http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:03:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24063/iran-detains-christians-without-legal-counsel http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24063/iran-detains-christians-without-legal-counsel#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:41:10 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24063 At least 14 Christians have been detained in Iranian prisons for weeks without legal counsel in the past few months as last year’s crackdown has continued, sources said.

In the southwestern city of Shiraz, seven Christians were being detained as of Jan. 11, another source said, and most of them may face charges of apostasy, or leaving Islam.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24063/iran-detains-christians-without-legal-counsel/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23656/iran-releases-christian-converts-on-bail http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23656/iran-releases-christian-converts-on-bail#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:32:35 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23656 A group of ex-Muslims who converted to Christianity were preparing Wednesday, September 16, for an upcoming court hearing in Iran on suspicion of "apostasy", after they were temporarily released on bail from one of the country's most notorious prisons, BosNewsLife learned.

They were among 25 individuals arrested by security forces while attending a Christian gathering in Tehran.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23656/iran-releases-christian-converts-on-bail/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23639/iranian-women-demand-release-of-christian-converts http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23639/iranian-women-demand-release-of-christian-converts#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:16:18 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23639 Women dressed in white have gathered outside the Iranian embassy in London as part of a prayer vigil to highlight the plight of two female Christian converts from Islam who have been held at Evin Prison in Tehran "without charge" for the last six months, organizers said.

In Iran, Muslims who convert to another religion, often face arbitrary arrest, indefinite detention and other human rights abuses, rights groups say.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23639/iranian-women-demand-release-of-christian-converts/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23458/roxana-saberi-released http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23458/roxana-saberi-released#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 16:27:26 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23458 American Iranian free-lance journalist Roxana Saberi who reported for Vatican Radio and other international media has been freed from a Tehran prison, amid international pressure, her attorney confirmed Monday, May 11.

The 32-year-old dual American-Iranian national had been in detention for nearly three months. On April 18, Iran's Revolutionary Court charged her with spying for the United States and sentenced her to eight years in prison.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23458/roxana-saberi-released/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21614/bahai http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21614/bahai#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:20:49 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21614 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21614/bahai/feed 0