http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:58:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26045/la-familia-gang-cult-leader-arreste http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26045/la-familia-gang-cult-leader-arreste#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:25:32 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26045 Mexican authorities have arrested the leader of La Familia, Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, and the contend that the cult-like group's reign in the state of Michoacan has come to an end.

The drug trafficking organization espouses religious ideals but gained worldwide notoriety when it tossed five human heads onto a dance floor in Michoacan state four years ago. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26045/la-familia-gang-cult-leader-arreste/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25254/barbarians-appeal-sentence-in-anti-semitic-kidnapping-torture-and-murder-case http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25254/barbarians-appeal-sentence-in-anti-semitic-kidnapping-torture-and-murder-case#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:15:21 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25254 appeal of 18 people convicted in the 2006 kidnapping, torture and murder of a young French Jew.

One who's not appealing is Gang leader Youssouf Fofana, who chose not to appeal his conviction and life sentence.

'People' is a big word for a gang of criminals who refer to themselves -- appropriately -- as Barbarians.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25254/barbarians-appeal-sentence-in-anti-semitic-kidnapping-torture-and-murder-case/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24657/violent-mexican-gang-hijacks-u-s-evangelical%e2%80%99s-book http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24657/violent-mexican-gang-hijacks-u-s-evangelical%e2%80%99s-book#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 14:53:40 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24657 In one Mexican drug cartel, mandatory reading now includes an American evangelical’s best-seller, Religion News Service reports.

Drawing from an unlikely source, La Familia Michoacana (the Michoacan Family) bases part of its ideology on the book “Wild at Heart,” by John Eldredge of the Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Ransomed Heart Ministries.

Ironically, Eldredge sees the violent gang’s use of his book in a positive light.

“At first, I was really mad that they hijacked my book for their purposes,” he said. “But on second thought ... maybe it will touch the hearts of the people who use (it).” ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24657/violent-mexican-gang-hijacks-u-s-evangelical%e2%80%99s-book/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19023/hell-s-angels http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19023/hell-s-angels#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:13:01 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19023/hell-s-angels http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19023/hell-s-angels/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18890/military-gangs http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18890/military-gangs#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:11:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18890/military-gangs http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18890/military-gangs/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18889/gangs http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18889/gangs#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:07:32 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18889/gangs http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18889/gangs/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16507/2-gangs-find-real-peace-in-secret http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16507/2-gangs-find-real-peace-in-secret#comments Mon, 06 Nov 2006 10:20:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16507/2-gangs-find-real-peace-in-secret http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16507/2-gangs-find-real-peace-in-secret/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16077/hells-angels-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16077/hells-angels-2#comments Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:38:10 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16077/hells-angels-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16077/hells-angels-2/feed 0