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/26490/convicted-killer-sues-to-practice-satanism-in-prison http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26490/convicted-killer-sues-to-practice-satanism-in-prison#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:55:15 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26490 Joshua Cookson, convicted of murdering an acquaintance at his mobile home in 1999 wants a federal court judge to require Maine prison officials to allow him to practice Satanism as a religion.

Cookson is allowed to practice Satanism in his own cell, but he wants permission to practice with others. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26490/convicted-killer-sues-to-practice-satanism-in-prison/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24798/kentucky-prison-restricts-pastoral-visits-to-inmates http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24798/kentucky-prison-restricts-pastoral-visits-to-inmates#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:45:34 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24798 Gerald Otahal arrived at death row early on a recent Thursday morning, ready for his regular visit to counsel and pray with condemned inmate Gregory Wilson.

What happened next left Otahal puzzled - guards turned him away at the door with instructions to go home as the Kentucky Department of Corrections cracks down on pastoral visits at the Kentucky State Penitentiary. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24798/kentucky-prison-restricts-pastoral-visits-to-inmates/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22670/dogs-upset-muslim-criminals http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22670/dogs-upset-muslim-criminals#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:45:51 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22670 A source at Dover prison said: “It seems ridiculous that staff have to go out of their way to treat these prisoners differently.

Philip Davies, Tory MP for Shipley in Yorkshire, said: “Another way for people not to have their cells searched for drugs is not to commit crime in the first place. If you commit a crime and go to prison, there are certain things which you expect to happen.”]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22670/dogs-upset-muslim-criminals/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21783/messianic-jews-kosher-prison-meals http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21783/messianic-jews-kosher-prison-meals#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:45:58 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21783 Messianic Jews believe in Jesus. But they still consider themselves as faithful to Judaism as anyone else.

They want to eat kosher meals, avoiding pork and shellfish and not mixing meat and dairy products. But if they are inmates in Ohio prisons, they are out of luck. Kosher meals are a privilege afforded only to traditional Jews.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21783/messianic-jews-kosher-prison-meals/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20430/islam-78 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20430/islam-78#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:44:24 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20430/islam-78 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20430/islam-78/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20392/religious-prison-diet http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20392/religious-prison-diet#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:28:10 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20392/religious-prison-diet http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20392/religious-prison-diet/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20276/norman-lee-toler http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20276/norman-lee-toler#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:42:48 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20276/norman-lee-toler http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20276/norman-lee-toler/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19731/wesley-spratt-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19731/wesley-spratt-2#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:36:53 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19731/wesley-spratt-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19731/wesley-spratt-2/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19510/prison-religion-books http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19510/prison-religion-books#comments Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:20:34 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19510/prison-religion-books http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19510/prison-religion-books/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19348/religon-books http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19348/religon-books#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:16:50 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19348/religon-books http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19348/religon-books/feed 0