Category - sharia

A transatlantic view on Williams and Sharia

Martin E. Marty — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:41:57 +0000

Doyen US religion commentator Martin Marty gives an American perspective on the argument about civil and religious law sparked by Rowan Williams.

A transatlantic view on Williams and Sharia

Martin E. Marty — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:40:55 +0000

Doyen US religion commentator Martin Marty gives an American perspective on the argument about civil and religious law sparked by Rowan Williams.

Drowning out proper debate

Simon Barrow — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:34:00 +0000

What is at stake in the row occasioned by Rowan Williams' Sharia musings is the possibility of reasoned discourse and a serious consideration of Islam in Europe, says Catholic scholar Tina Beattie.

Background on Rowangate

Simon Barrow — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:07:30 +0000

Though what might be called 'Rowangate' has subsided a little, some very important issues are still very much alive.

Disestablishment may be back on the agenda as church feels pressure

staff writers — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:47:59 +0000

Pressures from several directions may put disestablishment of the Church of England back on the agenda, say reports following the General Synod and concerns about the long term impact of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Sharia speech.

Radio 4 on disestablishment

Simon Barrow — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:12:54 +0000

Ekklesia co-director Jonathan Bartley will be on BBC Radio 4's Sunday programme tomorrow, some time after 07.45 we believe. The archbishop, the future of the C of E and sharia are in the frame.

Solving a problem like Sharia?

Simon Barrow — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:30:30 +0000

Though the headlines have receded, the blogopshere is still buzzing with the fall out of the Rowan Williams / Sharia 'debate'. More thoughtful material is now emerging.

Williams, Sharia and global justice issues

Press Office — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:09:31 +0000

Responding to links being made between the debate about family Sharia in Britain and the situation in Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere, Simon Barrow of the religion and society think-tank Ekkles

Williams says there is no dispute about a common civil law

staff writers — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:35:40 +0000

"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.

PM Brown asks Archbishop to clarify Sharia remarks

staff writers — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:39:40 +0000

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has privately asked Archbishop Rowan Williams to clarify the precise import of his remarks about the social and legal codes of Sharia and the English civil law system, those close to 10 Downing Street say.