By Michael Ashcraft –
It’s King Charles of Britain vs. Crown Prince of Iran Reza Pahlavi with diametrically opposed visions of Islam.
On the one hand, King Charles, through symbolic actions and speeches tries to appease and calm the rancorous Muslims in his kingdom, wishes for a rebrand of Islam, calling it the Religion of Peace.
On the other, Reza Pahlavi, addressing from exile the oppressed people of Iran on Nowruz (Persian New Year), describes the reality of Islam in Iran, of terrorism, of hostage-taking, of international instability.
“Imagine a western world free from hostage taking and Western troops and taxpayers free of the burden of endless Wars in far off lands,” Pahlavi said. “Envision instead a free Iran a nation contributing positively to regional stability, global security and economic growth.”
The ideals of multiculturalism drives King Charles. He enunciates a vision where people from all races and religions get along in peace. That version of the world, promulgated by President Obama after 9/11, imposed on Islam an aura of peace.
That version of Islam keeps getting befuddled by the people who say they truly represent Islam, the radicals who follow Mohammad’s methods of conquest.
King Charles has praised Islamic teachings, culture, and history in his speeches. For instance, in his 1993 “Islam and the West” speech at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, he highlighted the contributions of Islamic civilization to Europe, such as advancements in science, mathematics, and medicine, and criticized Western misunderstandings of Islam.
He has described Islam as possessing “one of the greatest treasuries of accumulated wisdom and spiritual knowledge available to humanity,” emphasizing its shared values with Christianity, like compassion and respect for family.
In addition to promoting interfaith initiatives, he opened in March 2025 Windsor Castle to the first open Iftar — a Ramadan fast-breaking event — with over 360 Muslim guests.
It’s almost as if he is pleading with the bad boys to be good, and critics call him an “appeaser” who is out of touch with reality.
Meanwhile, the Iranian government banned people from celebrating the Persian New Year Nowruz. Despite threats to their lives and liberty, thousands flooded plazas and chanted political taunts to their hated overlords.
There were too many people for the IRGC to control.
Without offering himself to take over Iran, Pahlavi called on the international community to support Iranians, to put an end to the futile diplomacy of trying to talk to the terrorists who run the nation, who sponsored the Gaza attack, Hezbollah and the Houthis.
“Imagine an even greater renewal a world without the Islamic Republic. Imagine the Middle East liberated from the shadow of nuclear blackmail and threats,” Pahlavi said. “Imagine our region without endless proxy wars extremist ideologies and terrorism all driven by a regime whose policies have caused mass migration, instability and suffering far beyond Iran’s borders.”
Because of failed wars, failing economy and failing infrastructure, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard is weaker now than ever before, Pahlavi says.
Are we on the brink of a popular uprising in which the peace-loving people of Iran throw off the yoke of their hated Shia Islamist leaders and establish a democracy that extends friendship and cooperation to Israel and the West?
One King has a vision – to end Islam in his country. Another is encouraging Islam. Which king is right?
