13 Jan 2021
A court in Istanbul sentenced Turkish sex cult leader Adnan Oktar to more than 1,075 years in prison on Monday, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
The Turkish court sentenced Oktar to 1,075 years and three months in prison for charges of “founding and leading a criminal organization, political or military espionage, aiding Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) even though not being its member, sexual abuse of minors, sexual abuse, deprivation of liberty of person, torture, disturbance of right to education, recording personal data, and threat,” according to Anadolu Agency, which cited an anonymous judicial source.
FETO is the Islamist Turkish government’s name for Hizmet, an Islamic movement led by cleric Fethullah Gülen. Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blames Gülen, who lives in Pennsylvania, for a failed coup attempt in 2016. Gülen denies all involvement and the Erdogan government has yet to present any legitimate concrete evidence for it
The controversial televangelist owned the A9 TV channel that aired his shows in which he preached while being surrounded by women in revealing outfits.
Inscribed Byzantine Greek Stone Dedicated To Mary Discovered in Israel
An ancient, inscribed Byzantine Greek stone has been discovered in Israel’s Negev desert with a rare Greek dedication to Maria, the Mother of God. The Byzantine Greek stone was found in Israel’s Nitzana National Park, located close to the Egyptian border. The Nitzana area is an important archaeological resource detailing the transitionary period from the Byzantine to the early Islamic period. It was on a hill topped by the towering remains of the ancient Nabatean city of Nitzana, that flourished during the Roman period, that archaeologists discovered the ancient Greek tombstone and the inscription reading, “Blessed Maria, who lived an immaculate life.”
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