Douglas Caddy Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Burke's Peerage: Queen Elizabeth II Descended from the Prophet Muhammad www.juancole.com February 29, 2008 I was surprised that the writers of comments over at Salon.com did not know the below. It is common knowledge to anyone interested in genealogy. I know that it is hard for people invested in a hard East/ West dichotomy to imagine that the icon of Western civilization, the British royal family, has Arab Muslim antecedents (along with a host of other nationalities of course.) But it does. The Greater Mediterranean got all mixed up over millennia. Most Sicilians (i.e. most Italian-Americans) also have Arab Muslim ancestors. It works the other way around, too. It is obvious that a lot of Egyptians, Lebanese and Jordanians have descent from the Christian European Crusaders. This is connected to just pointing out that having ancestors named Hussein is more common among Europeans and Americans than is usually realized. Elizabeth II can't be descended from the Prophet Muhammad without also being descended from his grandson, the original Husayn / Hussein, since that is the line of descent of the Sayyids. 'United Press International October 10, 1986 MOSLEMS IN BUCKINGHAM PALACE Mixed in with Queen Elizabeth's blue blood is the blood of the Moslem prophet Mohammed, according to Burke's Peerage, the geneological guide to royalty. The relation came out when Harold B. Brooks-Baker, publishing director of Burke's, wrote Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to ask for better security for the royal family. ''The royal family's direct descent from the prophet Mohammed cannot be relied upon to protect the royal family forever from Moslem terrorists,'' he said. Probably realizing the connection would be a surprise to many, he added, ''It is little known by the British people that the blood of Mohammed flows in the veins of the queen. However, all Moslem religious leaders are proud of this fact.'' Brooks-Baker said the British royal family is descended from Mohammed through the Arab kings of Seville, who once ruled Spain. By marriage, their blood passed to the European kings of Portugal and Castille, and through them to England's 15th century King Edward IV. ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David Guyatt Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 An also curious fact apparently, is the right of circumcision that some Brit. royals have undergone. I am thinking here of Prince Charles who had the act performed by a Mohel when he was a young man (Charles, that is, not the Rabbi ). I had this referenced somewhere, but cannot find it now. For which apologies. But the following may serve the same purpose: http://www.moheljoel.com/pdf/circ_decision.pdf Which leads to the possible conclusion that the Brit royal line could be both Jewish and Arab... Blimey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen Collins Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 An also curious fact apparently, is the right of circumcision that some Brit. royals have undergone. I am thinking here of Prince Charles who had the act performed by a Mohel when he was a young man (Charles, that is, not the Rabbi ).I had this referenced somewhere, but cannot find it now. For which apologies. But the following may serve the same purpose: http://www.moheljoel.com/pdf/circ_decision.pdf Which leads to the possible conclusion that the Brit royal line could be both Jewish and Arab... Blimey. David, The Royal Family may be descended from Mohammed, but they're really not British. They're Germans. They made up a name: Windsor. The only true British Royal was Princess Diana. On some geneology site regarding her, she was descended from the Stuarts, who were descendants of the Merovingian Kings, who were descended from the union of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdaline. Kathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Pointing Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 An also curious fact apparently, is the right of circumcision that some Brit. royals have undergone. I am thinking here of Prince Charles who had the act performed by a Mohel when he was a young man (Charles, that is, not the Rabbi ).I had this referenced somewhere, but cannot find it now. For which apologies. But the following may serve the same purpose: http://www.moheljoel.com/pdf/circ_decision.pdf Which leads to the possible conclusion that the Brit royal line could be both Jewish and Arab... Blimey. David, The Royal Family may be descended from Mohammed, but they're really not British. They're Germans. They made up a name: Windsor. The only true British Royal was Princess Diana. On some geneology site regarding her, she was descended from the Stuarts, who were descendants of the Merovingian Kings, who were descended from the union of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdaline. Kathy Your referring to "Holy blood and Holy grail" of course, but do you really take the claims in that book seriously Kathy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Hansen Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Actually, we are all descended from apes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David Guyatt Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 I'm not Maggie. Me is special. I'm descended from pasta and aliens... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Deitche Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 I'm not Maggie. Me is special. I'm descended from pasta and aliens... The Flying Spaghetti Monster, god of the Pastafarians. Spaghetti Monster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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