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Monday 11th February 2008
Support for Archbishop from United Reformed Church
The United Reformed Church has expressed its support for the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, amid the furore prompted by the reporting of his comments regarding sharia law.
Deputy General Secretary, the Revd Ray Adams, said: “It is an important debate and we welcome the Archbishop's initiative in raising the issue. We regret the extent to which his comments have been misrepresented and misunderstood. It is clear that he was not calling for the incorporation of sharia law into the English legal system”.
Ray Adams added: “Clearly this is an issue for society, given our increasingly plural religious make-up. How do civil secular law and religious plurality engage with one another, especially with regard to matters of religious conscience? This goes to the heart of the debate about the place of religion in the public arena”.
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