British Government.
and all the rest–and of people from no faith tradition, too, who know that, freedom of worship and the free expression of ideas and beliefs are among the most deeply precious of our human rights.
need to witness to their beliefs strongly in our times and in all times.
Thanks to Charles and to all those who give such witness.
I wonder if our meddling in …..
Good for Charles for speaking out. More voices need to join the chorus.
I really liked the last sentence.
I kind of like Prince Charles, too.Not all his choices in life, but at least he’s seeking.
The Old Order always insists that it isn’t obsolete just yet. Given enough additional time and power and benefit of it doubt, it will absolutely, definitely, solve all the problems it just, uh, hasn’t quite had the opportunity to fix.
Prince Charles is often given short shrift but I find him to be a good man. I read an interview where he stated he would prefer being known as “The Defender of Faiths” as the UK is obviously a diverse nation religiously. Her Majesty is still going strong at 87 and I believe the Queen Mum lived to 102,so any reign of Charles is likely to be brief à la Edward VII- maybe a decade or so. Or maybe we’ll see a middle aged King William & Queen Catherine;the more I read about them the more they remind of King George V & Queen Mary. That would be fortuitous as they were model monarchs and set a good tone for Britain & the Commonwealth.
You are mistaken. Charles is NOT going to assume the title of Defender of the Faith.
It was interesting when PM Tony Blair left that he finally converted to Catholicism. Perhaps the next move is for the next King to finally come back to Rome, how would that affect the Anglican church?
Curious, the next king, like his country is converting to MTD.
Perhaps the next move is for the next King to finally come back to Rome, how would that affect the Anglican church?
Under current British law, such a king would have to abdicate.
If the next king converted to Catholicism, he would abdicate the throne. That Act of Settlement is a doozy.
Persecution is persecution. Period. Good for him. What is happening in Syria, Iaq, Egypt and the other Muddle Eastern countries is a violation if human rights.