Dr Rowan Williams spectacularly misjudged the public mood with his comments on Sharia law.The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, went a step too far and put both feet in his mouth on February 7, 2008, when he delivered the foundation lecture at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. His address, entitled “Civil and Religious Law in England: a Religious Perspective”, inaugurated a series of talks on Islam and English law.It would be easy to disregard the Archbishop’s views as those of a…
