http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:49:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25113/halal-animal-abuse http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25113/halal-animal-abuse#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:14:25 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25113 Halal meat is being routinely served at some of Britain’s most popular sporting venues, pubs, schools and hospitals without the public’s knowledge, it has emerged.

All beef, chicken and lamb sold to fans at Wembley Stadium has been secretly prepared in accordance with strict Islamic law.

And hundreds of pubs and restaurants in Britain, as well as top racecourses, schools and hospitals, now only serve chicken that has been ritually slaughtered according to Sharia Law.

Under Muslim laws, animals are slaughtered by having their throat slit to allow all the blood to drain out. Animals often die a slow painful death because religious slaughter houses are exempt from laws that require animals to be stunned before killing.

Last night there were growing concerns that members of public were unwittingly supporting a cruel form of butchery.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25113/halal-animal-abuse/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23394/islamisation-netherlands http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23394/islamisation-netherlands#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:02:07 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23394 At the request of a Moroccan stand-up comedian a Dutch theater reserved a section of 50 chairs for Muslim women who did not want to sit next to men.

According to The Netherlands Minister of Integration doing so violates Holland's Equal Treatment Act.

However, the Rotterdam city council, along with mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb -- a practicing Muslim -- there was no problem.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23394/islamisation-netherlands/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22449/mosque-protest-in-germany-halted http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22449/mosque-protest-in-germany-halted#comments Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:26:36 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22449 German police have banned an extreme right-wing "anti-Islamification" rally in Cologne, as it was about to begin.

"The safety of our Cologne people has priority," said a police spokesman after ugly clashes between far-leftists and riot police.

The leftists, who were bent on occupying a city square set aside for the rightists to use, assaulted police and tried to snatch their pistols. Riot police advanced against them, swinging batons.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22449/mosque-protest-in-germany-halted/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22179/swimming-pool-hijab http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22179/swimming-pool-hijab#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:29:19 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22179 People in Calgary will now be allowed to swim in city pools wearing saris, hijabs and other religious clothing under a new policy designed to encourage ethnic and religious minorities to participate.

But for safety reasons, saris will be banned from the deep end.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22179/swimming-pool-hijab/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21576/you-cant-preach-the-bible-here-this-is-a-muslim-area http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21576/you-cant-preach-the-bible-here-this-is-a-muslim-area#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:38:27 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21576
They say they were told by a Muslim police community support officer that they could not preach there and that attempting to convert Muslims to Christianity was a hate crime.

The community officer is also said to have told the two men: 'You have been warned. If you come back here and get beat up, well, you have been warned.']]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21576/you-cant-preach-the-bible-here-this-is-a-muslim-area/feed 0