http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:33:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23855/theo-van-gogh-murdered-by-islamic-hate-criminal http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23855/theo-van-gogh-murdered-by-islamic-hate-criminal#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:45:19 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23855 The Dutch are marking the fifth anniversary of the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a Muslim fanatic, a brutal killing that continues to shape politics in the Netherlands, AP writes.

Watch the movie Van Gogh was murdered for.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23855/theo-van-gogh-murdered-by-islamic-hate-criminal/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23854/newspaper-continues-series-of-exposes-of-scientology-cult http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23854/newspaper-continues-series-of-exposes-of-scientology-cult#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:11:05 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23854 The St. Petersburg Times is continuing to expose the Church of Scientology to daylight -- by reporting on the destructive cult's unethical tactics.

Billed as The Truth Rundown, its series of special reports highlights the alleged abusive behavior of current Scientology leader David Miscavige, as well as other criticism leveled at Scientology by a number of high-level defectors. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23854/newspaper-continues-series-of-exposes-of-scientology-cult/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23853/islamic-hate-group-calls-cancels-pro-sharia-demonstration http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23853/islamic-hate-group-calls-cancels-pro-sharia-demonstration#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:08:02 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23853 A demonstration of Muslim hardliners calling for sharia law to be imposed in Britain was cancelled in London over the weekend amid planned counter-protests by democratic Muslims.

Anjem Choudary, leader of the radical Islamic group Al Muhajiroun, said that organisers of the Islam4UK demo had cancelled the march from the Houses of Parliament to Trafalgar Square on 31 October 2009 because of security concerns.

The Islamic Society of Britain, which was planning to join other organisations in staging a "dignified, non-violent" counter-demonstration, hailed the cancellation as a "great success".]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23853/islamic-hate-group-calls-cancels-pro-sharia-demonstration/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23848/islamic-hate-group-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23848/islamic-hate-group-2#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:03:55 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23848 A Detroit imam shot and killed Wednesday in a gunfight with federal agents belonged to a Muslim separatist sect led by Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, better known as 1960s militant H. Rap Brown, according to a federal complaint filed Wednesday.

The FBI says the dead man was an imam, or prayer leader, of a local faction of Ummah, a group that seeks to establish an Islamic state within the U.S]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23848/islamic-hate-group-2/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23839/mohammad-cartoons-muslim-terrorist-plot http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23839/mohammad-cartoons-muslim-terrorist-plot#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:50:54 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23839 Two Chicago men have been charged in what officials said was a plot to attack employees of a Danish newspaper that in 2005 published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that offended many Muslims, according to criminal complaints unsealed Tuesday in federal court in Chicago.

One of the men had initially targeted a building occupied by the Danish newspaper, Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten in Copenhagen.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23839/mohammad-cartoons-muslim-terrorist-plot/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23829/paul-haggis-leaves-scientology-church http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23829/paul-haggis-leaves-scientology-church#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:15:34 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23829 Paul Haggis, the Hollywood film director, has resigned from the Church of Scientology after 35 years as a member in protest against its apparent opposition to gay marriage.

In his letter Haggis also highlights a lie told by Scientology spokesperson Tommy Davis, who in an interview with CNN denied Scientology's policy of disconnection -- in which the destructive cult forces some of its members to sever relationships with friends and family members. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23829/paul-haggis-leaves-scientology-church/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23825/pakistan-police-torture-christians-arrested-in-islamic-attack http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23825/pakistan-police-torture-christians-arrested-in-islamic-attack#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:19:07 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23825 Two Christians in Gojra, Pakistan who allegedly fired warning shots as an Islamist mob approached that burned seven Christians to death on Aug. 1 told Compass they were tortured after police arrested them.

From his jail cell, Naveed Masih told Compass that he and his brother were taken to the Police Training Centre in Choong, where they were kept in illegal detention for 18 days and were tortured “in so many ways ruthlessly and in inhumane ways.” ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23825/pakistan-police-torture-christians-arrested-in-islamic-attack/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23799/hate-criminal-anjem-choudary-asks-britains-queen-to-convert-to-islam http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23799/hate-criminal-anjem-choudary-asks-britains-queen-to-convert-to-islam#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:51:36 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23799 Muslim hate preacher Anjem Choudary -- considered an 'extremist nut' by moderate Muslims -- has sparked controversy by asking for Britain's Queen Elizabeth to convert to his faith.

In relation to the upcoming UK elections the extremist also said: "Britain does not need a new leader, it needs a revolution - an Islamic revolution."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23799/hate-criminal-anjem-choudary-asks-britains-queen-to-convert-to-islam/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23797/taliban-threatens-to-kill-more-christians http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23797/taliban-threatens-to-kill-more-christians#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:58:45 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23797 In a letter sent to the Christian community in the northeastern city of Sargodha, Taliban militants said Christians should convert to Islam, pay an Islamic tax imposed on religious minorities, known as 'Jizya tax', or leave the country.

If Christians refuse to accept these choices, Christians “will be killed, their property and homes will be burnt to ashes and their women treated as sex slaves,” said the letter.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23797/taliban-threatens-to-kill-more-christians/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23795/islamic-militants-in-somalia-ban-bras http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23795/islamic-militants-in-somalia-ban-bras#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:39:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23795 A hardline Islamist group in Somalia is publicly whipping women for wearing bras they say violate Islam by constituting a “deception”, it was claimed yesterday.

Gunmen from al Shabaab have been rounding up any women with a “firm bust” and whipping them, say residents in the capital Mogadishu.

One woman said: “They first introduced a hard fabric which stands stiffly on women’s chests. They are now saying breasts should be firm naturally, or just flat.”

The group has also banned movies, football, musical ringtones and dancing at weddings.

The group’s hardline interpretation of Islamic law has shocked many Somalis, who are traditionally moderate Muslims.

Naturally Religion News Blog files these type of items under the category, 'religious insanity.']]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23795/islamic-militants-in-somalia-ban-bras/feed 0