Brown defends Anglican leader over sharia storm
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown praised the embattled Archbishop of Canterbury as a man of "great integrity" Monday, as the Anglican church leader was set to defend controversial remarks on sharia law.
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Offering a telling twist in Britain's highly charged debate about religion and integration, the two Anglican leaders most vociferously defending British traditions are originally from Pakistan and Uganda.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams sought to assert his authority in the long-running row over homosexuality Friday, warning that Anglicanism would not be dictated to by one church.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury defends his comments on Muslim law, amid calls for him to quit.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown defended Monday the withdrawal of troops from Basra city in Iraq, but the move will do little to ease mounting signs of tension between London and Washington.
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The head of the Anglican church said the adoption of parts of sharia law in Britain looked "unavoidable", calling for "constructive accommodation" over issues like resolving marriage disputes.
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A Muslim Labour peer calls for an apology after Pope Benedict XVI's comments on holy war.
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LONDON -- Britain defended yester day its decision to award knighthood to British author Salman Rushdie after Muslims worldwide contended that honoring the author of "The Satanic Verses" was offensive to Islam.
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Archbishop of Canterbury hits out at attempts by church leaders to undermine support for gay rights
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Leaders of the world's 77 million Anglicans spent Thursday locked in discussion about the church's American wing, whose leader is under increasing pressure to reconsider her support for ordaining gays and blessing same-sex couples.
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Top British Anglican leaders are bringing new pressure on the Episcopal General Convention to enact a ban on electing gay bishops before the assembly ends next week.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury has criticised conservatives in the Anglican church for using hostile words about homosexuals in the recent row over the ordination of gay bishops, a British newspaper reported.
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Some 40 protestors gathered outside Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Downing Street residence Saturday to condemn alleged human rights abuses by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who is visiting Britain.
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Coming days after Archbishop's comments, judgment could have profound consequences for British Muslims
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Fellow Anglicans greeted the archbishop of Canterbury with a standing ovation Monday, despite his recent controversial statments about the role of Islamic law in Britain.
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A bishop who claimed Islamic extremism turned some communities into no-go areas receives threats.
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Traditionalists and gay Christians are cautious over a call for unity by the Archbishop of Canterbury amid the row about homosexual clergy.