http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:58:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26366/al-qaeda-cell-in-turkey-accused-of-planning-to-bomb-churches http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26366/al-qaeda-cell-in-turkey-accused-of-planning-to-bomb-churches#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:47:33 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26366 A large-scale Al Qaeda plot to bomb “all the churches in Ankara,” as well as the Turkish Parliament and U.S. Embassy in the Turkish capital, was made public today.

Prepared and filed by the Special Prosecutor’s Office in Ankara, the 50-page indictment outlined the militants’ revised “jihad” strategy to begin focusing their attacks against Turkey before waging war against the United States and other countries.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26366/al-qaeda-cell-in-turkey-accused-of-planning-to-bomb-churches/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26140/turkey-overturns-historic-religious-property-seizures http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26140/turkey-overturns-historic-religious-property-seizures#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:54:35 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26140 The Turkish government made a historic U-turn in state policy this past weekend, issuing an official decree inviting Turkey’s Christian and Jewish communities to reclaim their long-confiscated religious properties.

The return of these extensive properties to their rightful owners has been a key demand of the European Union (EU), to which Turkey is applying for full membership.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26140/turkey-overturns-historic-religious-property-seizures/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25842/turkey-arrests-20-allegedly-linked-to-murder-of-christians-at-bible-publishing-house http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25842/turkey-arrests-20-allegedly-linked-to-murder-of-christians-at-bible-publishing-house#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 07:32:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25842 In simultaneous operations in nine different provinces of Turkey, authorities yesterday arrested 20 people suspected of playing a role in the murder of three Christians in 2007.

The chief prosecutor overseeing the investigation into a clandestine network known as Ergenekon allegedly aimed at destabilizing the government, ordered the arrests based on information that linked the suspects to both the network and to the Malatya murders.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25842/turkey-arrests-20-allegedly-linked-to-murder-of-christians-at-bible-publishing-house/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23530/turkish-christians http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23530/turkish-christians#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:51:30 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23530 Turkish Christians fear those responsible for murdering three Christian publishers will not face justice.

They also fear that authorities will be unable to tackle “structural injustice” towards the country's Christian minority, trial observers said.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23530/turkish-christians/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18003/christians-killed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18003/christians-killed#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:09:02 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18003/christians-killed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18003/christians-killed/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16668/christians-in-turkey-frustrated-by-popular-distrust http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16668/christians-in-turkey-frustrated-by-popular-distrust#comments Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:59:50 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16668/christians-in-turkey-frustrated-by-popular-distrust http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16668/christians-in-turkey-frustrated-by-popular-distrust/feed 0