archbishop of canterbury

February 17, 2008

Muslims puzzled over Sharia row, but Evangelicals and inter-faith group urge debate

Muslim lawyers say they are puzzled that Archbishop Rowan Williams raised the Sharia issue before they have had a chance to tackle some key concerns. But Evangelicals and a progressive interfaith group are calling for wider debate.
February 11, 2008

Williams says there is no dispute about a common civil law

"There is no dispute about our common allegiance to the law of the land" Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams told the General Synod of the Church of England - and a watching world on TV and the internet - this afternoon.
February 11, 2008

Christian Socialist MP denounces 'hysterical response' to Williams

A priminent Labour MP, speaking on behalf of the Christian Socialist Movement, has condemned the "hysterical and largely uninformed media response" to Archbishop Rowan Williams' lecture on civil and religious law in Britain.
February 10, 2008

Best of the blizzard over Rowan’s sharia brainstorm, Tom Heneghan of Reuters, 10 February 2008
February 10, 2008

Don’t panic over religion and law row, archbishop advised

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams is panicking over the demise of organised Christianity’s power and influence in society and seeking a multi-faith settlement to address these concerns, a TV discussion programme heard today.
February 10, 2008

What lies beyond Lambeth's Sharia humiliation?

Asking where the Church of England can go from here, Simon Barrow looks at why and how Rowan Williams got hold of the wrong end of the stick over religious communal practice and the civil legal system, why a larger 'multi-faith settlement' is unhelpful, and how post-Christendom beckons.
February 10, 2008

Catholics say their marriage tribunals do not seek civil law enforcement

Following the row over the Archbishop of Canterbury's speech on Sharia law, the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales has said it is content that its own marriage tribunal decisions are not enforceable in civil courts.
February 9, 2008

Church of England head seeks a multi-faith settlement for the UK

As Dr Rowan Williams faced calls for his resignation last night over the row about his Sharia speech, Lambeth Palace issued a statement suggesting that recognition for Christianity in a secular state requires a multi-faith settlement.
February 8, 2008

Civil law and religious practice
February 8, 2008

Archbishop under fire over Sharia law lecture and interview

Lambeth Palace has been bracing itself for harsh morning headlines, after the Archbishop of Canterbury was widely interpreted as calling for the incorporation of Muslim Sharia law alongside English law. But is that what he said?