http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:15:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23455/vietnam-halts-church-construction http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23455/vietnam-halts-church-construction#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 10:34:41 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23455 Amid protests against reported church destructions, the city of Hanoi has ordered one of its districts to stop construction work on land claimed by the Catholic church.

The move was seen as a surprise turnaround by Communist authorities who since March demolished at least one historic church building in the Central Highlands, Christians said.

Government work crews reportedly destroyed a Protestant church building of Evangelical Church of Vietnam (South), or ECVN(S), in the area of Banmethuot om March 11.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23455/vietnam-halts-church-construction/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23454/india-church-torched http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23454/india-church-torched#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 10:18:22 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23454 Evangelical Christians in India's eastern state of Andhra Pradesh faced the difficult task Sunday, May 10, of rebuilding their church after suspected anti-Christian militants torched the building, the latest in a series of attacks against churches in the area, investigators said.

The latest incident has underscored an anti-Christian climate in several parts of India.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23454/india-church-torched/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23412/saudi-arabia-authorities-release-christian-blogger http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23412/saudi-arabia-authorities-release-christian-blogger#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:04:15 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23412 In a surprise move, a Saudi Christian arrested in January for describing his conversion from Islam and criticizing the kingdom’s judiciary on his blog site was released on March 28 with the stipulation that he not travel outside of Saudi Arabia or appear on media.

The country’s penalty for “apostasy,” or leaving Islam, is death, although in recent years there have been no known cases of kingdom citizens formally convicted and sentenced with capital punishment for the offense.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23412/saudi-arabia-authorities-release-christian-blogger/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23022/hate-crimes-against-sikhs http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23022/hate-crimes-against-sikhs#comments Sun, 07 Dec 2008 08:56:49 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23022 Instead of investigating a reported burglary, a posse of cops reportedly committed a variety of hate crimes against members of a Sikh family.

One deputy reportedly asked them if they'd "heard about the bombings in Bombay." Another allegedly said he had been to Kuwait and "knew about Muslims."

Since 9/11, misperceptions about Sikhs' religiously mandated turbans and beards have led to an increase in discrimination against Sikhs, according to the New York-based Sikh Coalition.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23022/hate-crimes-against-sikhs/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22871/mundhir-ridha http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22871/mundhir-ridha#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:17:18 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22871 A world-renowned Muslim scientist has sued Texas A&M after co-workers allegedly taunted his wife about her prayers, and desecrated his prayer mat with mouse droppings.

The university’s internal investigation found that lab personnel had created “a hostile work environment” and ordered the staff to undergo diversity awareness and sensitivity training.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22871/mundhir-ridha/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22668/hindu-hate-crimes http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22668/hindu-hate-crimes#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:34:11 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22668 Mrs Panda and thousands of others like her are victims of the worst communal violence between Hindus and Christians that India has seen for decades.

For a country that boasts of its mutual religious tolerance, the long-simmering tension that has erupted in the Kandhamal district of the state of Orissa – a nun being raped, churches being burned, at least 35 people killed and thousands forced from their villages – is both a belated wake-up call and a mounting embarrassment.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22668/hindu-hate-crimes/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21641/missionaries-draw-fire-in-israel http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21641/missionaries-draw-fire-in-israel#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:19:39 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21641 The burning of 200 New Testament bibles underscores growing tensions in the Jewish state between the mainstream religion and Christian Zionists. It was the latest in a string of incidents targeting Messianic Jews in Israel, a trend that has alarmed Christian Zionist organizations.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21641/missionaries-draw-fire-in-israel/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