Sharia law...

During his many years as an under-employed, bat-eared proponent of lost causes and half-baked ideas, King Charles was very supportive of Islam and Islamic culture. He even recommended the implementation of sharia law in this country. His public advocacy of Islam can be traced back to 1989, when Ayatollah Khomeini issued his fatwa against Salman Rushdie and his novel The Satanic Verses. Instead of defending Rushdie's freedom of speech, Charles reflected instead on the ‘positive’ aspects of Islam.

In a speech delivered in 1993, he said “Our judgement of Islam has been grossly distorted by taking the extremes to the norm… For example, people in this country frequently argue that the sharia law of the Islamic world is cruel, barbaric and unjust. Our newspapers, above all, love to peddle those unthinking prejudices. The truth is, of course, different and always more complex. My own understanding is that extremes, like the cutting off of hands, are rarely practised. The guiding principle and spirit of Islamic law, taken straight from the Quran, should be those of equity and compassion”.

The following year Charles admitted adultery which, according to sharia law, is a capital crime. The punishment? Death by stoning…