http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:15:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23657/in-malaysia-caning-wins-support-among-muslims http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23657/in-malaysia-caning-wins-support-among-muslims#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:29 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23657 The end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan this weekend could see Islamic authorities in Malaysia carry out the country's first caning sentence on a woman, a punishment that is fast gaining support among the country's Muslim population.

Negative news reports regarding Islam's growing influence has bruised Malaysia's image as a moderate Muslim state with some commentators highlighting what they see as undesirable Islamic influences in their own countries, Reuters reports.

In our opinion, Islamic law has no place in modern, civilized society, and should not be tolerated in any form.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23657/in-malaysia-caning-wins-support-among-muslims/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23606/some-indonesian-adulterers-to-be-stoned http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23606/some-indonesian-adulterers-to-be-stoned#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:48:11 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23606 Indonesia's staunchly Muslim Aceh province is set to enforce a strict form of Islamic criminal law, including stoning to death married adulterers, a lawmaker says.

Aceh, where separatists had been fighting the Indonesian government since 1976 until a peace deal in 2005, has so far only partially adopted sharia law, which requires modest Muslim dress codes, mandatory prayers five times a day, fasting and the giving of alms to the poor.

In our view, Islamic law is incompatible with modern civilization and should be rejected until Muslims rid Sharia of all laws that violate basic human rights.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23606/some-indonesian-adulterers-to-be-stoned/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23474/rnbs-religion-news-roundup http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23474/rnbs-religion-news-roundup#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 14:53:12 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23474 In today's RNB Religion News Roundup we've got items about religious radio/tv programming, the Grand Prix Priest does Britain's Got Talent, and human rights abuser Donald Rumsfeld quoting the Bible.

Imagine playing John Lennon's anti-religious Imagine at church...

And then there's a Catholic spokesman whose quotes newspapers have to ---- out. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23474/rnbs-religion-news-roundup/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23446/christians-among-executed-tortured-people-in-philippines http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23446/christians-among-executed-tortured-people-in-philippines#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 22:06:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23446 A Protestant pastor who says he was tortured while being detained in the Philippines has warned of widespread killings and other attacks against church members in the Asian nation.

Berlin Guerrero of the United Church of Christ testified last week for the United Nations Committee against Torture, amid reports of executions and other abuses carried out by the Philippines' military. Victims have been accused of supporting rebel groups opposing the government. "Church people have not been spared from torture," Guerrero told the UN Committee]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23446/christians-among-executed-tortured-people-in-philippines/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22908/airport-laptop-seizures http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22908/airport-laptop-seizures#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:16:25 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22908 Elahi was confronted with what many local Muslims and residents of Arab descent say are increased searches and seizures of laptops at airports and border crossings without warrant or warning.

Civil rights groups are challenging the tactic, as the Bush administration and citizens continue to grapple with the conflict between civil liberties and national security seven years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22908/airport-laptop-seizures/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22768/rnb-roundup http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22768/rnb-roundup#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:54:37 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22768 Today's RNB Roundup includes stories about: religion in politics; Islamic hate criminal Omar Bakri's hypocrisy; religion in the workplace; Christians split over homosexuality; waterboarding paper trail, and battling the Scientology cult]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22768/rnb-roundup/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