http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:39:52 +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/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/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/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/26288/french-satirical-newspaper-firebombed-after-prophet-mohammed-announcement http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26288/french-satirical-newspaper-firebombed-after-prophet-mohammed-announcement#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:19:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26288 In yet another Muslim attack on free speech the offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo have been destroyed by a petrol bomb -- a day after it named the Prophet Mohammed as its “editor-in-chief” for this week’s issue.

The fiercely anti-clerical magazine said the move, which included renaming the publication “Sharia Hebdo”, was intended to "celebrate" the victory of Islamist party Ennhada in Tunisia's election.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26288/french-satirical-newspaper-firebombed-after-prophet-mohammed-announcement/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26273/critical-split-sharia-breeds-anger-in-germany http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26273/critical-split-sharia-breeds-anger-in-germany#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:39:48 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26273 The German government's attempts to unite different religious groups seem to be turning sour. Introducing lessons on Islam in schools was meant to help integrate the country's three million Muslims.

But the policy is having some undesired effects.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26273/critical-split-sharia-breeds-anger-in-germany/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26183/niqab-wearing-muslim-lawbreaker-wants-to-be-president-of-france http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26183/niqab-wearing-muslim-lawbreaker-wants-to-be-president-of-france#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:25:06 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26183 One of the first women to be arrested for breaking France’s burka ban today announced that she was standing for President.

Her campaign will be bankrolled by a number of influential pro-Islam support groups and influential millionaires.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26183/niqab-wearing-muslim-lawbreaker-wants-to-be-president-of-france/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26155/muslim-extremists-in-sudan-threaten-to-target-christians http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26155/muslim-extremists-in-sudan-threaten-to-target-christians#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 06:30:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26155 Muslim extremists have sent text messages to at least 10 church leaders in Khartoum saying they are planning to target Christian leaders, buildings and institutions.

Church leaders said they fear more persecution as they and their flocks become targets of local Islamists.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26155/muslim-extremists-in-sudan-threaten-to-target-christians/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26145/in-indonesia-church-runs-afoul-of-islamic-street-name http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26145/in-indonesia-church-runs-afoul-of-islamic-street-name#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:55:32 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26145 In a test case of religious intolerance in the world's largest Muslim-majority country, an Indonesian mayor is defying court rulings by pushing for a decree to block Christians from opening churches on streets with Islamic names.

Members of the Taman Yasmin Indonesian Christian Church in the West Java town of Bogor are, after three years, still forced to worship on the sidewalk outside their building, protected by police. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26145/in-indonesia-church-runs-afoul-of-islamic-street-name/feed 0