Senior Church of England Bishop:"Qur'an should be read at Prince Charles' coronation"

Lord Harries of Pentregarth, a senior Church of England bishop, says, “Prince Charles’ coronation service should be opened with a reading from the Qur’an.

Speaking in the House of Lords, Lord Harries says that this would be a gesture which will make Muslims feel embraced by the nation. Lord Harries is the former Bishop of Oxford and a leading liberal thinker.

He said that at a civic service in Bristol Cathedral last year authorities had agreed to a reading of the opening passage of the Koran before the beginning of the Christian ritual. He said: ‘It was a brilliant creative act of accommodation that made the Muslims feel warmly embraced.”