http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:59:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25243/sant-baba-jeet-singh-ji-maharaj-wins-libel-appeal http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25243/sant-baba-jeet-singh-ji-maharaj-wins-libel-appeal#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:12:50 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25243 impostor has been granted the right to appeal an earlier decision to strike out his libel claim.

Sitting at the Court of Appeal today Lady Justice Smith approved an oral application to renew the appeal on behalf of His Holiness Sant Baba Jeet Singh Ji Maharaj.

The holy man - who heads the Nirmal Kutia Johal religious order - originally had his attempt to sue journalist Hardeep Singh and Eastern Media Group - owner of the Sikh Times - struck out at the High Court in May.

The action came over an article Singh wrote for The Sikh Times in August 2007 in which alleged - the libel claim suggested – the holy man was the leader of a cult and an impostor who had disturbed the peace in the Sikh community of High Wycombe and promoted blasphemy and the sexual exploitation and abuse of women.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25243/sant-baba-jeet-singh-ji-maharaj-wins-libel-appeal/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24011/sikhs-strive-to-keep-language-alive http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24011/sikhs-strive-to-keep-language-alive#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:55:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24011 The Sikh scriptures and the Punjabi language of many Sikhs were written in a script known as Gurmukhi. So to be fully initiated into the religion, you must know how to read it.

That has created a problem for Sikh immigrant communities.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24011/sikhs-strive-to-keep-language-alive/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23521/religion-news-roundup-dahn-yoga-virgin-mary-exorcism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23521/religion-news-roundup-dahn-yoga-virgin-mary-exorcism#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:53:54 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23521 Today's RNB Religion News Roundup includes pagan police officers, and offensive garden gnome, and the Virgin Mary as an exorcist.

Then there are 'White Sikhs,' Freemasons, and a Muslim wannabe suicide bomber.

Also: a look a expensive yoga retreats, and a study that shows the downsides of positive thinking.

Plus lots of other religion and ethics-related stuff...]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23521/religion-news-roundup-dahn-yoga-virgin-mary-exorcism/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23057/sikh-turban-france http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23057/sikh-turban-france#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:09:47 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23057 A Sikh rights group asked a U.N. human rights committee on Monday to declare that France violated a student's rights by expelling him for wearing a turban and to recommend repealing the law that led to it.

France passed a law in 2004 banning children in state primary and secondary schools from wearing conspicuous religious symbols, including Muslim headscarves, Jewish yarmulkes, large Christian crosses and Sikh turbans.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23057/sikh-turban-france/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/22990/sikh-turban-driving-license http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22990/sikh-turban-driving-license#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:29:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22990 In a statement, the court recognised that the rule on photographs 'amounted to interference with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion', but judged that this was justified

Freedom of religion 'did not always guarantee the right to behave in a manner governed by a religious belief and did not confer on people who did so the right to disregard rules that had proved to be justified,' the court said.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22990/sikh-turban-driving-license/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21888/sikh-religious-bangle-kara http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21888/sikh-religious-bangle-kara#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:24:27 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21888 A Sikh teenager excluded from school for breaking a "no jewellery" rule by refusing to remove a Kara -- a wrist bangle which is central to her faith -- was a victim of unlawful discrimination, a judge in England has ruled.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21888/sikh-religious-bangle-kara/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21670/sikh-schoolgirl-14-fights-for-right-to-wear-bangle http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21670/sikh-schoolgirl-14-fights-for-right-to-wear-bangle#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:45:35 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21670 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21670/sikh-schoolgirl-14-fights-for-right-to-wear-bangle/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21655/sikh-walt-disney-world-sued http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21655/sikh-walt-disney-world-sued#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:43:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21655 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21655/sikh-walt-disney-world-sued/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21647/uk-police-force-blows-100000-pounds-on-failed-search-to-find-a-helmet-to-cover-sikh-officers-turban http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21647/uk-police-force-blows-100000-pounds-on-failed-search-to-find-a-helmet-to-cover-sikh-officers-turban#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:46:10 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21647 West Midlands Police started its search after one Sikh constable decided he wanted to join the counter-terrorist Operational Support Unit.

The man, thought to be in his mid-20s, was refused a place because he was unable to fit the necessary helmet and respirator over his turban and beard, both of which are requirements for strict adherents to his faith.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21647/uk-police-force-blows-100000-pounds-on-failed-search-to-find-a-helmet-to-cover-sikh-officers-turban/feed 0