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sharia law

July 9, 2020

President of Nigerian Humanist Association held incommunicado

Mubarak Bala, president of the Nigerian Humanist Association, has been detained incommunicado since 28 April, 2020.
June 18, 2010

Somalis face punishment or death for watching the World Cup

Football fever has taken hold in Africa, but some Islamic rebel groups in Somalia are stopping people from watching the World Cup because they say that the game has Christian origins.
December 9, 2009

Kenyan churches seek removal of Islamic provisions from draft constitution

The head of the National Christian Council of Kenya has called for the removal of provisions for Islamic courts from a draft constitution for the east African country, saying this contradicts the principle of equality for all
August 16, 2009

Kenyan Christians and Muslims clash over courts in constitutional review

Christians and Muslims in Kenya have been clashing over Islamic courts in the context of the latest phase of a Constitutional Review which has been in train since 1991.
July 4, 2008

Top judge carefully re-opens debate about Sharia in Britain

Echoing remarks made early this year by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chief Justice has said that there is no conflict between Sharia principles for conflict resolution and civil law.
February 28, 2008

Lambeth rebuts Tory leader's comments on Archbishop and Sharia

Lambeth Palace, the Archbishop of Canterbury's headquarters, has rejected claims made in a speech earlier this week by Conservative leader David Cameron, that Dr Rowan Williams was seeking the incorporation of Sharia law in the UK.
February 19, 2008

Protest to the BBC over coverage of the Williams row

As the furore over Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams' remarks about religious and civil law subsides into a more considered debate beyond the headlines, the Anglican leader is receiving backing from some unexpected quarters.
February 17, 2008

Muslims puzzled over Sharia row, but Evangelicals and inter-faith group urge debate

Muslim lawyers say they are puzzled that Archbishop Rowan Williams raised the Sharia issue before they have had a chance to tackle some key concerns. But Evangelicals and a progressive interfaith group are calling for wider debate.
February 10, 2008

The Big Questions, BBC 1, 10 February 2008
February 10, 2008

What lies beyond Lambeth's Sharia humiliation?

Asking where the Church of England can go from here, Simon Barrow looks at why and how Rowan Williams got hold of the wrong end of the stick over religious communal practice and the civil legal system, why a larger 'multi-faith settlement' is unhelpful, and how post-Christendom beckons.