http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:43:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24096/morocco-practices-religious-persecution-of-christians http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24096/morocco-practices-religious-persecution-of-christians#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:10:12 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24096 A large, military-led team of Moroccan authorities raided a Bible study in a small city southeast of Marrakech last week, arresting 18 Moroccans and deporting a U.S. citizen, area Christian leaders said.

“The fight against Christian proselytizing in accordance with law cannot be considered among human rights abuses,” the Moroccan government spokesman said, “for it is an action aimed at preventing attempts to undermine the country’s immutable religious values. The freedom of belief does not mean conversion to another religion.”]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24096/morocco-practices-religious-persecution-of-christians/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22550/mohammed-maghrawi http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22550/mohammed-maghrawi#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:47:05 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22550 Morocco has shut down an association belonging to a controversial religious leader after he said girls as young as nine years old could marry.

A legal action is also being brought against Mohammed Maghrawi, who made the pronouncement on his website.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22550/mohammed-maghrawi/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22503/islam-age-marriage http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22503/islam-age-marriage#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:46:43 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22503 Morocco’s Supreme Scientific Council condemned a fatwa issued by a Salafi preacher that permits girls to marry at the age of nine. The council filed a complaint with the Rabat preliminary court, which has opened an investigation.

The Council said in a statement Sunday that the fatwa issued by Sheikh Mohamed al-Maghrawi has no religious validity since its reasoning is based on only one individual case—the marriage of Prophet Mohamed to Aisha bint Abu-Bakr, who most Muslims believe was nine-years-old, in the 7th century.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22503/islam-age-marriage/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22051/morocco-call-to-prayer http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22051/morocco-call-to-prayer#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:37:27 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22051 Morocco, a country of 33 million people, gets more than 7 million tourists a year, and there are worries that some may be put off by the five heavily amplified calls a day to prayer, each lasting five minutes, to summon the Muslim faithful to prayers.

Audio technology used for prayer calls has improved, and imams are in competition to fill their mosques.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22051/morocco-call-to-prayer/feed 0