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/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/26134/nigerian-army-said-to-help-in-slaughter-of-christians http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26134/nigerian-army-said-to-help-in-slaughter-of-christians#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:23:52 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26134 Muslim extremists with the alleged help of Nigerian army personnel killed 24 Christians this month in central Nigeria’s Plateau state, area sources said.

Plateau Gov. Jonah Jang called for immediate withdrawal of the Nigerian army because, he said, Muslims in the army have taken sides with Islamist assailants.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26134/nigerian-army-said-to-help-in-slaughter-of-christians/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25037/children-abused-killed-as-witches-in-nigeria http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25037/children-abused-killed-as-witches-in-nigeria#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:43:48 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25037 Pastors in southeast Nigeria claim illness and poverty are caused by witches who bring terrible misfortune to those around them. And those denounced as witches must be cleansed through deliverance or cast out.

As daylight breaks, and we travel out to the rural villages it becomes apparent the most vulnerable to this stigmatization of witchcraft are children.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25037/children-abused-killed-as-witches-in-nigeria/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23801/churches-denounce-african-children-as-witches http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23801/churches-denounce-african-children-as-witches#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:58:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23801 An increasing number of children in Africa accused of witchcraft by pastors and then tortured or killed, often by family members. Pastors were involved in half of 200 cases of "witch children" reviewed by the AP, and 13 churches were named in the case files.

Some of the churches involved are renegade local branches of international franchises. Their parishioners take literally the Biblical exhortation, "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."

"It is an outrage what they are allowing to take place in the name of Christianity," said Gary Foxcroft, head of nonprofit Stepping Stones Nigeria. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23801/churches-denounce-african-children-as-witches/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20803/theodore-orji http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20803/theodore-orji#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:48:31 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20803/theodore-orji http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20803/theodore-orji/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19630/moses-enebeli http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19630/moses-enebeli#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:19:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19630/moses-enebeli http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19630/moses-enebeli/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17319/ezekiel-uzoechi http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17319/ezekiel-uzoechi#comments Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:25:27 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17319/ezekiel-uzoechi http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17319/ezekiel-uzoechi/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16233/nigerian-court-sentences-sect-leader-to-death http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16233/nigerian-court-sentences-sect-leader-to-death#comments Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:44:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16233/nigerian-court-sentences-sect-leader-to-death http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16233/nigerian-court-sentences-sect-leader-to-death/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8693/cultism-odili-warns-collaborators http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8693/cultism-odili-warns-collaborators#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:10:05 +0000 Johan de Boer http:/?p=8693 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8693/cultism-odili-warns-collaborators/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/7116/nigerian-muslims-say-300-killed-in-genocide http://www.religionnewsblog.com/7116/nigerian-muslims-say-300-killed-in-genocide#comments Wed, 05 May 2004 22:05:57 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=7116 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/7116/nigerian-muslims-say-300-killed-in-genocide/feed 0