Williams Of Canterbury Was Only Teasing: Bash The Bishop

PUTTING the cant in the Archbishop of Canterbury explains:

Dr Rowan Williams hit back on Friday night over criticism of his comments amid growing calls for his resignation.

He made no proposals for sharia, and “certainly did not call for its introduction as some kind of parallel jurisdiction to the civil law”, a statement on his website said.

He was “exploring ways in which reasonable accommodation might be made within existing arrangements for religious conscience” and his core aim was “to tease out some of the broader issues around the rights of religious groups within a secular state”.

So that’s that. He was teasing. Was his revision too late for the papers? A look at some headlines from today’s press:

DAILY MAIL: “SHARIA UK: NOW THE BACKLASH”

THE TIMES: “Archbishop faces calls to quite over Sahria row”

THE SUN: “BASH THE BISHOP”

DAILY EXPRESS: “MUSLIM COURTS ARE HERE ALREADY”

DAILY TELEGRAPH: “Williams faces calls to resign”

And Sky news brings us the mystical: “Silent Archbishop Responds Over Sharia Law Row”

Of course, these headlines are taken out of context and can be revised later…

Anorak

Posted: 9th, February 2008 | In: Tabloids Comment (1) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink