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/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/23891/lords-resistance-army-5 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23891/lords-resistance-army-5#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:31:28 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23891 Associated Press reports that the mother of one of Africa's most notorious rebel leaders relayed one last wish for her son before her death Wednesday, according to a nurse at her deathbed: Make peace.

Norah Anek, 86, the mother of Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony, died after a long illness, said nurse Betty Akello, who was with her when she died. Her son heads the infamous Lord's Resistance Army, which has waged one of Africa's longest and most brutal rebellions, in northern Uganda.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23891/lords-resistance-army-5/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23864/hindu-anti-christian-terrorism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23864/hindu-anti-christian-terrorism#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:50:15 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23864 After the recent arrests of numerous Hindu terrorists for exploding bombs, authorities increasingly view Hindu rightwing extremists as a threat not only to Muslim and Christian minorities but also to national security.

Historically Hindu terrorist groups have traded blows with India’s Muslim extremists, but because of a perceived threat from Christianity many analysts believe Hindu terrorists increasingly pose dangers to Christians as well.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23864/hindu-anti-christian-terrorism/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23855/theo-van-gogh-murdered-by-islamic-hate-criminal http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23855/theo-van-gogh-murdered-by-islamic-hate-criminal#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:45:19 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23855 The Dutch are marking the fifth anniversary of the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a Muslim fanatic, a brutal killing that continues to shape politics in the Netherlands, AP writes.

Watch the movie Van Gogh was murdered for.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23855/theo-van-gogh-murdered-by-islamic-hate-criminal/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23129/hamas-cowards http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23129/hamas-cowards#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:41:40 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23129 The terrorists of Hamas -- who use cartoons to encourage children to kill Jews -- now threaten that fellow Islamists will kill Jewish children anywhere in the world in revenge for Israel's police incursion into the Gaza strip.

In doing so these cowards -- bent on the destruction of the state of Israel -- show their true nature.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23129/hamas-cowards/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22976/holy-land-foundation-6 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22976/holy-land-foundation-6#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:20:43 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22976 On their second try, federal prosecutors won sweeping convictions Monday against five leaders of a Muslim charity in a retrial of the largest terrorism-financing case in the United States since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

The five defendants, all leaders of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, based in Richardson, a Dallas suburb, were convicted on all 108 criminal counts against them, including support of terrorism, money laundering and tax fraud. The group was accused of funneling millions of dollars to the Palestinian militant group Hamas, an Islamist organization the government declared to be a terrorist group in 1995. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22976/holy-land-foundation-6/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22533/muslim-terrorists-5 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22533/muslim-terrorists-5#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:34:56 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22533 German police commandos grabbed two terrorist suspects from an Amsterdam-bound flight early Friday before the plane took off from Cologne, police said.

A suicide note was found in their apartment saying that they wanted to die for the "jihad" or "holy war."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22533/muslim-terrorists-5/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22305/muslim-terrorist-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22305/muslim-terrorist-3#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:41:35 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22305 Three Islamic extremists are facing lengthy prison sentences after being found guilty of conspiring to kill hundreds of people in a terrorist bombing campaign.

In what the prosecution claimed were six "suicide videos" lasting a total of more than an hour, the terrorists threatened to scatter "body parts" on the streets in revenge for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22305/muslim-terrorist-3/feed 0