Prince Charles calls on Muslims
2005-07-14 10:54
London - Prince Charles has called on Britain's Muslims to weed out the radicals among them who preach hatred.
Echoing the statements of government leaders in the wake of the London bombings, Charles said in a commentary published on Thursday that such attacks are a perversion of Islam.
"It is the duty of every true Muslim to condemn these atrocities and root out those among them who preach and practice such hatred and bitterness," Charles said in a commentary published in Thursday's editions of the Daily Mirror.
"Muslims will do this not because of their faith, but because it is the duty of us all to respect and uphold the law," Charles said.
He said that Islam was not the cause of the terrorism, and most Muslims had condemned the atrocities.
"Some may think this cause is Islam. It is anything but. It is a perversion of traditional Islam," he said.
- AP