Archbishop criticized for UK sharia comments
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Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams faced criticism on Friday for suggesting the introduction in Britain of some aspects of sharia was unavoidable -- one government minister called it "a recipe for chaos".
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The head of the Anglican Church says the adoption of some Sharia laws "seems unavoidable" in the UK.
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The UK's leading Christian leader has tried to damp down controversy surrounding comments he made suggesting that some aspects of Muslim Sharia law could become part of British law.
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Former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Thursday he asks Muslim women visiting his office to remove their veils, drawing criticism from some Muslim groups.
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Islamic extremism has made some UK places  into no-go areas for non-Muslims, says the bishop of Rochester.
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In a speech last night, the Archbishop of Canterbury supported a discussion about whether introducing Muslim sharia law to Britain would help social cohesion
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LONDON - An Anglican church commission sharply criticized the U.S. Episcopal Church on Monday for consecrating a gay bishop and called on the church to apologize and refrain from promoting any other clergy living in a same-sex union...
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The leader of the world's Anglicans, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, has hit back at his critics amid a furore about his comments on Islamic law that have led to calls for him to quit.
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Archbishop insists his remarks were 'well-researched' as row continues
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TEHRAN -- Iran accused Britain yesterday of insulting Islamic values by knighting Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" prompted the late Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa death warrant against him.
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Britain's most senior Catholic bishop was due to use his Christmas message to criticise the "billions" spent on the war in Iraq, saying the money could have been better used on poverty relief.
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Pope Benedict XVI came under a hail of criticism from the Islamic world Friday for comments he made earlier in the week in Germany regarding the Prophet Mohammed and the Muslim faith.
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Islamic extremism in Britain has created communities that are "no-go areas" for non-Muslims, a Pakistani-born Church of England bishop said in The Sunday Telegraph. Michael Nazir-Ali, the bishop of Rochester, told the newspaper that Britain's policies of multiculturalism have created separate Muslim communities that fail to integrate into mainstream society. "There has been a worldwide resurgence of the ideology of Islamic extremism. One of the results of this has been to further alienate the young from the nation in which they were growing up and also to turn already separate communities into `no-go' areas where adherence to this ideology has become a mark of acceptability," said Nazir-Ali. Read more
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LONDON  - An Anglican church commission sharply criticized the U.S. Episcopal Church on Monday for consecrating a gay bishop and called on the church to apologize and refrain from promoting any other clergy living in a same-sex union.
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The religious head of the Anglican church sparked an angry row Friday after saying the adoption of some parts of sharia law in Britain "seems unavoidable".
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The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has spoken out against verbal attacks on lesbian and gay people during the ongoing row over sexual diversity within the Anglican Communion.
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The head of the Anglican church said Thursday the adoption of parts of sharia law in Britain looked "unavoidable", calling for "constructive accommodation" over issues like resolving marriage disputes.