Prince Charles has spoken out against religious persecution.
The 68-year-old royal warned that rising intolerance risks repeating the "horrors" of the Holocaust.
Speaking during BBC Radio 4’s religious Thought for the Day segment, he said: "We are now seeing the rise of many populist groups across the world that are increasingly aggressive to those who adhere to a minority faith. All of this has deeply disturbing echoes of the dark days of the 1930s.
"My parents’ generation fought and died in a battle against intolerance, monstrous extremism and inhuman attempts to exterminate the Jewish population of Europe.
"That nearly 70 years later we should still be seeing such evil persecution is to me beyond all belief. We owe it to those who suffered and died so horribly not to repeat the horrors of the past."
Prince Charles urged listeners to remember "how the story of the Nativity unfolds with the fleeing of the holy family to escape violent persecution".
He added: "We might also remember that when the prophet Muhammad migrated from Mecca to Medina, he did so because he too was seeking the freedom for himself and his followers to worship.
"According to the United Nations, 5.8 million more people abandoned their homes in 2015 than the year before, bringing the annual total to a staggering 65.3 million. That is almost equivalent to the entire population of the United Kingdom.
"The suffering doesn’t end when they arrive seeking refuge in a foreign land."
Prince Charles warns about dangers of religious persecution
