http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:15:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23750/worship-site-demolished-pastors-arrested-in-china http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23750/worship-site-demolished-pastors-arrested-in-china#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:38:07 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23750 Following a mob attack on a church in northeastern China and the demolition of their worship site last month, the government put officials on alert to use military force against churches to quell potential “unrest,” according to a leading advocacy group.

In the wee hours of Sept. 13 some 400 uniformed police and civilians bearing shovels, batons, bricks, iron hooks and other weapons beat members of the church who were sleeping at the nearly finished factory building used as a worship site. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23750/worship-site-demolished-pastors-arrested-in-china/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23576/china-house-churches-persecuted http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23576/china-house-churches-persecuted#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:31:40 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23576 China's government has issued a secret directive to dismantle at least six major house churches in and outside the capital Beijing ahead of the upcoming 60th anniversary of Communist rule in the country, according to Christian right investigators.

China Aid Association President Bob Fu linked the events to the upcoming 60th anniversary of China's Communist Party. However, "The upcoming 60th anniversary...is not [a] cause for trampling on rights of peaceful citizens..." he added.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23576/china-house-churches-persecuted/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22076/olympic-games-religion http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22076/olympic-games-religion#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:25:34 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22076 The Olympic Village's religious center has become the target of a quiet protest by athletes, coaches and other delegates who say its staffing and services fall woefully short of the promises made by Chinese organizers.

Previous Olympic hosts welcomed foreign chaplains, but China has banned them from living with the athletes.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22076/olympic-games-religion/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19380/cai-zhuohua http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19380/cai-zhuohua#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:11:37 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19380/cai-zhuohua http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19380/cai-zhuohua/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18785/china-religious-persecution http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18785/china-religious-persecution#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:35:54 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18785/china-religious-persecution http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18785/china-religious-persecution/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18667/china http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18667/china#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:02:56 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18667/china http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18667/china/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18209/confucius http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18209/confucius#comments Thu, 10 May 2007 12:32:56 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18209/confucius http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18209/confucius/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18086/four-us-christians-held-in-chinas-xinjiang http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18086/four-us-christians-held-in-chinas-xinjiang#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:10:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18086/four-us-christians-held-in-chinas-xinjiang http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18086/four-us-christians-held-in-chinas-xinjiang/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17692/china-anti-cult-law http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17692/china-anti-cult-law#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:26:57 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17692/china-anti-cult-law http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17692/china-anti-cult-law/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17624/once-atheist-china-has-a-religious-awakening http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17624/once-atheist-china-has-a-religious-awakening#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:47:41 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17624/once-atheist-china-has-a-religious-awakening http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17624/once-atheist-china-has-a-religious-awakening/feed 0