http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:59:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25243/sant-baba-jeet-singh-ji-maharaj-wins-libel-appeal http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25243/sant-baba-jeet-singh-ji-maharaj-wins-libel-appeal#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:12:50 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25243 impostor has been granted the right to appeal an earlier decision to strike out his libel claim.

Sitting at the Court of Appeal today Lady Justice Smith approved an oral application to renew the appeal on behalf of His Holiness Sant Baba Jeet Singh Ji Maharaj.

The holy man - who heads the Nirmal Kutia Johal religious order - originally had his attempt to sue journalist Hardeep Singh and Eastern Media Group - owner of the Sikh Times - struck out at the High Court in May.

The action came over an article Singh wrote for The Sikh Times in August 2007 in which alleged - the libel claim suggested – the holy man was the leader of a cult and an impostor who had disturbed the peace in the Sikh community of High Wycombe and promoted blasphemy and the sexual exploitation and abuse of women.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25243/sant-baba-jeet-singh-ji-maharaj-wins-libel-appeal/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24761/school-spent-170k-on-court-battle-over-bangle http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24761/school-spent-170k-on-court-battle-over-bangle#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:19:54 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24761 Sikh pupil to remove a religious bracelet spent at least £170,000 on the lost case, it emerged yesterday.

And an MP last night accused the school of using technicalities to avoid divulging how much money it actually spent, fearing it could be much more.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24761/school-spent-170k-on-court-battle-over-bangle/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24600/sikh-concerns-delay-hand-search-plans-at-uk-airports http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24600/sikh-concerns-delay-hand-search-plans-at-uk-airports#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:25:26 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24600 delayed plans to bring in hand searches at UK airport security because of concerns from a Sikh group. Sikhs are concerned it could mean hand checks of turbans or demands for the religious headwear to be removed. The changes have already been implemented across the EU. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24600/sikh-concerns-delay-hand-search-plans-at-uk-airports/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24315/high-court-halts-indian-holy-mans-libel-case-against-british-journalist http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24315/high-court-halts-indian-holy-mans-libel-case-against-british-journalist#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 11:15:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24315 Jeet Singh claimed that an article written by Hardeep Singh in a British newspaper suggested he was the leader of a cult and promoted blasphemy and the sexual exploitation and abuse of women.

The trial could not proceed as any finding would require the court to enter into issues of doctrine, tradition and practice of the Sikh religion which was contrary to established legal authority]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24315/high-court-halts-indian-holy-mans-libel-case-against-british-journalist/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24234/sikhs-mark-world-turban-day http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24234/sikhs-mark-world-turban-day#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:45:24 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24234 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24234/sikhs-mark-world-turban-day/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24230/kirpans-out-as-canadian-sikh-divisions-deepen http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24230/kirpans-out-as-canadian-sikh-divisions-deepen#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:54:50 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24230 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24230/kirpans-out-as-canadian-sikh-divisions-deepen/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24011/sikhs-strive-to-keep-language-alive http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24011/sikhs-strive-to-keep-language-alive#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:55:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24011 The Sikh scriptures and the Punjabi language of many Sikhs were written in a script known as Gurmukhi. So to be fully initiated into the religion, you must know how to read it.

That has created a problem for Sikh immigrant communities.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24011/sikhs-strive-to-keep-language-alive/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23057/sikh-turban-france http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23057/sikh-turban-france#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:09:47 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23057 A Sikh rights group asked a U.N. human rights committee on Monday to declare that France violated a student's rights by expelling him for wearing a turban and to recommend repealing the law that led to it.

France passed a law in 2004 banning children in state primary and secondary schools from wearing conspicuous religious symbols, including Muslim headscarves, Jewish yarmulkes, large Christian crosses and Sikh turbans.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23057/sikh-turban-france/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/22990/sikh-turban-driving-license http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22990/sikh-turban-driving-license#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:29:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22990 In a statement, the court recognised that the rule on photographs 'amounted to interference with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion', but judged that this was justified

Freedom of religion 'did not always guarantee the right to behave in a manner governed by a religious belief and did not confer on people who did so the right to disregard rules that had proved to be justified,' the court said.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22990/sikh-turban-driving-license/feed 0