http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:43:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24054/pakistani-christian-sentenced-to-life-under-%e2%80%98blasphemy%e2%80%99-law http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24054/pakistani-christian-sentenced-to-life-under-%e2%80%98blasphemy%e2%80%99-law#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:11:26 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24054 A young Christian shopkeeper was sentenced to a life term in prison and fined more than $1,000 last week following a dubious conviction of desecrating the Quran, according to Pakistan’s National Commission for Justice and Peace.

A conviction for blaspheming Muhammad (Section 295-C) is punishable by death under Pakistani’s notorious blasphemy laws. Widely condemned by the international community as easily invoked to settle personal enmities, Pakistan’s blasphemy laws have come under review in recent months, but to no avail.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24054/pakistani-christian-sentenced-to-life-under-%e2%80%98blasphemy%e2%80%99-law/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23727/blasphemy-day http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23727/blasphemy-day#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:01:32 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23727 Outraged by nations that want to execute blasphemers and propelled by a deep belief in the freedom of expression, Lindsay is forging ahead with his "nothing is sacred" movement.

Wednesday marks the first organized observance of Blasphemy Day, a series of events, exhibits and lectures unfolding in a host of mostly North American cities that are part of a larger Campaign for Free Expression.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23727/blasphemy-day/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23451/muslim-lawyer-threatens-christian http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23451/muslim-lawyer-threatens-christian#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 06:54:07 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23451 A Pakistani Christian charged with abetting blasphemy against Islam was denied bail for his own safety last week after an Islamist lawyer allegedly threatened his life in a court hearing.

Insulting Islam is a dangerous activity in the conservative nation of 170 million, but with the spread of the Taliban, non-Muslims fear their very existence will make them a target to fundamentalists.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23451/muslim-lawyer-threatens-christian/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22892/netherlands-blasphemy-law http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22892/netherlands-blasphemy-law#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:18:48 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22892 A controversial anti-blasphemy law is being scrapped by the Dutch government.

In scrapping the law the cabinet is meeting the demand of parliament where a majority of parties argued that offering religious groups an extra layer of legal protection is outdated.

As an alternative the cabinet is now seeking to strengthen anti-discrimination laws against groups whatever their background, thus taking the religious component out of the equation.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22892/netherlands-blasphemy-law/feed 0