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London - Prince Charless coronation service should open with a reading from the Quran, a senior Church of England bishop said on Friday.
The gesture would be a creative act of accommodation to make Muslims feel embraced by the nation, Lord Harries of Pentregarth, a leading CofE liberal thinker, said.
But critics attacked the idea, accusing the Church of losing confidence in its own institutions and traditions.
Lord Harries, the former Bishop of Oxford who continues to serve as an assistant bishop in the diocese of Southwark, made the suggestion during a House of Lords debate. Speaking of a service in Bristol Cathedral last year which opened with a Quran reading, he said: It was a brilliant creative act of accommodation that made the Muslim high sheriff feel, as she said, warmly embraced but did not alienate the core congregation.
That principle of hospitality can and should be reflected in many public ceremonies, including the next coronation service. In 1994 the Prince said he always felt the Catholic subjects of the sovereign are equally as important as the Anglican ones, as the Protestant ones. Likewise, I think Islamic subjects, or the Hindu subjects, or the Zoroastrian subjects of the sovereign, are of equal and vital importance. In 2006 he made it known that he wanted a multi-faith coronation.
However traditionalist Christians condemned Lord Harriess idea.
Simon Calvert of the Christian Institute think-tank said: People are just so disappointed when senior Church of England figures lose confidence in the claims of the Christian faith.
Andrea Minichiello Williams, of the Christian Concern pressure group, said: We cannot pretend all religions are the same, or have the same benefits and outcomes for the nation.
Douglas Murray, associate editor of the Spectator, said: If there were to be a reading from the Quran at the coronation, surely as a matter of reciprocity, all mosques in the UK should have prayers for the King and the Armed Forces every week at Friday prayers.
http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/read-qur-an-at-charles-coronation-bishop-1.1788370#.VHneqGdVJdg
The gesture would be a creative act of accommodation to make Muslims feel embraced by the nation, Lord Harries of Pentregarth, a leading CofE liberal thinker, said.
But critics attacked the idea, accusing the Church of losing confidence in its own institutions and traditions.
Lord Harries, the former Bishop of Oxford who continues to serve as an assistant bishop in the diocese of Southwark, made the suggestion during a House of Lords debate. Speaking of a service in Bristol Cathedral last year which opened with a Quran reading, he said: It was a brilliant creative act of accommodation that made the Muslim high sheriff feel, as she said, warmly embraced but did not alienate the core congregation.
That principle of hospitality can and should be reflected in many public ceremonies, including the next coronation service. In 1994 the Prince said he always felt the Catholic subjects of the sovereign are equally as important as the Anglican ones, as the Protestant ones. Likewise, I think Islamic subjects, or the Hindu subjects, or the Zoroastrian subjects of the sovereign, are of equal and vital importance. In 2006 he made it known that he wanted a multi-faith coronation.
However traditionalist Christians condemned Lord Harriess idea.
Simon Calvert of the Christian Institute think-tank said: People are just so disappointed when senior Church of England figures lose confidence in the claims of the Christian faith.
Andrea Minichiello Williams, of the Christian Concern pressure group, said: We cannot pretend all religions are the same, or have the same benefits and outcomes for the nation.
Douglas Murray, associate editor of the Spectator, said: If there were to be a reading from the Quran at the coronation, surely as a matter of reciprocity, all mosques in the UK should have prayers for the King and the Armed Forces every week at Friday prayers.
http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/read-qur-an-at-charles-coronation-bishop-1.1788370#.VHneqGdVJdg
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