{"id":4551,"date":"2008-02-12T00:45:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-12T00:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/synod_backs_archbishop_in_sharia_controversy\/"},"modified":"2008-02-12T00:45:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-12T00:45:00","slug":"synod_backs_archbishop_in_sharia_controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=4551","title":{"rendered":"Synod backs Archbishop in Sharia controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, this afternoon apologised to the Church of England for any unclarity or &#8220;misleading choice of words&#8221; when he delivered his controversial speech on Islam and the law.<\/p>\n<p>Resisting the temptation to blame anyone but himself for provoking a debate that surprised him by its ferocity, the Archbishop said he took responsibility for anything he had said that had caused &#8220;distress or misunderstanding among the public at large, and especially among my fellow Christians.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But in his speech to the Church of England General Synod today Dr Williams remained unrepentant for putting the subject on the agenda<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/comment\/faith\/article3351854.ece\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, this afternoon apologised to the Church of England for any unclarity or &#8220;misleading choice of words&#8221; when he delivered his controversial speech on Islam and the law. Resisting the temptation to blame anyone<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=4551\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,74,67,389],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-anglican-provinces","category-archbishop-of-canterbury","category-church-of-england-coe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}