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Briton who promoted Islamic State with special cufflinks jailed for 8 years
May 2, 2017 By Faith Matters

Briton who promoted Islamic State with special cufflinks jailed for 8 years

A British man who stored material about missile systems on data sticks disguised as cufflinks and created an extensive online manual for members of Islamic State was sentenced to eight years’ jail on Tuesday. Samata Ullah, 34, an unemployed man from Cardiff in Wales, had admitted five terrorism charges including membership of Islamic State (IS). […]

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Man sentenced for fireworks attack on Rhyl Islamic Cultural Centre
January 12, 2016 By Tell Mama

Man sentenced for fireworks attack on Rhyl Islamic Cultural Centre

Keith Hall, 38, from Rhyl, received a 16-week suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to a religiously-motivated firework attack on the town’s Islamic Cultural Centre. During the trial, CCTV footage from a nearby pub revealed that Hall had approached the mosque twice in 20 minutes. Nor did act alone. The footage also revealed a man

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Man sentenced for fireworks attack on Rhyl Islamic Cultural Centre
January 12, 2016 By Tell Mama

Man sentenced for fireworks attack on Rhyl Islamic Cultural Centre

Keith Hall, 38, from Rhyl, received a 16-week suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to a religiously-motivated firework attack on the town’s Islamic Cultural Centre. During the trial, CCTV footage from a nearby pub revealed that Hall had approached the mosque twice in 20 minutes. Nor did act alone. The footage also revealed a man

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Man sentenced for fireworks attack on Rhyl Islamic Cultural Centre
January 12, 2016 By Tell Mama

Man sentenced for fireworks attack on Rhyl Islamic Cultural Centre

Keith Hall, 38, from Rhyl, received a 16-week suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to a religiously-motivated firework attack on the town’s Islamic Cultural Centre. During the trial, CCTV footage from a nearby pub revealed that Hall had approached the mosque twice in 20 minutes. Nor did act alone. The footage also revealed a man

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Man sentenced for fireworks attack on Rhyl Islamic Cultural Centre
January 12, 2016 By Tell Mama

Man sentenced for fireworks attack on Rhyl Islamic Cultural Centre

Keith Hall, 38, from Rhyl, received a 16-week suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to a religiously-motivated firework attack on the town’s Islamic Cultural Centre. During the trial, CCTV footage from a nearby pub revealed that Hall had approached the mosque twice in 20 minutes. Nor did act alone. The footage also revealed a man

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Rare first edition of King James Bible from 1611 found in Wales
October 13, 2015 By FM

Rare first edition of King James Bible from 1611 found in Wales

A rare copy of the King James Bible, dating back to the 17th Century,  reappeared in Wales. A moment of curiosity from St Giles Parish Church’s vicar Reverend Dr Jason Bray in Wrexham led to its rediscovery. The National Library of Wales later confirmed its authenticity. Dr Bray told the Daily Post that “The title page and the last page are missing but other than that it’s in good condition”. The first edition King James Bible dates back to 1611 and is one of just 200 copies known to still exist. It is also known as the Authorised Version (AV) of the bible in English Other English language bible translations did exist before the seventeenth century. Yet, politics often got in the way of a standardised translation. The 1408 Constitutions of Oxford made biblical translations in England forbidden. This ban attempted to prevent a rise in English “Lutheranism”. Only the educated classes had access to the authorised translation of the bible – St Jerome’s Vulgate. William Tyndale (1494–1536) left for Germany in 1524 hoping to translate the New Testament into English. It took two years for a complete translation to appear in England and Scotland. His first attempt failed after [...]

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