Bogus Gold

In a move proving they are "with it," as mobs of British Muslims join with mobs of Muslims around the world promising indiscriminate violence toward any person originating from any country (good news for the E. U. - someone finally considers you a real country) in which any newspaper printed fairly mild cartoons critical of Islam, The Church of England has decided to take bold action - by divesting from investment in Israel.

The former archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday he was "ashamed to be an Anglican" following Monday's vote by the Church of England to disinvest from companies whose products are used by the Israeli government in the territories.

The February 6 divestment vote, which was backed by current Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, was "a most regrettable and one-sided statement," Lord Carey said, and one that "ignores the trauma of ordinary Jewish people" in Israel subjected to terrorist attacks.

Sadly, Lord Carey seems to be an exception to the state of the Anglican Church these days. Arch-Druid Rowan Williams (no relation I assure you), the head of the Anglican Church, seems to be quite mainstream within his church. Which is to say his church is nuts.

I think this statement sums the situation up quite well...

Dr. Irene Lancaster, of the Center for Jewish Studies at Manchester University, said the vote marked "a very black day for Anglican-Jewish relations."

"The Jewish community will have to reconsider their attitude to interfaith work with the Anglican community," she said, adding, "The writing is on the wall for the Jews of Great Britain, 350 years after they settled here."

The symbolism of this vote was that "Israel will be criticized regardless of what happens," Benjamin said. In the mind of the Church of England, "nothing Israel ever will do will be right, while nothing the Palestinians will do will ever be wrong," he charged.

It seems that in the face of an increasingly hostile, demanding, and militant Islamic presence within the C of E's sphere of influence, the official Anglican response is to try to find common cause with their Muslim bretheren... in anti-Semitism.