http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:15:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23710/ganesh-statue-calgary-zoo-offends-christians http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23710/ganesh-statue-calgary-zoo-offends-christians#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:20:02 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23710 A dancing elephant statue at the Calgary Zoo has kicked up controversy after a Christian group condemned the figure as an inappropriate religious icon.

Zoo officials say they have no plans to replace the Ganesh statue — which has stood near the elephant enclosure for at least two years — despite calls for its removal from Concerned Christians Canada.

Grahame Newton, the zoo's director of corporate services, says the Ganesh statue isn't a religious icon, rather a cultural symbol that shows the tie between the elephants and Asian culture.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23710/ganesh-statue-calgary-zoo-offends-christians/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23454/india-church-torched http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23454/india-church-torched#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 10:18:22 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23454 Evangelical Christians in India's eastern state of Andhra Pradesh faced the difficult task Sunday, May 10, of rebuilding their church after suspected anti-Christian militants torched the building, the latest in a series of attacks against churches in the area, investigators said.

The latest incident has underscored an anti-Christian climate in several parts of India.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23454/india-church-torched/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23412/saudi-arabia-authorities-release-christian-blogger http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23412/saudi-arabia-authorities-release-christian-blogger#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:04:15 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23412 In a surprise move, a Saudi Christian arrested in January for describing his conversion from Islam and criticizing the kingdom’s judiciary on his blog site was released on March 28 with the stipulation that he not travel outside of Saudi Arabia or appear on media.

The country’s penalty for “apostasy,” or leaving Islam, is death, although in recent years there have been no known cases of kingdom citizens formally convicted and sentenced with capital punishment for the offense.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23412/saudi-arabia-authorities-release-christian-blogger/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23022/hate-crimes-against-sikhs http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23022/hate-crimes-against-sikhs#comments Sun, 07 Dec 2008 08:56:49 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23022 Instead of investigating a reported burglary, a posse of cops reportedly committed a variety of hate crimes against members of a Sikh family.

One deputy reportedly asked them if they'd "heard about the bombings in Bombay." Another allegedly said he had been to Kuwait and "knew about Muslims."

Since 9/11, misperceptions about Sikhs' religiously mandated turbans and beards have led to an increase in discrimination against Sikhs, according to the New York-based Sikh Coalition.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23022/hate-crimes-against-sikhs/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21641/missionaries-draw-fire-in-israel http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21641/missionaries-draw-fire-in-israel#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:19:39 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21641 The burning of 200 New Testament bibles underscores growing tensions in the Jewish state between the mainstream religion and Christian Zionists. It was the latest in a string of incidents targeting Messianic Jews in Israel, a trend that has alarmed Christian Zionist organizations.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21641/missionaries-draw-fire-in-israel/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21576/you-cant-preach-the-bible-here-this-is-a-muslim-area http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21576/you-cant-preach-the-bible-here-this-is-a-muslim-area#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:38:27 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21576
They say they were told by a Muslim police community support officer that they could not preach there and that attempting to convert Muslims to Christianity was a hate crime.

The community officer is also said to have told the two men: 'You have been warned. If you come back here and get beat up, well, you have been warned.']]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21576/you-cant-preach-the-bible-here-this-is-a-muslim-area/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21494/orthodox-jews-religious-intolerance http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21494/orthodox-jews-religious-intolerance#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 05:15:49 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21494 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21494/orthodox-jews-religious-intolerance/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21022/religious-drawing http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21022/religious-drawing#comments Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:26:27 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21022/religious-drawing http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21022/religious-drawing/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20153/religious-intolerance http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20153/religious-intolerance#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:10:25 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20153/religious-intolerance http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20153/religious-intolerance/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19900/israel-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19900/israel-2#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:06:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19900/israel-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19900/israel-2/feed 0