” “"What has been listened to is very far from what has been actually said". Even if "I obviously must take responsibility for the lack of clarity which is apparent from the text and the radio interview and for the wrong choice of words that have concurred to cause unease and misunderstandings in the public opinion and above all in my Christian congregation". In this way, yesterday afternoon, the archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, head of the Anglican Church, tried to respond to the controversies aroused by his position about the fact it is “inevitable” that some aspects of the Sharia the Islamic law should be included in the British legal system. Before the General Synod of the Church of England, archbishop Williams claimed however that "a pastor of the Church of England" is entitled to have his say about "issues which concern other religious communities" as well and try to focus them. However his interview with the BBC aroused fierce controversies. Some even went so far as to invite the archbishop to hand in his resignation. SIR asked the opinion of Clifford Longley, BBC commentator and ex religious correspondent for the "Times" and "Daily Telegraph, who defined Williams’ position as "inexplicable". (continued)
