Farage using Christianity ‘to stir anti-Muslim feeling’, says Rowan Williams

‘I don’t think Nigel Farage lies awake at night thinking about his soul or cares about profound theological questions,’ says Rowan Williams. Photograph: David Levenson/Getty Images

A former archbishop of Canterbury has accused Nigel Farage of misusing the UK’s Christianity “to channel anti-Muslim feeling” and said he also had “some awkward questions” for the far-right activist Tommy Robinson.

Dr Rowan Williams, who was the archbishop of Canterbury for 10 years until 2012, said there was an “inevitable scepticism these days about some claims to religious conviction”.