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London Bridge – Our Time to Reflect & Redouble Our Efforts
June 4, 2017 By Faith Matters

London Bridge – Our Time to Reflect & Redouble Our Efforts

Manchester, Westminster and now London Bridge. Many lives, families and communities deeply affected by the actions of Islamist terrorists who have tried to attack the peace of our country. The list sadly continues on as 6 are reported to have been murdered last night by what looks like another Islamist terrorist attack. It is clear […]

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Egypt launches air raids on Libya after Christians killed
May 28, 2017 By Faith Matters

Egypt launches air raids on Libya after Christians killed

Egyptian fighter jets carried out strikes on Friday directed at camps in Libya which Cairo says have been training militants who killed dozens of Christians earlier in the day. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said he had ordered strikes against what he called terrorist camps, declaring in a televised address that states that sponsored terrorism would […]

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UK police arrest two more in hunt for suicide bomber’s network
May 27, 2017 By Faith Matters

UK police arrest two more in hunt for suicide bomber’s network

British police said they had arrested two men on Saturday as they stepped up their efforts to capture a suspected network behind the suicide bomber who killed 22 people in Manchester earlier this week. Officers used a controlled explosion to gain entry to the address in the north of the city where the latest arrests […]

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Statement from the British Libyan Community in Manchester
May 26, 2017 By Faith Matters

Statement from the British Libyan Community in Manchester

This is a public statement released by the British Libyan community in Manchester The British-Libyan community in Manchester condemns in the strongest possible terms the terrorist attack at Manchester Arena on the 22nd May 2017. The perpetrator murdered innocent and defenseless people, including children. This attack was an attack on all of us. Such depraved […]

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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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Gunmen kill policeman in attack near Egypt’s St. Catherine’s Monastery
April 18, 2017 By Faith Matters

Gunmen kill policeman in attack near Egypt’s St. Catherine’s Monastery

Gunmen attacked security forces near St. Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt’s south Sinai on Tuesday, killing at least one police officer and injuring four others, the Health Ministry said, just a week after two deadly church bombings killed 45. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack on a police checkpoint several hundred metres (yards) from the […]

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Trump says to host India’s Modi for U.S. visit later this year – White House
January 25, 2017 By Faith Matters

Trump says to host India’s Modi for U.S. visit later this year – White House

U.S. President Donald Trump invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the United States later this year, during a phone call on Tuesday in which the leaders discussed economic and defence cooperation. In its readout of the conversation, the White House said the two leaders also discussed security in South and Central Asia. The […]

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Vigil to mourn victims of Cairo church bombing
December 17, 2016 By Faith Matters

Vigil to mourn victims of Cairo church bombing

A vigil takes place in Cairo to remember those who lost their lives in a bombing at the city’s largest Coptic cathedral last Sunday (December 11). Islamic State claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a suicide bombing that killed at least 25 people. The militant group said in a statement carried by its news agency Amaq […]

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Cairo church bombing kills 25, raises fears among Christians
December 11, 2016 By Faith Matters

Cairo church bombing kills 25, raises fears among Christians

A bombing at Cairo’s largest Coptic cathedral killed at least 25 people and wounded 49, many of them women and children attending Sunday mass, in the deadliest attack on Egypt’s Christian minority in years. The attack comes as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi fights battles on several fronts. His economic reforms have angered the poor, a […]

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Belgium detains 8 for questioning over Islamic State support
December 6, 2016 By Faith Matters

Belgium detains 8 for questioning over Islamic State support

Belgian authorities searched houses and detained eight people for questioning on suspicion of supporting Islamic State financially and through the recruitment of fighters for the Syrian civil war, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday. The prosecutors said nine houses were searched in a district of Brussels, as well as the cities of Bruges, Antwerp and Sint-Niklaas. […]

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