http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:30:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22251/muslim-hospital-workerrejects-hygiene-rules http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22251/muslim-hospital-workerrejects-hygiene-rules#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:39:30 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22251 A Muslim hospital worker in the UK refuses to abide by nationwide hygiene rules has left her job, claiming she was discriminated against and forced to choose between her religious beliefs and her livelihood.

Our view: The hospital worker discriminates against non-Muslims by insisting that they choose between her religious views and the safety of others.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22251/muslim-hospital-workerrejects-hygiene-rules/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22234/teenage-girls-buried-alive http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22234/teenage-girls-buried-alive#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:56:34 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22234 Three teenage girls have been buried alive by their tribe in a remote part of Pakistan to punish them for attempting to choose their own husbands, in an "honour" killing case.

After news of the deaths emerged, male politicians from their province, Baluchistan, defended the killings in parliament, claiming the practice was part of "our tribal custom".]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22234/teenage-girls-buried-alive/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21996/westboro-baptist-church-hate-group-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21996/westboro-baptist-church-hate-group-3#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:40:00 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21996 Canadian border guards have been told to bar members of a fanatical American church from entering the country after they announced plans to protest at the funeral of the man decapitated on a Greyhound bus, says a Winnipeg MP.

The hate group -- which masquerades as a Christian church -- is known for its despicable behavior at funerals and elsewhere.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21996/westboro-baptist-church-hate-group-3/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21978/westboro-baptist-church-hate-group-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21978/westboro-baptist-church-hate-group-2#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:52:26 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21978 A despicable hate group that masquerades as a Christian church is helping to advertise a play about its founder by doing what it does best: spewing putrid hatred.

The Westboro Baptist Church also plans to protest at the funeral of a young man decapitated on a Greyhound bus last week.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21978/westboro-baptist-church-hate-group-2/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21959/islam-fatwa-homosexuality http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21959/islam-fatwa-homosexuality#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:37:05 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21959 The Norwegian Islamic Council is still waiting for a reply from the European Fatwa Council before it decides whether or not it is in favour of the death penalty for homosexuality.

"Unacceptable," says lesbian Sara Asmeh Rasmussen.

Religious insanity, says Religion News Blog.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21959/islam-fatwa-homosexuality/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21931/saudi-religious-insanity http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21931/saudi-religious-insanity#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:07:23 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21931 We file stories like this under both 'Islam' and 'religious insanity': Saudi Arabia's religious police have banned selling cats and dogs or exercising them in public in the Saudi capital, because of men using them as a means of making passes at women, an official said.

The 5000-strong religious police oversees the adherence to Wahabism - a strict version of Sunni Islam, which also forces women to cover from head to toe when in public, and bans them from driving.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21931/saudi-religious-insanity/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21669/terrorise-the-non-believers-orders-bin-ladens-right-hand-man-in-europe-after-he-is-freed-on-bail http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21669/terrorise-the-non-believers-orders-bin-ladens-right-hand-man-in-europe-after-he-is-freed-on-bail#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:27:32 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21669 No surprises here: allow a rabid dog out of his cage and he is more than likely to turn on you:

Preacher of hate, Abu Quatada -- who has been described as Osama Bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe -- was released on bail from Long Lartin prison in Worcestershire on Tuesday after the blocking of his deportation to Jordan, where he is wanted on terror charges.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21669/terrorise-the-non-believers-orders-bin-ladens-right-hand-man-in-europe-after-he-is-freed-on-bail/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21656/muslim-stylist-wins-4000-payout http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21656/muslim-stylist-wins-4000-payout#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:53:19 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21656 A headscarf-wearing woman who was turned down for a job in a hair salon has won a payout -- not the 34.000 British Pound windfall she was looking for, but still an amount high enough to make you question the sanity of the judges involved.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21656/muslim-stylist-wins-4000-payout/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21623/italian-bishop-refuses-wedding-impotent-paraplic http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21623/italian-bishop-refuses-wedding-impotent-paraplic#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:57:04 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21623 A couple, legally married, is denied a church wedding by a Catholic bishop -- who in so doing has added himself to our collection of stories filed under 'religious insanity.']]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21623/italian-bishop-refuses-wedding-impotent-paraplic/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21556/blind-boy-killed-koran http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21556/blind-boy-killed-koran#comments Sat, 31 May 2008 06:54:53 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21556 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21556/blind-boy-killed-koran/feed