http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:15:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23919/uk-muslim-school-affected-by-recession http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23919/uk-muslim-school-affected-by-recession#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:13:31 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23919 Many independent Muslim schools in England are under threat of closure, according to the Association of Muslim Schools (AMS).

The organisation, which represents almost 100 independent Islamic institutions, said many could not afford to stay open.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23919/uk-muslim-school-affected-by-recession/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23918/anwar-al-awlaki-muslim-terrorism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23918/anwar-al-awlaki-muslim-terrorism#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:03:22 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23918 In nearly a dozen recent terrorism cases in the United States, Britain and Canada, investigators discovered the suspects had something in common: a devotion to the message of Anwar al-Awlaki, an eloquent Muslim cleric who has turned the Web into a tool for extremist indoctrination.

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Tex., on Nov. 5, is only the latest suspect accused of perpetrating or plotting violence to be linked to the cleric. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23918/anwar-al-awlaki-muslim-terrorism/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23903/jailed-muslim-terrorists-promote-jihad http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23903/jailed-muslim-terrorists-promote-jihad#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:56:37 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23903 In an authoritative report, Quilliam, a counter-extremism think tank funded by the UK's Home Office, claims “mismanagement” by the Prison Service is helping Al Qaeda gain recruits and risks “strengthening jihadist movements”.

For instance, Abu Qatada, described by MI5 as “Osama Bin Laden’s right-hand man in Europe”, has published fatwas -- religious rulings -- on the internet from Long Lartin prison, in Worcestershire, calling for holy war and the murder of moderate Muslims, it reveals.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23903/jailed-muslim-terrorists-promote-jihad/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23894/ibn-warraq-on-islamic-terrorism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23894/ibn-warraq-on-islamic-terrorism#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:56:19 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23894 Jihad is “a religious war with those who are unbelievers in the mission of Muhammad. It is an incumbent religious duty, established in the Koran and in the Traditions as a divine institution, and enjoined specially for the purpose of advancing Islam and repelling evil from Muslims.”

That is how it is described in no lesser source than the Dictionary of Islam, so we should not pretend surprise if Islamic terrorists see their mission in such terms. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23894/ibn-warraq-on-islamic-terrorism/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23868/muslim-terrorist-nalid-malik-husan http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23868/muslim-terrorist-nalid-malik-husan#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:49:39 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23868 An American imam who once led the mosque attended by Nalid Malik Hasan, the man suspected of shooting 13 people dead at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, has said the army major did not seem to be an extremist.

But a former aremy colleague quoted Hasan as saying Muslims should "rise up" and attack Americans in retaliation for the US war in Iraq. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23868/muslim-terrorist-nalid-malik-husan/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23856/mohammad-movie http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23856/mohammad-movie#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:07:04 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23856 An epic film about Islam's Prophet Mohammad backed by the producer of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Matrix" is being planned with the aim of "bridging cultures".

Movie producer Barrie Osborne told Reuters, "The film will educate people about the true meaning of Islam."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23856/mohammad-movie/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23853/islamic-hate-group-calls-cancels-pro-sharia-demonstration http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23853/islamic-hate-group-calls-cancels-pro-sharia-demonstration#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:08:02 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23853 A demonstration of Muslim hardliners calling for sharia law to be imposed in Britain was cancelled in London over the weekend amid planned counter-protests by democratic Muslims.

Anjem Choudary, leader of the radical Islamic group Al Muhajiroun, said that organisers of the Islam4UK demo had cancelled the march from the Houses of Parliament to Trafalgar Square on 31 October 2009 because of security concerns.

The Islamic Society of Britain, which was planning to join other organisations in staging a "dignified, non-violent" counter-demonstration, hailed the cancellation as a "great success".]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23853/islamic-hate-group-calls-cancels-pro-sharia-demonstration/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23825/pakistan-police-torture-christians-arrested-in-islamic-attack http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23825/pakistan-police-torture-christians-arrested-in-islamic-attack#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:19:07 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23825 Two Christians in Gojra, Pakistan who allegedly fired warning shots as an Islamist mob approached that burned seven Christians to death on Aug. 1 told Compass they were tortured after police arrested them.

From his jail cell, Naveed Masih told Compass that he and his brother were taken to the Police Training Centre in Choong, where they were kept in illegal detention for 18 days and were tortured “in so many ways ruthlessly and in inhumane ways.” ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23825/pakistan-police-torture-christians-arrested-in-islamic-attack/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23823/judge-orders-fathima-rifqa-bary-to-return-to-ohio http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23823/judge-orders-fathima-rifqa-bary-to-return-to-ohio#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:00:15 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23823 Fathima Rifqa Bary, the Ohio teenage runaway whose story of Muslim-to-Christianity conversion and charges of family abuse sparked debates about personal freedom, is going back to her home state.

Meanwhile a taped interview has been released in which the girl told Florida investigators about her religious conversion, explained how and why she ended up in Florida and detailed a fearful life with her Muslim family, including the fact she was supposed to be in an arranged marriage.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23823/judge-orders-fathima-rifqa-bary-to-return-to-ohio/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23816/baby-quran-hoax http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23816/baby-quran-hoax#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:36:03 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23816 A "miracle" baby has brought a kind of mystical hope to people in Russia's mostly Muslim southern fringe who are increasingly desperate in the face of Islamist violence.

From hunchbacked grandmas to schoolboys, hundreds of pilgrims lined up this week in blazing sunshine to get a glimpse of 9-month-old baby Ali Yakubov, on whose body they say verses from the Koran appear and fade every few days. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23816/baby-quran-hoax/feed 0