Islam: London Taxi’s and Prince Charles
A couple of noteworthy articles this morning on Islam.
Muslims have joined the ranks of the Christians and humanists in publicly advertising their religious wares on London taxis and elsewhere, in a concerted counter extremism campaign called; Inspired by Muhammad.
London taxis to extol virtues of Islam – Fifty eight per cent of the British public associate Islam with extremism but a new campaign is promoting the religion on London transport
The purple, pink and green sign on the yellow London taxi reads: “The rights of women are sacred.”
This is not some spiritual feminist mantra born of the New Age, but comes out of one of the most traditional religions in the world.
The advertisement marks the launch of a campaign to promote a positive image of Islam, a religion not widely known for its promotion of the rights of women.
The negative view of a faith followed by nearly 1.6 billion people, or one fifth of the world’s population, is the main reason for the launch of the Inspired by Muhammad campaign.
Besides London taxis, the advertisements are to appear on Underground trains and bus stops.
After a new poll showed that 58 per cent of people associate Islam with extremism and 50 per cent with terrorism, the campaign is intended to promote a positive Islamic message about the environment and social justice as well as women.
The campaign was launched by the Exploring Islam Foundation, a new and privately funded group run by young British Muslim professionals.
Meanwhile, our potential future King and defender of the faith (singular), has been busy extolling the virtues of Islam, and advising us that Islam is the road to global peace and environmental equilibratory Nirvana.
Prince Charles yesterday urged the world to follow Islamic ‘spiritual principles’ in order to protect the environment.
In an hour-long speech, the heir to the throne argued that man’s destruction of the world was contrary to the scriptures of all religions – but particularly those of Islam.
He said the current ‘division’ between man and nature had been caused not just by industrialisation, but also by our attitude to the environment – which goes against the grain of ‘sacred traditions’.
So all in all, Islam appears to be having a good day, and I wish for all adherents to enjoy the moment, as in this fickle world, it never lasts.
And God save us from Prince Charles.
Further Links:
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf – Prince Charles the environmentalist: “Follow the Islamic way to save the world”
Telegraph – Prince Charles blames world’s ills on ‘soulless consumerism’ and Galileo
Anglican Mainstreams – “Prince Saves World” Joy! (Spoof)
Cristina Odone Telegraph – Royal Mumbo Jumbo alert: The Prince of Wales on population control
P Z Myers – The schmuck who would be king
The FreeThinker – Charles of Arabia’s insane love affair with Islam goes back many years
Tags: News, Religion Society
June 10th, 2010 at 10:04 am
There have been long been rumours and indications that Prince Charles is a convert to islam.