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/26385/algeria-stalls-appeal-of-convicted-christian http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26385/algeria-stalls-appeal-of-convicted-christian#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:47:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26385 A judge’s decision this month to indefinitely postpone the appeal of a Christian sentenced under Algeria’s defamation and anti-proselytizing laws shows how the judicial system keeps Christians in limbo without officially punishing or acquitting them, according to sources.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26385/algeria-stalls-appeal-of-convicted-christian/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26286/algeria-detains-christians-for-illegal-worship http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26286/algeria-detains-christians-for-illegal-worship#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:24:57 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26286 Five Algerian Christians remained jailed in north-eastern Algeria Tuesday after they were reportedly detained this weekend for "worshiping in an unregistered location."

Another Christian, a minor, was released and placed on probation following Saturday's raid in a village near the town of Bougous in north-eastern El Tarf province bordering Tunisia.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26286/algeria-detains-christians-for-illegal-worship/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26004/algerian-christian-sentenced-beyond-prosecutor%e2%80%99s-request http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26004/algerian-christian-sentenced-beyond-prosecutor%e2%80%99s-request#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:27:41 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26004 Convicting a Christian convert for insulting the prophet of Islam, a judge in Algeria last week stunned the Christian community by sentencing him beyond what a prosecutor recommended.

In Oran, 470 kilometers (292 miles) west of Algiers, a criminal court in the city’s Djamel district on Wednesday (May 25) sentenced Siaghi Krimo to a prison term of five years for giving a CD about Christianity to a neighbor who subsequently claimed he had insulted Muhammad. Krimo was also fined 200,000 Algerian dinars (US$2,760), according to Algerian news reports. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26004/algerian-christian-sentenced-beyond-prosecutor%e2%80%99s-request/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25994/provincial-official-in-algeria-orders-churches-to-close http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25994/provincial-official-in-algeria-orders-churches-to-close#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 07:33:56 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25994 Seven Algerian churches face closure this week after the governor of their province sent them written notice that they were operating “illegally.”

According to the governor’s statement, if the churches do not comply, authorities may use force. The leaders of the churches in Bejaia have decided to conduct church services this weekend as scheduled and “see what happens.”]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25994/provincial-official-in-algeria-orders-churches-to-close/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25534/algerian-christians-appeal-against-prison-sentence http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25534/algerian-christians-appeal-against-prison-sentence#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:28:04 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25534 Four Christian men of a small Protestant church in Algeria are appealing a court decision to hand them suspended prison sentences for worshiping without a state permission.

The verdict was the latest in a series of cases targeting converted Christians in the country.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25534/algerian-christians-appeal-against-prison-sentence/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21680/islamic-terrorism-female-suicide-bombers http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21680/islamic-terrorism-female-suicide-bombers#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:59:09 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21680 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21680/islamic-terrorism-female-suicide-bombers/feed 0