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King Charles quotes the Prophet Muhammad in Arabic for Oman

The king addressed about one hundred sixty guests at Windsor Castle, during the first state visit to Britain by an Omani sultan in forty-four years; his Arabic clip is viral.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHere is the latest.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorKing Charles opened a state banquet at Windsor Castle for Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq by speaking in Arabic, and then quoted the Prophet Muhammad in praise of the people of Oman.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe hadith is recorded in Sahih Muslim, under a chapter on the virtues of the people of Oman.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt is the first state visit to Britain by an Omani sultan in forty-four years, and the speech thanked Oman for helping ease tensions between Washington and Tehran.

  5. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA clip of it has gone viral, which tells you the king's Arabic is better than my Spanish has been since two thousand nine.

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