http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:39:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25879/us-easter-ad-banned-for-mentioning-jesus http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25879/us-easter-ad-banned-for-mentioning-jesus#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:54:57 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25879
The agency, NCM Media Networks, said it has a policy of rejecting ads featuring religious figures and remarked some cinemagoers might be offended by such an ad.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25879/us-easter-ad-banned-for-mentioning-jesus/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23593/yale-criticized-for-nixing-muslim-cartoons-in-book http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23593/yale-criticized-for-nixing-muslim-cartoons-in-book#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:50:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23593 Yale University is publishing "The Cartoons That Shook the World" about how cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad caused outrage, violence and other bad behavior across the Muslim world.

But it won't include the cartoons themselves -- for fear of further violence on the part of Muslim extremists.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23593/yale-criticized-for-nixing-muslim-cartoons-in-book/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22920/scientology-censorship http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22920/scientology-censorship#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:51:04 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22920 Amazon UK has barred the sale of a new Scientology expose penned by a former member of the church's "elite paramilitary group."

In a recent post to an anti-Scientology discussion forum, an Anonymous Brit says that after pre-ordering the book, he received an email from Amazon announcing it had been "removed from sale for legal reasons".

Too bad. Then again, you already know all the reasons why it is best to avoid Scientology.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22920/scientology-censorship/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22610/salman-rushdie-jewel-medina http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22610/salman-rushdie-jewel-medina#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:13:42 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22610 Satanic Verses author Sir Salman Rushdie has spoken of the need to ask questions about religion in the wake of the row about a new book on the Prophet Mohammed.

Muslim hate criminals recently firebombed the home of a British publisher of the novel, Jewel of Medina. The US publisher of the book, Random House, cancelled publication for fear of violent reprisals.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22610/salman-rushdie-jewel-medina/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/2607/china-censorship-slows-net http://www.religionnewsblog.com/2607/china-censorship-slows-net#comments Sat, 08 Mar 2003 04:11:12 +0000 Editor http:/?p=2607 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/2607/china-censorship-slows-net/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/839/google-is-back-in-china-but-dont-try-asking-any-difficult-questions http://www.religionnewsblog.com/839/google-is-back-in-china-but-dont-try-asking-any-difficult-questions#comments Sun, 15 Sep 2002 14:04:54 +0000 Editor http:/?p=839 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/839/google-is-back-in-china-but-dont-try-asking-any-difficult-questions/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/822/google-back-online-in-china http://www.religionnewsblog.com/822/google-back-online-in-china#comments Fri, 13 Sep 2002 14:21:45 +0000 Editor http:/?p=822 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/822/google-back-online-in-china/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/782/california-gets-tough-with-jesus http://www.religionnewsblog.com/782/california-gets-tough-with-jesus#comments Wed, 11 Sep 2002 11:51:35 +0000 Editor http:/?p=782 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/782/california-gets-tough-with-jesus/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/766/china-bans-altavista-searches http://www.religionnewsblog.com/766/china-bans-altavista-searches#comments Tue, 10 Sep 2002 19:30:22 +0000 Editor http:/?p=766 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/766/china-bans-altavista-searches/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/710/china-blocks-google-search-engine http://www.religionnewsblog.com/710/china-blocks-google-search-engine#comments Wed, 04 Sep 2002 14:49:03 +0000 Editor http:/?p=710 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/710/china-blocks-google-search-engine/feed 0