Here is the abbreviated version from today's Boston Globe:

The archbishop of Canterbury yesterday faced calls to resign over remarks that have been interpreted as suggesting that the introduction of some aspects of Islamic law was unavoidable in Britain.Rowan Williams, spiritual leader of the world's 77 million Anglicans, has denied that he had called for Islamic law, known as sharia, to be introduced alongside British law.In a BBC interview on Thursday, he referred to the use of sharia in some personal or domestic issues, much as Orthodox Jews have their own courts for some matters. Asked whether sharia needed to be applied in some cases for community cohesion, Williams said: "It seems unavoidable."Williams faced a torrent of critical headlines for a second day yesterday, and the Sun newspaper launched a campaign to remove him from office.The Sun printed a form so that readers could make a "complaint of misconduct" against Williams, who it said had destroyed his credibility and "given heart to Muslim terrorists."Some bishops criticized Williams's remarks and several members of the Church of England's governing body, the general synod, called for his resignation. "I don't think he is the right man for the job any longer. . . . At best it was politically inept and at worst it was sheer foolishness," general synod member Alison Ruoff told Sky News.

For much more coverage see the three posts by Rod Dreher, as well as his links to the Archbishop's original speech and the subsequent BBC interview.Update:from The Guardian:

After days of turbulence surrounding his views on the way the British legal system might accommodate Islamic law, Rowan Williams made his presidential address to the general synod, the Church of England's national assembly, in an atmosphere of some tension.Having torn up his original speech to address the remarks first given in a BBC interview and then in a lengthy speech at the Royal Courts of Justice, he took responsibility for any "unclarity" which may have caused "distress or misunderstanding" among the public, especially his fellow Christians. But while he moved to neutralise the crisis which followed his assertion that adopting certain aspects of Islamic law seemed "unavoidable", he stopped short of the full apology some critics had demanded.He said he believed "quite strongly" it was not inappropriate for a pastor of the Church of England to address issues around the perceived concerns of other religious communities. And, clearly blaming media coverage for the outpouring of anger, he told his Westminster audience: "Some of what has been heard is a very long way from what was said in the Royal Courts of Justice last Thursday."Synod members gave him a minute-long standing ovation as he took his seat. He appeared relaxed during the address, which was well received.He was not proposing, he said, to introduce sharia as a "parallel jurisdiction" and insisted there could be no "blank cheques" regarding the status of women and their liberties. He did, however, repeat his assertion that certain provisions of sharia were already recognised by society and that this could be extended to other areas.