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Archbishop withdraws award after imam’s 2007 bin Laden remarks surface
Dame Sarah Mullally handed a Pakistani cleric the Church of England’s interfaith prize on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Six days later Lambeth Palace withdrew it after his 2007 praise for Osama bin Laden resurfaced.
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About Sarah Mullally
Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullally is a British Anglican bishop and England's former chief nursing officer who has served as the 106th archbishop of Canterbury since 28 January 2026. As archbishop, she is the senior bishop of the Church of England and the ceremonial head of the Anglican Communion. By virtue of her position, she is also a lord spiritual, one of the 26 Church of England bishops who sit in the House of Lords.
Everything about Sarah Mullally →- Occupation
- nurse, theologian, member of the House of Lords, Anglican bishop
- Position held
- Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, member of the House of Lords, Chief Nursing Officer for England, Bishop of Crediton
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- March 26, 1962