http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:05:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25384/shariah-danger-in-netherlands http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25384/shariah-danger-in-netherlands#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 07:41:33 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25384 Frits Bolkestein says the poor quality of Muslim-operated Islamic schools in the Netherlands distance Muslims further from Dutch society.

He fears this may result in ethnic segregation, creating areas in the Netherlands where Shariah is the rule of law.

Bolkestein warns against Islamic schools "where boys and girls are segregated, where Holocaust history is not taught, where anti-Semitism is not combated, and where the curriculum militates against the emancipation of women."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25384/shariah-danger-in-netherlands/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25094/nc-teen-nose-ring-more-than-fashion-its-faith http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25094/nc-teen-nose-ring-more-than-fashion-its-faith#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:03:53 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25094 14-year-old's nose piercing has landed her a suspension from school and forced her into the middle of a fight over her First Amendment right to exercise her religion. Ariana Iacono has been suspended since last week because her nose ring violates the Johnston County school system's dress code.

Iacono and her mother, Nikki, belong to the Church of Body Modification, a small group unfamiliar to rural North Carolina, but one with a clergy, a statement of beliefs and a formal process for accepting new members.

It's enough to draw the interest of the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, which has contacted school officials with concerns that the rights of the Iaconos are being violated by the suspension.

The Iaconos say the school system is ignoring its own dress code policy, which allows exemptions on religious grounds.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25094/nc-teen-nose-ring-more-than-fashion-its-faith/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24575/italy-fights-for-crucifixes-in-classrooms http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24575/italy-fights-for-crucifixes-in-classrooms#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:26:28 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24575 Italy will fight Wednesday against a European court ruling that crucifixes in classrooms violate students' right to freedom of religion.

The European Court of Human Rights found unanimously last November that the display of a particular religious symbol - such as the Christian cross - in a classroom "restricted the right of parents to educate their children in conformity with their convictions, and the right of children to believe or not to believe."

But the court agreed in January to hear Italy's appeal. Ten other European governments, dozens of European lawmakers and half a dozen non-governmental organizations have also gotten involved in the appeal.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24575/italy-fights-for-crucifixes-in-classrooms/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24132/religion-and-public-schools http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24132/religion-and-public-schools#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:24:48 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24132 A high school senior's desire to build a Wiccan altar in shop class has forced a community debate about free expression.

Dale Halferty, who has taught industrial arts at Guthrie Center High School for three years, was placed on paid leave Monday after he acknowledged to district officials that he told the student he could not build the altar in class.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24132/religion-and-public-schools/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20406/homosexuality-4 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20406/homosexuality-4#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:44:22 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20406/homosexuality-4 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20406/homosexuality-4/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19120/ronnie-hill http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19120/ronnie-hill#comments Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:41:16 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19120/ronnie-hill http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19120/ronnie-hill/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18949/islamification-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18949/islamification-3#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:35:37 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18949/islamification-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18949/islamification-3/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18747/purity-ring-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18747/purity-ring-2#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:36:46 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18747/purity-ring-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18747/purity-ring-2/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18533/purity-ring http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18533/purity-ring#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:46:46 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18533/purity-ring http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18533/purity-ring/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17787/why-banning-religious-dress-in-schools-is-a-lesson-in-common-sense http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17787/why-banning-religious-dress-in-schools-is-a-lesson-in-common-sense#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:09:28 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17787/why-banning-religious-dress-in-schools-is-a-lesson-in-common-sense http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17787/why-banning-religious-dress-in-schools-is-a-lesson-in-common-sense/feed 0