http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:40:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22301/netherlands-burqa-ban http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22301/netherlands-burqa-ban#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:45:37 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22301 The ban only applies to compulsory education, and so does not include higher vocational education facilities and universities.

Minister Plasterk says that adults can decide for themselves whether they want to be confronted with a teacher wearing a burqa.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22301/netherlands-burqa-ban/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22091/muslims-polygamy-netherlands http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22091/muslims-polygamy-netherlands#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:18:57 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22091 Although polygamy is banned in the Netherlands, the marriages of Muslims who have several wives are recognised by Dutch authorities.

Registrars in the major cities, in particular, record dozens of bigamous or polygamous marriages per year. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22091/muslims-polygamy-netherlands/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21787/only-and-universal-smokers-church-of-god http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21787/only-and-universal-smokers-church-of-god#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:51:34 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21787 Dutch smokers are flocking to a religious movement known as "The Only and Universal Smokers Church of God" following a ban on tobacco smoking indoors.

Michiel Eijsbouts, founder and "Smokelighter" of the church he founded in 2001, has insisted that the Dutch smoking ban in place does not apply to members of his church under national and European human rights legislation.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21787/only-and-universal-smokers-church-of-god/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21702/order-of-transformer http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21702/order-of-transformer#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:00:40 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21702 A Dutch communal sect has filed a complaint with police against former members who accuse the group and its leaders of cult-like practices.

One man explains how he lost his wife and children to the group.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21702/order-of-transformer/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21536/young-dutch-muslims-get-their-own-polder-mosque http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21536/young-dutch-muslims-get-their-own-polder-mosque#comments Tue, 27 May 2008 09:31:29 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21536 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21536/young-dutch-muslims-get-their-own-polder-mosque/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21532/amsterdam-police-quran http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21532/amsterdam-police-quran#comments Tue, 27 May 2008 05:45:09 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21532 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21532/amsterdam-police-quran/feed 0