http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:12:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26495/muslim-teenager-attacked-by-brother-and-sisters-for-kissing-white-man http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26495/muslim-teenager-attacked-by-brother-and-sisters-for-kissing-white-man#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:08:46 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26495 A Muslim teenager in England was kidnapped, beaten and threatened with hammers and knives by her brother and sisters after kissing a white man, a court heard yesterday.

The barbarians deny kidnap, actual bodily harm and false imprisonment charges.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26495/muslim-teenager-attacked-by-brother-and-sisters-for-kissing-white-man/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26483/dutch-government-going-ahead-with-burqa-ban http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26483/dutch-government-going-ahead-with-burqa-ban#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:52:43 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26483 People wearing burqas, balaclavas or all-in-one motorbike helmets in public in the Netherlands will soon face fines. On Friday, government ministers voted to outlaw all clothing which covers the face.

"People must be able to look each other in the face and be recognisable to one another. The wearing of face-covering clothing does not fit in with the Netherlands' open society, in which participation in social traffic is actually crucial," the cabinet said Friday.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26483/dutch-government-going-ahead-with-burqa-ban/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/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/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/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 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26392/dutch-government-to-appoint-commission-on-ritual-animal-slaughter http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26392/dutch-government-to-appoint-commission-on-ritual-animal-slaughter#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:45:53 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26392 The Dutch government said it will appoint a commission to study new tightened rules for ritual slaughter to satisfy animal rights activists without infringing on  Jewish and Muslim traditions.

Before voting in January, the Senate will review a compromise offer by Henk Bleker, state secretary for agriculture.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26392/dutch-government-to-appoint-commission-on-ritual-animal-slaughter/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26385/algeria-stalls-appeal-of-convicted-christian http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26385/algeria-stalls-appeal-of-convicted-christian#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:47:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26385 A judge’s decision this month to indefinitely postpone the appeal of a Christian sentenced under Algeria’s defamation and anti-proselytizing laws shows how the judicial system keeps Christians in limbo without officially punishing or acquitting them, according to sources.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26385/algeria-stalls-appeal-of-convicted-christian/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26368/saudi-woman-executed-for-witchcraft-and-sorcery http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26368/saudi-woman-executed-for-witchcraft-and-sorcery#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:24:23 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26368 A Saudi woman has been executed for practising "witchcraft and sorcery", the country's interior ministry says.

Amnesty International says the charge of sorcery has often been used in Saudi Arabia to punish people, generally after unfair trials, for exercising their right to freedom of speech or religion.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26368/saudi-woman-executed-for-witchcraft-and-sorcery/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26366/al-qaeda-cell-in-turkey-accused-of-planning-to-bomb-churches http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26366/al-qaeda-cell-in-turkey-accused-of-planning-to-bomb-churches#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:47:33 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26366 A large-scale Al Qaeda plot to bomb “all the churches in Ankara,” as well as the Turkish Parliament and U.S. Embassy in the Turkish capital, was made public today.

Prepared and filed by the Special Prosecutor’s Office in Ankara, the 50-page indictment outlined the militants’ revised “jihad” strategy to begin focusing their attacks against Turkey before waging war against the United States and other countries.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26366/al-qaeda-cell-in-turkey-accused-of-planning-to-bomb-churches/feed 0