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/23816/baby-quran-hoax http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23816/baby-quran-hoax#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:36:03 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23816 A "miracle" baby has brought a kind of mystical hope to people in Russia's mostly Muslim southern fringe who are increasingly desperate in the face of Islamist violence.

From hunchbacked grandmas to schoolboys, hundreds of pilgrims lined up this week in blazing sunshine to get a glimpse of 9-month-old baby Ali Yakubov, on whose body they say verses from the Koran appear and fade every few days. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23816/baby-quran-hoax/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23472/children-accussed-witchcraft http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23472/children-accussed-witchcraft#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 13:38:36 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23472 In many African countries, as in other parts of the world, children are blamed for causing illness, death and destruction, prompting some communities to put them through harrowing punishments to "cleanse" them of their supposed magical powers.

Pastors have been accused of worsening the problem by claiming to have powers to recognize and exorcise "child witches," sometimes for a fee, aid workers said.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23472/children-accussed-witchcraft/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23084/russia-new-age-quackery http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23084/russia-new-age-quackery#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:43:41 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23084 So far, 130 healers, including Fadkin, have passed the service's voluntary testing program, which promoters in the government say can determine whether someone has the inherent ability to cure. The program is limited to Moscow, but a Russian lawmaker is pushing to extend it nationwide and make it mandatory.

Skeptics scoff at the notion that such testing is meaningful and criticize the government for lending credibility to people who claim paranormal powers.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23084/russia-new-age-quackery/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21419/burma-cyclone-survivors-haunted-ghosts http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21419/burma-cyclone-survivors-haunted-ghosts#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 06:28:55 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21419 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21419/burma-cyclone-survivors-haunted-ghosts/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20879/virgin-mary-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20879/virgin-mary-3#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:07:12 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20879/virgin-mary-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20879/virgin-mary-3/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20271/magical-airplane http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20271/magical-airplane#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:10:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20271/magical-airplane http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20271/magical-airplane/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20194/superstition-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20194/superstition-2#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:07:35 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20194/superstition-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20194/superstition-2/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20130/healing-water http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20130/healing-water#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:21:18 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20130/healing-water http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20130/healing-water/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19699/panties-for-peace http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19699/panties-for-peace#comments Sat, 20 Oct 2007 21:34:27 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19699/panties-for-peace http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19699/panties-for-peace/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19431/virgin-mary-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19431/virgin-mary-2#comments Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:28:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19431/virgin-mary-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19431/virgin-mary-2/feed 0