The Issue: Mayor Mamdani’s remark suggesting King Charles return the Koh-i-Noor diamond to India. Mayor Mamdani’s ignorance is exemplified by his offensive request of King Charles III to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond to India ( “A scold reception from Mam,” April 30). This request implies that Britain stole the diamond from India. As a point of fact, it was the Islamic Mughal dynasty, led by Nader Shah, that initially looted the diamond from India a century prior to the East India Company

Tag-uri: Islam