http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:58:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25061/alleged-bomber-of-christian-boy-in-israel-to-stand-trial http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25061/alleged-bomber-of-christian-boy-in-israel-to-stand-trial#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:18:09 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25061 ISTANBUL, September 3 (Compass Direct News) – An Israeli man accused of planting a homemade bomb that almost killed the son of a Messianic Jewish pastor in Ariel, Israel has been declared competent to stand trial.

Jack Teitel, 37, who in November was indicted on two charges of pre-meditated murder, three charges of attempted murder and numerous weapons charges, is expected to enter a plea on Sunday (Sept. 5).]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25061/alleged-bomber-of-christian-boy-in-israel-to-stand-trial/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23912/israel-charges-extremist-with-attempted-murder-of-messianic-family http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23912/israel-charges-extremist-with-attempted-murder-of-messianic-family#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:17:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23912 Israel has charged Jack [Yaakov] Teitel, a Jewish-American extremist, with shooting to death two Palestinians and trying to kill others, including a Messianic Jewish family, who received a booby-trapped package in March 2008 that left their son critically injured.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23912/israel-charges-extremist-with-attempted-murder-of-messianic-family/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23852/jewish-terrorist-held-over-hate-crime-spree http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23852/jewish-terrorist-held-over-hate-crime-spree#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:18:21 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23852 A Jewish settler who allegedly confessed to a 12-year spree of murderous hate-crimes has been arrested in the West Bank, Sky News reports.

Yaakov "Jack" Teitel, 37, was branded a Jewish "terrorist" in the Israeli media over attacks against Palestinians, left-wing and minority Israelis and homosexuals.

He is accused of murdering a Palestinian taxi driver and a West Bank shepherd in 1997.

In 2008, he allegedly maimed a 15-year-old boy with a booby-trapped present because he belonged to a community of Jews who believe in Jesus.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23852/jewish-terrorist-held-over-hate-crime-spree/feed 0