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Article: Catholic plot and today's terrorism; It may be 400 years since the Gunpowder Plot was hatched in the Midlands but the events bear a startling parallel to today's terrorist activities, as Sarah Probert discovers.(News)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- March 23, 2005
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Byline: Sarah Probert
It was an audacious plot. A few fundamentalists scheming to bring down a government for the sake of their religion.
Armed with explosives and little consideration for others, their plan instead brought misery on the religion for which they were fighting.
It is a familiar story which could easily relate to today's climate, but this was a plot hatched 400 years ago which not only failed but brought Catholicism to its knees for generations to come.
``I think there is a parallel to be drawn between the violent act of ...