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/25217/middle-east-company-to-launch-muslim-newspaper-in-uk http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25217/middle-east-company-to-launch-muslim-newspaper-in-uk#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:27:15 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25217 launching a London-based weekly newspaper aimed at Muslim people across the world.

The paper, which is backed by the Pakistani pay-TV operator ARY Digital and will be able to tap its network of reporters covering south Asia, is earmarked to launch early in the new year.

ARY, known for broadcasting the Pakistani version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, also broadcasts to several Gulf states and in North America and the UK, where it launched in 2000 as the Pakistani Channel on Sky.

The paper, which does not yet have a name, will be edited by Burhan Wazir, a former deputy features editor at the Times who was named young journalist of the year in 1999.

Wazir said the title, which will also be published in Pakistan and several Gulf states, will serve the Muslim diaspora in the countries where it is available.

It will be a liberal title aimed at a young and relatively affluent readership aged between 20 and 45, including second- or third-generation British Muslims.

Wazir added that its target audience of young readers with Muslim backgrounds will share a modern, cosmopolitan outlook. "I suppose you could say they have a foot in both camps," he said.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25217/middle-east-company-to-launch-muslim-newspaper-in-uk/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25160/sikh-tv http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25160/sikh-tv#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:59:17 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25160 launch Sikh TV in early October. When it hits the air for the first time, Sikh TV will sit alongside a number of other religion-themed channels that are currently available on Sky. These include the Sikh Channel and Sangat TV, while an array of 'Christian' options - including Open Heavens TV, Gospel Channel Europe, The Word Network and GOD Channel - are also shown by the broadcaster. (Editorial note: We monitored the 'God Channel' while on vacation recently, and wonder who in his right mind would slap the label 'Christian' on it. What a sad parade of charlatans, heretics, and air-heads! When the channel first popped up Benny Hinn was right there. Sure enough he was talking about money within the next minute. Sigh...)]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25160/sikh-tv/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24580/top-100-talk-show-hosts http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24580/top-100-talk-show-hosts#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:29:12 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24580 250 Most Important Radio Talk Show Hosts in America' -- a popular annual feature that includes what has become known as the "Heavy Hundred.']]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24580/top-100-talk-show-hosts/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24527/bbc-boss-mark-thompson-tells-head-of-religion-aaqil-ahmed-not-to-discuss-his-faith http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24527/bbc-boss-mark-thompson-tells-head-of-religion-aaqil-ahmed-not-to-discuss-his-faith#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:24:50 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24527 When Aaqil Ahmed became the first Muslim to be the BBC's head of religious broadcasting, he probably anticipated the controversy that it would cause among some Christians. What he did not expect, however, was that his faith would be an issue with the director-general of the corporation, Mark Thompson. Ahmed has, though, let it be known that he was told not to discuss his religion by his boss. "Mark Thompson said to me, 'you must stop talking about this Muslim thing'," Ahmed disclosed.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24527/bbc-boss-mark-thompson-tells-head-of-religion-aaqil-ahmed-not-to-discuss-his-faith/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24497/rachel-zoll http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24497/rachel-zoll#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:47:49 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24497 Twitter tip: Follow Rachel Zoll, Associated Press national religion writer.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24497/rachel-zoll/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24154/social-science-research-council-releases-report-on-the-religion-blogosphere http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24154/social-science-research-council-releases-report-on-the-religion-blogosphere#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:40:25 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24154 “The New Landscape of the Religion Blogosphere,” a newly released report by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), offers an extensive overview and analysis of the increasingly prominent role played by blogs in shaping the contemporary dynamics of religion, academia, and public life.

Drawing on a review of the work of nearly 100 blogs, as well as detailed survey responses, “The New Landscape of the Religion Blogosphere” provides both empirical data and reflection on the impact of blogging at the intersection of religion, academia, and public life.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24154/social-science-research-council-releases-report-on-the-religion-blogosphere/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19490/religion-media http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19490/religion-media#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:56:48 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19490/religion-media http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19490/religion-media/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19161/opus-islamism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19161/opus-islamism#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:50:56 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19161/opus-islamism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19161/opus-islamism/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19068/gods-warriors http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19068/gods-warriors#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:42:49 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19068/gods-warriors http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19068/gods-warriors/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19020/god-s-warriors http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19020/god-s-warriors#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:53:25 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19020/god-s-warriors http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19020/god-s-warriors/feed 0