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/23884/anonymous-scientology-critic-arrested http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23884/anonymous-scientology-critic-arrested#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:15:40 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23884 The arrest of a member of an anti-Scientology group on terrorism-related charges last month thrust Las Vegas into the forefront of a worldwide dispute between the group and the celebrity-laden church.

Authorities say they believed acts of violence were about to be committed against the Las Vegas Scientology church, which is creating a new 36,845-square-foot center on Eastern Avenue to cater to celebrities.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23884/anonymous-scientology-critic-arrested/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23743/lawyer-sues-against-threathening-prayers http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23743/lawyer-sues-against-threathening-prayers#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:49:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23743 A former military lawyer who served in the Reagan White House and worked for Ross Perot is suing a Dallas-based religious organization in a case that could test the limits of free speech and prayer.

Mikey Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, said he wants Gordon Klingenschmitt, a former U.S. Navy chaplain, to "stop asking Jesus to plunder my fields ... seize my assets, kill me and my family then wipe away our descendants for 10 generations."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23743/lawyer-sues-against-threathening-prayers/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23727/blasphemy-day http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23727/blasphemy-day#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:01:32 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23727 Outraged by nations that want to execute blasphemers and propelled by a deep belief in the freedom of expression, Lindsay is forging ahead with his "nothing is sacred" movement.

Wednesday marks the first organized observance of Blasphemy Day, a series of events, exhibits and lectures unfolding in a host of mostly North American cities that are part of a larger Campaign for Free Expression.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23727/blasphemy-day/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23723/kurt-westergaard-visits-new-york http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23723/kurt-westergaard-visits-new-york#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:11:40 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23723 A Danish caricaturist is making his first tour of the United States since the 2005 publication of his cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad that provoked fury across the Muslim world, according to a Danish press freedom group that is promoting the trip.

Muslims throughout the world rioted in anger at the cartoon -- and 11 eleven others -- and the artist became the target of a terrorist plot.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23723/kurt-westergaard-visits-new-york/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23652/scientology-hates-free-speech-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23652/scientology-hates-free-speech-3#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:13:55 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23652 Scientology has a lot to hide -- and a lot of it has been exposed to daylight by the cult's many critics.

That must hurt in the pocketbook, and thus the 'church' -- which among other things is behind an anti-psychiatry hate group -- has launched yet another on free speech.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23652/scientology-hates-free-speech-3/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/23390/kurt-westergaard http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23390/kurt-westergaard#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:33:28 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23390 The BBC has been accused of appeasement of radical Islam by the artist behind one of the infamous cartoons of Mohammed.

Kurt Westergaard claims the corporation's decision not to air a recent interview with him came because they are petrified of upsetting Muslims extremists.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23390/kurt-westergaard/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23373/criticize-islam http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23373/criticize-islam#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:09:32 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23373 The U.N.'s top human-rights body approved a proposal by Muslims nations Thursday urging passage of laws around the world to protect religion from criticism.

This ludicrous notion is an assault on free speech and an insult to civilized people everywhere. Islam is a deeply trouble religion whose beliefs and practices must be scrutinized and be subject to criticism. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23373/criticize-islam/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23320/scientology-versus-free-speech-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23320/scientology-versus-free-speech-3#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:20:49 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23320 Protesters targeting a Church of Scientology compound in one California county now face stricter limits on how they can conduct demonstrations, according to a new ordinance adopted Tuesday by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors.

Critics of the measure say it needlessly constrains free speech. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23320/scientology-versus-free-speech-3/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23297/scientology-critic-mark-bunker-arrested http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23297/scientology-critic-mark-bunker-arrested#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:55:07 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23297 Glosslip.com reports that well-known anti-Scientology critic Mark Bunker was arrested along with another critic, Mark Lowell at the Scientology’s Hemet, California compound known as Gold Base.

The cult, which has a long history of hate- and harassment activities, has pressured the Riverside County Board of Supervisors into imposing picketing limits.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23297/scientology-critic-mark-bunker-arrested/feed 0