http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:59:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26495/muslim-teenager-attacked-by-brother-and-sisters-for-kissing-white-man http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26495/muslim-teenager-attacked-by-brother-and-sisters-for-kissing-white-man#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:08:46 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26495 A Muslim teenager in England was kidnapped, beaten and threatened with hammers and knives by her brother and sisters after kissing a white man, a court heard yesterday.

The barbarians deny kidnap, actual bodily harm and false imprisonment charges.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26495/muslim-teenager-attacked-by-brother-and-sisters-for-kissing-white-man/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26464/seven-christians-killed-in-bauchi-state-nigeria http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26464/seven-christians-killed-in-bauchi-state-nigeria#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:58:54 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26464 Early morning attacks in Tafawa Balewa, Bauchi state on Sunday left at least seven Christians dead and a church building destroyed.

The attack on the Evangelical Church Winning All Church 2 was carried out by area Islamic extremists alongside members of the Boko Haram sect, with the church building and surrounding houses bombed.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26464/seven-christians-killed-in-bauchi-state-nigeria/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26453/uk-muslims-convicted-in-gay-hatred-case http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26453/uk-muslims-convicted-in-gay-hatred-case#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:19:29 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26453 Three Muslim men in England have been found guilty of stirring up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation after distributing a leaflet that said Islam called for anyone caught committing homosexuality to be executed.

Ihjaz Ali, Kabir Ahmed and Razwan Javed handed out the pamphlet, called The Death Penalty?, which showed an image of a mannequin hanging from a noose and quoted Islamic texts that said capital punishment was the only way to rid society of homosexuality.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26453/uk-muslims-convicted-in-gay-hatred-case/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26448/sudan-threatens-to-arrest-church-leaders http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26448/sudan-threatens-to-arrest-church-leaders#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:02:55 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26448 Sudan’s Ministry of Guidance and Religious Endowments has threatened to arrest church leaders if they carry out evangelistic activities and do not comply with an order for churches to provide their names and contact information.

The warning arrived a few days after Sudan President Omar al-Bashir told cheering crowds that the country’s constitution will be more deeply entrenched in sharia (Islamic law). ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26448/sudan-threatens-to-arrest-church-leaders/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26441/ugandan-teenager-tortured-for-becoming-a-christian-regaining-use-of-legs http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26441/ugandan-teenager-tortured-for-becoming-a-christian-regaining-use-of-legs#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:40:19 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26441 A 15-year-old Christian girl in western Uganda who lost the use of her legs after her father locked her in a room for six months for leaving Islam has begun to take tentative steps.

Susan Ithungu had been hospitalized since September 2010 after neighbors along with police rescued her.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26441/ugandan-teenager-tortured-for-becoming-a-christian-regaining-use-of-legs/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26432/muslim-men-accused-of-hate-crime-over-anti-gay-leaflet http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26432/muslim-men-accused-of-hate-crime-over-anti-gay-leaflet#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:29:56 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26432 Five Muslim men from Derby, UK, have gone on trial for allegedly handing out leaflets calling for gay people to be killed in the first ever prosecution under new legislation making such actions a hate crime.

They are accused of stirring up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26432/muslim-men-accused-of-hate-crime-over-anti-gay-leaflet/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26431/somali-convert-from-islam-whipped-in-public http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26431/somali-convert-from-islam-whipped-in-public#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:47:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26431 A Somali convert from Islam was paraded before a cheering crowd last month and publicly flogged as a punishment for embracing a “foreign religion,” sources said.

Sofia Osman, a 28-year-old Christian from Janale city in Somali’as Lower Shabelle region, had been taken into custody by Islamic extremist al Shabaab militants in November; the public whipping was meant to mark her release.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26431/somali-convert-from-islam-whipped-in-public/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26421/anti-christian-incidents-nearly-doubled-in-indonesia-in-2011 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26421/anti-christian-incidents-nearly-doubled-in-indonesia-in-2011#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:51:02 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26421 Acts of violence and intolerance against Christians in Indonesia almost doubled in 2011, with an Islamist campaign to close down churches symbolizing the plight of the religious minority.

The worst is perhaps yet to come if authorities continue to overlook the threat of extremism, said a representative from the Jakarta-based Wahid Institute, a Muslim organization that promotes tolerance.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26421/anti-christian-incidents-nearly-doubled-in-indonesia-in-2011/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26403/muslims-attack-bishop-with-acid http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26403/muslims-attack-bishop-with-acid#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:11:55 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26403 Islamic extremists threw acid on a church leader on Christmas Eve shortly after a seven-day revival at his church, leaving him with severe burns that have blinded one eye and threaten sight in the other.

On Oct. 15, area Muslim leaders declared a fatwa against him demanding his death.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26403/muslims-attack-bishop-with-acid/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26385/algeria-stalls-appeal-of-convicted-christian http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26385/algeria-stalls-appeal-of-convicted-christian#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:47:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26385 A judge’s decision this month to indefinitely postpone the appeal of a Christian sentenced under Algeria’s defamation and anti-proselytizing laws shows how the judicial system keeps Christians in limbo without officially punishing or acquitting them, according to sources.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26385/algeria-stalls-appeal-of-convicted-christian/feed 0