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I've been trying for a few weeks to get the Archbishop of Canterbury to speak at this year's Think08 event. He seemed to me one of the finest thinkers we have. Unfortunately getting him to the event is an even unlikelier prospect today after the almighty ruckus he's kicked off in the last 24 hours. Yet witnessing the shouting match that his speech on Sharia law inspired on Newsnight just now made me even surer of my belief in his standing.
I don't have strong religious beliefs and I haven't read the speech he delivered last night in detail but he's a man I'd always want to listen to. It would be disastrous if he's hounded out of office as a result of an attempt to tackle a difficult subject. One hopes that the violent reaction he's inspired sobers over the coming days and weeks.
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