http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:34:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23860/american-torture-kidnappers-convicted http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23860/american-torture-kidnappers-convicted#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:15 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23860 MILAN — An Italian judge says he has convicted 23 Americans of the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric from a Milan street in a CIA extraordinary rendition, AP reports.

The American suspects — all but one identified by prosecutors as CIA agents — are being tried in absentia and are considered fugitives.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23860/american-torture-kidnappers-convicted/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23492/muslim-marries-12-year-old-girl http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23492/muslim-marries-12-year-old-girl#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:13:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23492 The Christian mother of a 12-year-old girl in Punjab Province who was kidnapped, coerced into converting to Islam and forcibly married to a 37-year-old Muslim hopes to recover her daughter at a court hearing next week.

The reaction of Pakistani law enforcement authorities to Sajida Masih’s complaint so far – ridiculing her and asserting that there is nothing she can do because her daughter is now a Muslim – does not encourage her hopes of recovering her daughter Huma at next Thursday’s (June 11) hearing.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23492/muslim-marries-12-year-old-girl/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22354/sharia-in-britain http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22354/sharia-in-britain#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:16:07 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22354 In a further sign that Britain is fast succumbing to Islamization, Islamic law has now been officially recognized.

Labour last night faced a backlash over claims the Government had quietly sanctioned powers for Sharia judges.

The rulings of a network of five Sharia courts are enforceable with the full authority of the judicial system as they are now classed as tribunal hearings under British law.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22354/sharia-in-britain/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22338/christian-hypocrites http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22338/christian-hypocrites#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:03:49 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22338 A new survey suggests the very Americans who claim to follow the Bible most assiduously don’t consult it when forming their views about torture and government policy.

It shows not only are white evangelical Southerners more likely than the general populace to believe torture is sometimes or often justified, but also that they are far more likely—to tweak a phrase from Proverbs—to “lean on their own understanding” regarding the subject.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22338/christian-hypocrites/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21725/international-legal-experts-unveil-index-to-measure-how-well-nations-follow-rule-of-law-plus-robert-jay-lifton-comments-on-us-use-of-torture http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21725/international-legal-experts-unveil-index-to-measure-how-well-nations-follow-rule-of-law-plus-robert-jay-lifton-comments-on-us-use-of-torture#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:06:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21725
Also: not coincidentally, Robert Jay Lifton comments on America's use of torture. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21725/international-legal-experts-unveil-index-to-measure-how-well-nations-follow-rule-of-law-plus-robert-jay-lifton-comments-on-us-use-of-torture/feed 0