Saturday, February 09, 2008

Was Archbishop’s obscure phrasing and bad timing to blame for uproar?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3338104.ece

[Times Online] 9 Feb 2008--What did the Archbishop say?
Dr Williams said that it “seems unavoidable” that some aspects of Sharia would be adopted in Britain. He urged that the law do more to accommodate the religious convictions and practices of other faith groups .

Why have his comments prompted such a furore?
Sharia is controversial in the West because – as the Archbishop put it – it calls up “all the darkest images of Islam”. He added: “What most people think they know of Sharia is that it is repressive towards women and wedded to archaic and brutal physical punishments,” such as stoning, flogging and amputation.

Related articles:
http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/1581
What did the Archbishop actually say? - The Archbishop of Canterbury
http://blog.lapidomedia.com/2008/02/08/the-archbishop%e2%80%99s-bomb/
The Archbishop’s bomb - Lapido Media Blog

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