King Charles 'might be a Muslim', says former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani

Giuliani made the outburst in an interview on British journalist Piers Morgan's YouTube show on Monday, while arguing in favour of the US-Israeli war on Iran. I have people from England telling me you're gonna be a Muslim country in 10 years, he told Morgan. He said that the Roman Catholic church is bigger now in England than the Anglican church. And Charles III might be the Muslim monarch of England. The notion that the king is secretly Muslim is a popular online conspiracy theory. Charles, the head of the Church of England, is known to be a great admirer of Islam, and even learnt Arabic in order to read the Quran. Charles has previously argued that Islam, Judaism and Christianity are three great monotheistic religions that have far more in common than is generally appreciated. Giuliani told Morgan that Muslims in Britain are taking over and they wanna take over, and it's their aim. And Iran is the fuel behind that. You take out the Islamic Republic of Iran, the whole thing moves in the other direction. By contrast, Charles has previously described Britain’s Muslim communities as an asset to Britain, who add to the cultural richness of our nation. Told by Morgan that only five percent of the UK is Muslim, Giuliani responded: Doesn't matter. They have tremendous power. How many mayoralities do they have? A large number. There are several elected mayors in Britain who are Muslim, including the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. 'Sharia law is a cult of death' Giuliani told Morgan: I was in London about a year and a half ago, and it seemed to me there were an awful lot of women with veils on that I'd never seen before. You have debates over whether sharia law should be respected. Of course it shouldn't be respected. Sharia law is a cult of death. And the Quran is a cult of death. Charles III: How the new king became the most pro-Islam monarch in British history Read More » The king disagrees. Speaking as the prince of Wales in a now-famous 1993 speech, Charles argued: The guiding principle and spirit of Islamic law, taken straight from the Quran, should be those of equity and compassion. He noted that women were granted the right to property and inheritance in Islam 1,400 years ago, paid tribute to the “remarkable tolerance” of medieval Islam, and lamented western “ignorance about the debt our own culture and civilisation owe to the Islamic world”. Told by Morgan on Monday that sharia law has no legal standing in the UK, Giuliani responded: Not according to a lot of reports that I read, in different parts of England it actually dominates. There are 85 sharia councils in the UK, which are unofficial bodies with no legal standing or enforcement powers. Giuliani further claimed that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer seems to be very, very affected by [Muslims] politically. He seems to want to make them happy, make them contented and certainly he doesn't seem to be trying to make them English. 'It is part of our own inheritance' Giuliani added: [Muslims are] contrary to immigration and assimilation. They just do the immigration part. Immigration and then follow Muhammad. What did Muhammad tell them to do? Take over. Charles said in 1993 that British Muslims must “balance their vital liberty to be themselves with an appreciation of the importance of integration in our society”. British Muslims are more loyal to UK than general public, new poll reveals Read More » In striking contrast to the views espoused by Giuliani, Charles declared that Islam is part of our past and our present, in all fields of human endeavour. It has helped to create modern Europe. It is part of our own inheritance, not a thing apart.” The king is known to be a devout Anglican whose deep engagement with Islam is connected to his interest in Traditionalism, the esoteric 20th-century school of thought whose early proponents railed against the modern world, believing that all the great religions share universal truths that could be antidotes to contemporary woes. “If [Traditionalists] defend the past,” Charles said in a 2006 speech, “it is because in the pre-modern world, all civilisations were marked by the presence of the sacred.” The king's views on the US-Israeli war on Iran are unknown, but it has been widely reported that he privately opposed the invasion of Iraq in 2003. UK Politics News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0