Dear old Tariq Ramadan was on Newsnight on Friday evening having a heated discussion with Douglas Murray about sharia. I had been pondering Professor Ramadan’s role earlier that day.

Tariq Ramadan's book was quoted by Archbishop Williams

Some people accuse Douglas Murray (“Murray” as Professor Ramadan calls him) of secularism, an enmity to all religions, not just Islam. In reply, Mr Murray has sent round an email to a list of contacts, saying:

Freedom of conscience, expression and belief are cornerstones of Britain which are being ridden rough-shod over at the moment, not least - now - by an Archbishop of Canterbury, who would consign all girls in Britain born into Muslim families to a different legal worth to that of their non-Muslim neighbour.  They would be subject to this for life