Archbishop Of Canterbury: Sharia Controversy

An embattled Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams will confront anger within the Church of England as, on this most critical day of his five years in office, he tries to justify his remarks about Islamic law (and same-sex relationship). For the full report in The Times of London please click here…

A comment that follows this report deserves a mention: “I suspect most comments are from people who have not read Rowan Williams actual speech, which was at the request of a body of top lawyers and academics on a very important issue with regard to social cohesion in our complex, diverse, British societly.

“Surely far more worrying than his contribution to this debate is the strident head-line/sound-bite reaction. The BBC religious affairs correspondent said that the Archbishop did not understand the power of the media. This is the problem. The media and its methods of winning viewers, listeners and readers is in danger of trying to control the functioning of our society where most issues need calm, reasonable and informed discussion and not the crude shouting we have witnessed.”

And here are some more comments…

“Dr Williams sparked a major row after saying, in a BBC Radio 4 interview last week, that the adoption of parts of the Sharia law was ‘unavoidable’ in Britain,” reports the BBC.

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