Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, has criticised the British and US governments for the policy of detaining terrorism suspects without trial.

"If we want to persuade moderate Muslims to sign up to toleration and pluralism of the right kind, anything that gives the impression that we are targeting Muslims is problematic. We have a lot of ground to make up," he told the Sunday Times.

But home secretary David Blunkett rejected the criticisms, saying the government was targeting terrorists not Muslims.