http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:33:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23799/hate-criminal-anjem-choudary-asks-britains-queen-to-convert-to-islam http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23799/hate-criminal-anjem-choudary-asks-britains-queen-to-convert-to-islam#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:51:36 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23799 Muslim hate preacher Anjem Choudary -- considered an 'extremist nut' by moderate Muslims -- has sparked controversy by asking for Britain's Queen Elizabeth to convert to his faith.

In relation to the upcoming UK elections the extremist also said: "Britain does not need a new leader, it needs a revolution - an Islamic revolution."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23799/hate-criminal-anjem-choudary-asks-britains-queen-to-convert-to-islam/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23795/islamic-militants-in-somalia-ban-bras http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23795/islamic-militants-in-somalia-ban-bras#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:39:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23795 A hardline Islamist group in Somalia is publicly whipping women for wearing bras they say violate Islam by constituting a “deception”, it was claimed yesterday.

Gunmen from al Shabaab have been rounding up any women with a “firm bust” and whipping them, say residents in the capital Mogadishu.

One woman said: “They first introduced a hard fabric which stands stiffly on women’s chests. They are now saying breasts should be firm naturally, or just flat.”

The group has also banned movies, football, musical ringtones and dancing at weddings.

The group’s hardline interpretation of Islamic law has shocked many Somalis, who are traditionally moderate Muslims.

Naturally Religion News Blog files these type of items under the category, 'religious insanity.']]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23795/islamic-militants-in-somalia-ban-bras/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23781/marc-grizzard-king-james-only http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23781/marc-grizzard-king-james-only#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:25:26 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23781 Yet another case of religious insanity...

A church leader in North Carolina is burning versions of the Bible he doesn't agree with.

Pastor Marc Grizzard of the Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton is building a bonfire on Halloween to destroy Bibles that aren't the King James Version.

"What we're doing is we're burning books that are satanic. I believe the King James version is God's preserve, inspired, in erect, infallible word of God."

King James Only-ism is the aberrant belief that God isn't clever enough to address people in anything other than ancient English. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23781/marc-grizzard-king-james-only/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23701/westboro-baptist-church-14 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23701/westboro-baptist-church-14#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:31:01 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23701 A federal appeals court has thrown out a US$5 million ($7 million) verdict against fundamentalist Christian protesters who carried signs with inflammatory messages like "Thank God for dead soldiers" outside the Maryland funeral of a US Marine killed in Iraq.

Members of the Westboro Baptist Church -- a cult-like hate group -- have deluded themselves into thinking they are Christians.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23701/westboro-baptist-church-14/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23688/iran-police-target-mannequins http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23688/iran-police-target-mannequins#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:31:03 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23688 Iranian police have warned shopkeepers not to display female mannequins without a hijab, or showing bodily curves, Irna news agency reports.

Display of bow ties and neckties, and the sale of women's underwear by men are also banned, the police said.

"Un-Islamic behaviour" has been targeted since President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's first election in 2005. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23688/iran-police-target-mannequins/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23612/hijacker-looked-for-sign-from-god http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23612/hijacker-looked-for-sign-from-god#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:13:59 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23612 A Bolivian religious fanatic who claimed he had a bomb briefly hijacked a jetliner from the beach resort of Cancun as it landed in Mexico City.

The Bible-carrying Jose Flores Pereira described himself as a pastor who had gone to Cancun to preach.

He is also a Christian music singer who in videos posted on YouTube sings of leaving drugs and finding God.

He told police that his action was prompted by the realisation that the date - 9-9-09 - is the satanic number 666 upside down.

Three other passengers, whom Flores had referred to as "the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost," were also arrested but quickly released.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23612/hijacker-looked-for-sign-from-god/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23407/islamic-extremism-56 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23407/islamic-extremism-56#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:19:27 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23407 A delusional French father has been charged with starving and beating his eight children in the belief that it would make them good Muslims.

Meanwhile, in Russia police have arrested 46-year-old Gafar Kerimov on charges that he hired a gunman to murder his 21-year-old daughter -- because his Muslim friends disapproved of her choice of clothes.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23407/islamic-extremism-56/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23405/taleban-religious-barbarism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23405/taleban-religious-barbarism#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:51:23 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23405 The Taleban, whose followers believe they are adherents of the purest form of Islam, have murdered a young couple after accusing them of immoral acts.

The woman, Gul Pecha, 19, and the man, Abdul Aziz, 21, were executed by a Taleban firing squad in front of a crowd.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23405/taleban-religious-barbarism/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23307/westboro-baptist-church-13 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23307/westboro-baptist-church-13#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:32:50 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23307 The savages who operate the Westboro Baptist Church -- a hate group masquerading as a Christian church -- have announced on their website that they intent to picket the funerals of people killed in last Wednesday's plane crash at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

The cult is best known for its despicable practice of picketing the funerals of people its delusional followers object to. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23307/westboro-baptist-church-13/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23245/islamic-terrorism-30 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23245/islamic-terrorism-30#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:10:07 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23245 A woman suspected of recruiting more than 80 female suicide bombers has confessed to organising their rapes so she could later convince them that martyrdom was the only way to escape the shame.

Women are often allowed through military checkpoints without being searched, making it easier for them to hide explosives under their traditional robes.

Our question: with Muslims around the world going nuts over cartoons, teddy bears and freedom of speech, when will we see them protest this kind of religious insanity?]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23245/islamic-terrorism-30/feed 0