http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:54:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26534/islamic-extremists-behead-christian-convert-from-islam-in-somalia http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26534/islamic-extremists-behead-christian-convert-from-islam-in-somalia#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:40:46 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26534 Islamic extremists from the rebel al Shabaab militia in Somalia beheaded a Christian on the outskirts of Mogadishu last month, sources said.

The youn man had converted from Islam to Christianity.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26534/islamic-extremists-behead-christian-convert-from-islam-in-somalia/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26514/senior-scientologist-charged-with-perverting-justice http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26514/senior-scientologist-charged-with-perverting-justice#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:27:37 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26514 One of the Church of Scientology's senior international figures, Jan Eastgate, has been charged for a second time with perverting the course of justice.

Eastgate is the international president of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights -- a hate group found by the Church of Scientology engaged in a hate campaign against psychiatry and psychiatrists. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26514/senior-scientologist-charged-with-perverting-justice/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26467/westboro-hate-gang-says-it-will-picket-joe-paternos-funeral http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26467/westboro-hate-gang-says-it-will-picket-joe-paternos-funeral#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:35:12 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26467 The Westboro Baptist Church -- a hate group masquerading as a Christian church -- has announced its next publicity seeking opportunity.

The hatemongers feel called to picket the funeral of Joe Paterno.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26467/westboro-hate-gang-says-it-will-picket-joe-paternos-funeral/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26464/seven-christians-killed-in-bauchi-state-nigeria http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26464/seven-christians-killed-in-bauchi-state-nigeria#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:58:54 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26464 Early morning attacks in Tafawa Balewa, Bauchi state on Sunday left at least seven Christians dead and a church building destroyed.

The attack on the Evangelical Church Winning All Church 2 was carried out by area Islamic extremists alongside members of the Boko Haram sect, with the church building and surrounding houses bombed.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26464/seven-christians-killed-in-bauchi-state-nigeria/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26457/german-anti-semitism-deep-rooted-in-society http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26457/german-anti-semitism-deep-rooted-in-society#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:26:53 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26457 Anti-Jewish feeling is "significantly" entrenched in German society, according to a report by experts appointed by Germany's parliament.

They say the internet has played a key role in spreading Holocaust denial, far-right and extreme Islamist views.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26457/german-anti-semitism-deep-rooted-in-society/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26453/uk-muslims-convicted-in-gay-hatred-case http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26453/uk-muslims-convicted-in-gay-hatred-case#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:19:29 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26453 Three Muslim men in England have been found guilty of stirring up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation after distributing a leaflet that said Islam called for anyone caught committing homosexuality to be executed.

Ihjaz Ali, Kabir Ahmed and Razwan Javed handed out the pamphlet, called The Death Penalty?, which showed an image of a mannequin hanging from a noose and quoted Islamic texts that said capital punishment was the only way to rid society of homosexuality.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26453/uk-muslims-convicted-in-gay-hatred-case/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26451/%e2%80%98hate-group%e2%80%99-listing-triggers-protest-by-coalition-of-african-american-pastors http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26451/%e2%80%98hate-group%e2%80%99-listing-triggers-protest-by-coalition-of-african-american-pastors#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:58:42 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26451 A protest outside the headquarters of the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala. last Tuesday put the spotlight on a clash of views between the center and a coalition of African-American pastors and their supporters.

The groups of pastors condemn the SPLC for using its “hate group” label to describe faith-based organizations that are against the LGBT lifestyle]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26451/%e2%80%98hate-group%e2%80%99-listing-triggers-protest-by-coalition-of-african-american-pastors/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26432/muslim-men-accused-of-hate-crime-over-anti-gay-leaflet http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26432/muslim-men-accused-of-hate-crime-over-anti-gay-leaflet#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:29:56 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26432 Five Muslim men from Derby, UK, have gone on trial for allegedly handing out leaflets calling for gay people to be killed in the first ever prosecution under new legislation making such actions a hate crime.

They are accused of stirring up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26432/muslim-men-accused-of-hate-crime-over-anti-gay-leaflet/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26431/somali-convert-from-islam-whipped-in-public http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26431/somali-convert-from-islam-whipped-in-public#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:47:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26431 A Somali convert from Islam was paraded before a cheering crowd last month and publicly flogged as a punishment for embracing a “foreign religion,” sources said.

Sofia Osman, a 28-year-old Christian from Janale city in Somali’as Lower Shabelle region, had been taken into custody by Islamic extremist al Shabaab militants in November; the public whipping was meant to mark her release.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26431/somali-convert-from-islam-whipped-in-public/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26403/muslims-attack-bishop-with-acid http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26403/muslims-attack-bishop-with-acid#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:11:55 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26403 Islamic extremists threw acid on a church leader on Christmas Eve shortly after a seven-day revival at his church, leaving him with severe burns that have blinded one eye and threaten sight in the other.

On Oct. 15, area Muslim leaders declared a fatwa against him demanding his death.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26403/muslims-attack-bishop-with-acid/feed 0