Caliph Charles?

Who said: "...we cannot exist on our own without the intricately balanced web of life around us. Islam has always taught this and to ignore that lesson is to default on our contract with creation.'"

I read that and I thought this was a joke, being in a tabloid:

'Follow the Islamic way to save the world,' Prince Charles urges environmentalists

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'.

In 2005 there was a discussion about his supposed conversion. And even in 1997.

And yesterday, another blogger thought he was a blithering idiot.

And here is Pakistan's AP report:

The Prince chose “Islam and the Environment” as the focus of his speech, bringing together two important strands of his work over three decades...‘If I may quote the Quran, ‘Have you considered: if your water were to disappear into the Earth, who then could bring you gushing water?’

And he even gets in a synagogue:

The Prince also noted that these teachings were also evident in Judaism and in his own faith, Christianity and were well expressed in the writings of Islamic poets and scholars, and Western poets like Wordsworth. Ending his speech, The Prince said: ‘There is a profound truth in that seemingly simple, old saying of the nomads ­ that “the best of all Mosques is Nature herself”.’