Quran Should Be Read at Coronations, Says Former Bishop of Oxford

TEHRAN (IQNA) - Coronations of British monarchs should include readings taken from the Quran, a former bishop of Oxford has said.

 Lord Harries of Pentregarth said that religious make-up of the country had changed so much that Islamic scripture should be included for “hospitality”.

The gesture would be a ‘creative act of accommodation’ to make Muslims feel ‘embraced’ by the nation, Lord Harries of Pentregarth said, the Times reported.
“The relationship of the Church of England to the state has changed, is changing, and could change further,” he said in the House of Lords.
He pointed to a service at Bristol Cathedral where passages from the Quran were read after a request from the city’s High Sheriff, a devout Muslim.
But critics attacked the idea, accusing the Church of ‘losing confidence’ in its own institutions and traditions.