Prince Charles speaks out against populism; "disturbing echoes of the 1930s"

 
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The Prince of Wales has warned that the rise of populist extremism and intolerance towards other faiths risks repeating the “horrors” of the Holocaust.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s religious Thought for the Day slot, the prince delivered an outspoken attack against religious hatred and pleaded for a welcoming attitude to those fleeing persecution.

He said: “We are now seeing the rise of many populist groups across the world that are increasingly aggressive to those who adhere to a minority faith. All of this has deeply disturbing echoes of the dark days of the 1930s.

“My parents’ generation fought and died in a battle against intolerance, monstrous extremism and inhuman attempts to exterminate the Jewish population of Europe.”

The prince did not mention any politicians by name, but his address will be seen by some as a veiled reference to the election of Donald Trump in the US, the rise of the far right in Europe, and increasingly hostile attitudes to refugees in the UK.

“That nearly 70 years later we should still be seeing such evil persecution is to me beyond all belief,” he said. “We owe it to those who suffered and died so horribly not to repeat the horrors of the past.”

Prince Charles said religious hatred was on the increase, leading to a rise in refugees fleeing persecution.

“According to the United Nations, 5.8 million more people abandoned their homes in 2015 than the year before, bringing the annual total to a staggering 65.3 million. That is almost equivalent to the entire population of the United Kingdom,” he said.

“The suffering doesn’t end when they arrive seeking refuge in a foreign land.”

The prince urged listeners this Christmas to remember “how the story of the Nativity unfolds with the fleeing of the holy family to escape violent persecution”.

He added: “We might also remember that when the prophet Muhammad migrated from Mecca to Medina, he did so because he too was seeking the freedom for himself and his followers to worship.”

The prince recalled meeting a Jesuit priest from Syria. “He told me of mass kidnappings in parts of Syria and Iraq, and how he feared that Christians would be driven en masse out of lands described in the Bible,” he said. “He thought it quite possible there would be no Christians in Iraq within five years.”

He continued: “The scale of religious persecution around the world is not widely appreciated. Nor is it limited to Christians in the troubled regions of the Middle East.” He then cited a recent report that found an increase in attacks on minority faiths.

The Labour MEP Claude Moraes, chair of the European parliament’s civil liberties, justice and home affairs committee, welcomed the prince’s intervention.

He said it was “obvious” which politicians the prince was referring to, “but for protocol reasons he can’t say”. Moraes told the Guardian: “It was a good intervention I think when the right and rightwing UK newspapers dominate the anti-refugee, intolerance, and anti-EU protectionist narrative.”

The prince was invited to speak as part of BBC Radio 4’s religious programming. It was the third time the heir to the throne had given the address. He first broadcast in the Thought for the Day slot on the anniversary of VE Day in 1995, and did so again in January 2000 to mark the new millennium.

He pre-recorded his message on Monday at his official London home, Clarence House, before it was announced that the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh had delayed plans to travel to Norfolk for Christmas, because of illness. The prince did not mention the health of his parents.


 
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In London recently, I met a Jesuit priest from Syria. He gave me a graphic account of what life is like for those Christians he was forced to leave behind. He told me of mass kidnappings in parts of Syria and Iraq, and how he feared that Christians would be driven, en masse, from lands described in the Bible. He thought it quite possible there will be no Christians in Iraq within five years. Clearly for such people, religious freedom is a daily stark choice between life and death.

The scale of religious persecution around the world is not widely appreciated, nor is it limited to Christians in the troubled regions of the Middle East. A recent report suggests that attacks are increasing on Yazidis, Jews, Ahmadis, Baha'is and many other minority faiths, and in some countries even more insidious forms of extremism have recently surfaced, which aim to eliminate all types of religious diversity. We are also struggling to capture the immensity of the ripple effect of such persecution.

According to the United Nations, 5.8 million more people abandoned their homes in 2015 than the year before, bringing the annual total to a staggering 65.3 million; that is almost equivalent to the entire population of the United Kingdom. And the suffering does not end when they arrive, seeking refuge in a foreign land. We are now seeing the rise of many populist groups across the world that are increasingly aggressive towards those who adhere to a minority faith.

All of this has deeply disturbing echoes of the dark days of the 1930's. I was born in 1948, just after the end of World War II, in which my parents' generation had fought, and died, in a battle against intolerance, monstrous extremism, and an inhuman attempt to exterminate the Jewish population of Europe. That nearly 70 years later we should still be seeing such evil persecution is, to me, beyond all belief. We owe it to those who suffered, and died so horribly, not to repeat the horrors of the past

Normally at Christmas, we think of the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ. I wonder though if this year, we might remember how the story of the nativity unfolds, with the fleeing of the holy family to escape violent persecution. And we might also remember, that when the Prophet Muhammad migrated from Mecca to Medina, he did so because he too was seeking the freedom for himself, and his followers, to worship.

Whichever religious path we follow, the destination is the same; to value and respect the other person, accepting their right to live out their peaceful response to the love of God. That's what I saw when attending the consecration of the Syriac Orthodox cathedral in London recently. Here were a people persecuted for their religion in their own country, but finding refuge in another land and freedom to practice their faith according to their conscience. It is an example to inspire us all this Christmastime.


 
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Well, when the governments of the west refuse to deal with the threat of Islamification, who else are we supposed to turn to other than far right nationalists that want to keep these people out?

Too many people perceive the following to be true through no fault of their own, but by fault of their government and the Zionist media.


It's not our fault that the three Abrahamic faiths should really be left behind in a history book.


 
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Brexit and Trump legitimately have me worried about the direction we are moving towards as a Western society.
People underestimate the capacity for aged institutions--especially ones belonging to liberal Western democracies--to weather even the worst of storms. Sure, there are absolutely reasons for concern; but it's not like these concerns didn't exist prior to the election of Trump or Brexit, nor that different concerns wouldn't have cropped up had neither of those events happened.

It will take a lot more than Trump, Farage, Le Pen, Wilders, AfD etc. to take down the greatest countries on the planet.


 
 
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when largely inaccurate and horribly biased notions resonate in echo chambers and speak more to our guts than minds.
You can blame the internet for this. Kojima was right in calling it out during its infancy, and it terrifies me.

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On a similar note. Also a good read. There was an article with one of these historians in the Financial and Economic Times yesterday which talked about the dangers of populism, anti-intellectualism and the normalization of rage against "the other". Brexit and Trump legitimately have me worried about the direction we are moving towards as a Western society.

And these do not? Nuremberg II can't come soon enough for you Cultural Bolsheviks.



 
 
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I have very little sympathy for muslims fleeing other muslims. Looks like they're getting a taste of their own medicine.
I agree with the other two paragraphs of your post but shit like this is so stupid.

It's like saying that the holocaust was "white people fleeing other white people". It's technically true, Ashkenazi jews are pretty much just as white as the nazis who were gassing 'em, but the nuance is the important shit.


 
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I have very little sympathy for muslims fleeing other muslims. Looks like they're getting a taste of their own medicine.
I agree with the other two paragraphs of your post but shit like this is so stupid.

It's like saying that the holocaust was "white people fleeing other white people". It's technically true, Ashkenazi jews are pretty much just as white as the nazis who were gassing 'em, but the nuance is the important shit.
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I have very little sympathy for muslims fleeing other muslims. Looks like they're getting a taste of their own medicine.
I agree with the other two paragraphs of your post but shit like this is so stupid.

It's like saying that the holocaust was "white people fleeing other white people". It's technically true, Ashkenazi jews are pretty much just as white as the nazis who were gassing 'em, but the nuance is the important shit.
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I fully and completely disagree

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