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Nigerian militants kidnap 60 women and girls, 31 boys in north
Islamic extremists have abducted 60 more girls and women and 31 boys from villages in northeast Nigeria, witnesses said Tuesday.
Mississauga parking restriction during prayer hours discriminates against Muslims, rights complaint says | National PostReligion | 207114 hits | 10:34 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Two men say a parking restriction in the City of Mississauga that’s in effect during Friday prayer services discriminates against Muslims and they’re asking the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario to back their claim. Message from God: 'Do not drop your crap' at this New Westminster churchReligion | 207792 hits | 9:44 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
St. Barnabas Church is “warning” that there could be shocking consequences for those who dump trash at the site.Is This Indian Guru Dead or Meditating' $170 Million Depends On Answer
His Holiness Shri Ashutosh Maharaj, a wealthy religious leader in the Punjab city of Jalandhar, is either dead or meditating. A court may decide which...
Religion | 208384 hits | 2:18 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
His Holiness Shri Ashutosh Maharaj, a wealthy religious leader in the Punjab city of Jalandhar, is either dead or meditating. A court may decide which...Qatar's clothing modesty campaign
A decree has been issued in the Gulf state cracking down on visitors' dress code in preparation for the 2022 Football World Cup
Religion | 208429 hits | 10:36 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A decree has been issued in the Gulf state cracking down on visitors' dress code in preparation for the 2022 Football World CupSatanic inmate suing Nevada jail for religious discrimination including denial of ice cream
A Satanic inmate has filed a federal lawsuit accusing his Nevada jailers of violating his constitutional rights by denying him meals adhering to his strict pagan diet.
Religion | 207540 hits | 1:21 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A Satanic inmate has filed a federal lawsuit accusing his Nevada jailers of violating his constitutional rights by denying him meals adhering to his strict pagan diet.Unlabelled halal meat has become 'default' position in Britain's supermarkets
Tucked away in the back room of a tatty red-brick building near Birmingham city centre, a beady-eyed chicken is turned upside down and placed in an open-ended metal cone.
Religion | 207509 hits | 6:17 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Tucked away in the back room of a tatty red-brick building near Birmingham city centre, a beady-eyed chicken is turned upside down and placed in an open-ended metal cone.Indonesian woman gang-raped for having affair will now be caned in public under Sharia law | Mail Online
The pair were caught after vigilantes stormed into a house in the Banda Aceh province, northern Indonesia. They now face nine strokes of the cane each.
Religion | 207633 hits | 11:13 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The pair were caught after vigilantes stormed into a house in the Banda Aceh province, northern Indonesia. They now face nine strokes of the cane each.The Arabic textbooks which show children how to chop off hands and feet under Sharia law
The shocking books (pictured) are paid for and printed by the Saudi government and also say Jews need to be exterminated and homosexuals should be 'put to death'.
Religion | 207339 hits | 2:30 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The shocking books (pictured) are paid for and printed by the Saudi government and also say Jews need to be exterminated and homosexuals should be 'put to death'.Georgia 'guns everywhere' law opposed by churches
Leaders of two Christian denominations in Georgia said this week that guns had no place in their churches and they would opt out of a new state law allowing firearms in houses of worship as part of a broad expansion of gun rights.
Leaders of two Christian denominations in Georgia said this week that guns had no place in their churches and they would opt out of a new state law allowing firearms in houses of worship as part of a broad expansion of gun rights. Woman in Russia who buried her dog in a human graveyard facing jail on blasphemy chargesReligion | 207057 hits | 3:43 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Ludmilla Yelsukova's burial ceremony for her pet Yorkshire Terrier happened three years ago in Bashkortostan, a federal subject in south-western Russia.Subway removes pork from stores after 'strong demand' from Muslims
The sandwich chain said 'following a strong demand from our Muslim customers' 185 stores in the UK and Ireland are now halal-only.
Religion | 208711 hits | 11:49 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The sandwich chain said 'following a strong demand from our Muslim customers' 185 stores in the UK and Ireland are now halal-only.John Paul II, John XXIII become Roman Catholic saints
Pope Francis declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints on Sunday before hundreds of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square, an unprecedented ceremony made even more historic by the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI.
Religion | 207740 hits | 7:43 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
Pope Francis declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints on Sunday before hundreds of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square, an unprecedented ceremony made even more historic by the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI.Nigeria Islamists still holding 85 schoolgirls after raid: state
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram is still holding 85 girls it abducted from a raid on a secondary school in northeastern Borno state this week,
Religion | 207037 hits | 9:26 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram is still holding 85 girls it abducted from a raid on a secondary school in northeastern Borno state this week,Woman sues New Jersey for being denied '8THEIST' license plate
A New Jersey woman claims she was denied a custom license plate proclaiming her an atheist is suing the state to have it made.
Religion | 207605 hits | 10:29 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A New Jersey woman claims she was denied a custom license plate proclaiming her an atheist is suing the state to have it made. The poster girls for jihadReligion | 207836 hits | 9:35 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Samra Kesinovic, 16, and Sabina Selimovic, 15, disappeared from their homes in Vienna and began posting pictures of themselves wearing niqabs surrounded by armed men.Florida atheist demands godless attorney after attacking Jesus lookalike
Atheist Gustav Potthoff wants to make sure his public defender is the farthest thing from a Jesus follower.
Religion | 207201 hits | 2:39 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Atheist Gustav Potthoff wants to make sure his public defender is the farthest thing from a Jesus follower. Jesus' wife papyrus not fake, analysis suggests
Scientific tests suggest a fragment of papyrus mentioning Jesus had a wife is more likely an ancient document than a forgery. Pope asks forgiveness for priest sex abuse and vows no going back in fight to protect children
Pope Francis asked for forgiveness Friday from people who were sexually abused by priests, and vowed that there will be no going back in the church's fight to protect children. Francis made the off-the-cuff remarks after coming under criticism from victimNow Muslim parents are complaining about flyers for Easter egg hunts
In Dearborn, Mich., home to over 40,000 Americans of Arab descent, some Muslim parents have complained about flyers handed out at public schools advertising an Easter egg hunt at a local Presbyterian church.
Religion | 207452 hits | 5:24 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
In Dearborn, Mich., home to over 40,000 Americans of Arab descent, some Muslim parents have complained about flyers handed out at public schools advertising an Easter egg hunt at a local Presbyterian church.Christians form human shield around church in 'China's Jerusalem' after demolition threat
Christians have flocked to defend a church in eastern China after Communist Party officials claimed it was an "illegal construction" and announced plans to demolish it
Religion | 207113 hits | 10:34 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Christians have flocked to defend a church in eastern China after Communist Party officials claimed it was an "illegal construction" and announced plans to demolish itCaterers who refuse to work on same-sex weddings face prosecution
Chauffeurs, photographers and caterers could have to pay thousands of pounds in damages if they refuse to provide services to a same-sex wedding
Religion | 207955 hits | 3:06 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Chauffeurs, photographers and caterers could have to pay thousands of pounds in damages if they refuse to provide services to a same-sex weddingDoes the Koran allow wife-beating' Not if Muslims don't want it to
Adherents must hold themselves responsible for interpreting the Koran’s modern conundrums
Religion | 207978 hits | 2:56 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Adherents must hold themselves responsible for interpreting the Koran’s modern conundrums Muslim school set to open in KitchenerReligion | 207988 hits | 11:41 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A new private elementary school will be opening in Kitchener this September. The school, to be called the Muslim Association of Canada (MAC) Maple Grove School, formally known as the St. Louis Learning Centre. Family fights to stop Sharia Law in public spacesReligion | 208321 hits | 11:53 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A Halifax family is taking their fight against Sharia Law to Parliament.Millionaire gay couple is suing to force a church to hold their wedding | The Libertarian Republic
A same-sex couple in the U.K. have decided to take legal action in forcing their church to perform their marriage, stating they want "A big lavish ceremony."
Religion | 208169 hits | 4:44 PM on Tuesday | posted by BartSimpson
A same-sex couple in the U.K. have decided to take legal action in forcing their church to perform their marriage, stating they want "A big lavish ceremony."Iraqi women protest against proposed Islamic law in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - About two dozen Iraqi women demonstrated on Saturday in Baghdad against a draft law approved by the Iraqi cabinet that would permit the marriage of nine-year-old girls and automatically give child custody to fathers.
Religion | 207189 hits | 9:20 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - About two dozen Iraqi women demonstrated on Saturday in Baghdad against a draft law approved by the Iraqi cabinet that would permit the marriage of nine-year-old girls and automatically give child custody to fathers.U.S. church ordains its 1st married priest in nearly a century
Religion | 207056 hits | 8:42 PM on Thursday | posted by Guy_Fawkes
Religion | 207906 hits | 1:11 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Quebec’s Catholic Archbishop, Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, is one of 19 newly appointed cardinals honoured at the Vatican Saturday in a ceremony featuring Pope Francis and his predecessor, Benedict.Converts to Islam jailed for terrorising streets as 'Muslim Patrol' are banned from promoting Sharia law for FIVE YEARS
Jordan Horner (pictured), Royal Barnes, and Ricardo MacFarlane were jailed for a total of two years and ten months for touring East London harassing ‘non-believers’.
Religion | 208034 hits | 5:16 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Jordan Horner (pictured), Royal Barnes, and Ricardo MacFarlane were jailed for a total of two years and ten months for touring East London harassing ‘non-believers’. Cleric behind mosque's proposed condo project probed for hate crimes in 2012Religion | 207131 hits | 4:00 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Imam Syed Mohammed Rizvi was a key figure in an Islamic school that used teaching materials that disparaged Jews and encouraged boys to keep fit for jihadSex crime charges laid against man 'married' to 13yo girl
A Sydney man will face court today accused of living with a 13-year-old girl in a sexual relationship. Police say the 26-year-old man and the girl were illegally married in a religious ceremony earlier this year and were living together in Sydney's west a
Religion | 207197 hits | 7:03 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A Sydney man will face court today accused of living with a 13-year-old girl in a sexual relationship. Police say the 26-year-old man and the girl were illegally married in a religious ceremony earlier this year and were living together in Sydney's west aWhite lesbian couple allowed to adopt three-year-old Muslim girl 'against the wishes of her family' | Mail Online
The Somali family say that Harrow council in London placed their daughter with the couple despite protests, and four offers from extended family members.
Religion | 207396 hits | 9:34 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Somali family say that Harrow council in London placed their daughter with the couple despite protests, and four offers from extended family members.Mentally ill Briton is sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan after writing letters declaring himself a prophet | Mail Online
Muhammad Asghar, 68, from Edinburgh, has a history of mental illness and has been sentenced to death in Rawalpindi, Pakistan (pictured)
Religion | 207951 hits | 11:06 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Muhammad Asghar, 68, from Edinburgh, has a history of mental illness and has been sentenced to death in Rawalpindi, Pakistan (pictured) Ottawa forced to turn over reports of electric chair use at St. Anne's residential school in Fort Albany, Ontario | KNLive
For the past year and a half Fay Brunning has been fighting for Ottawa to hand over documents about the St. Anne’s residential school. It’s a school described as having the worst cases of abuse out of any residential school in Canada. Pope Benedict defrocked 400 priests in 2 years, document revealsReligion | 206969 hits | 12:28 PM on Saturday | posted by Freakinoldguy
7-foot-tall, goat-headed statue of Satan for Oklahoma Capitol grounds
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A satanic group unveiled designs Monday for a 7-foot-tall statue of Satan it wants to put at the Oklahoma state Capitol, where a Ten Commandments monument was placed in 2012.
Religion | 206957 hits | 10:24 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A satanic group unveiled designs Monday for a 7-foot-tall statue of Satan it wants to put at the Oklahoma state Capitol, where a Ten Commandments monument was placed in 2012. Flu forces changes to mass for Edmonton-area Catholics; new clinic seeing few casesReligion | 207110 hits | 9:14 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
For the first time since the last major influenza pandemic in 2009, the Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton is directing its 126 parishes and missions to make changes to mass to help stop the spread of the virus.Pope warns that priests can be 'little monsters' if they aren't trained well as seminarians
Pope Francis has warned that priests can become "little monsters" if they aren't trained properly as seminarians, saying their time studying must be used to mould their hearts as well as their minds.
Religion | 207083 hits | 3:03 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
Pope Francis has warned that priests can become "little monsters" if they aren't trained properly as seminarians, saying their time studying must be used to mould their hearts as well as their minds.School Cancels Christmas Toy Drive Under Legal Pressure
Cayce, SC (WLTX) -- An elementary school in Cayce is canceling a Christmas toy drive after a threat of legal action.
Religion | 208076 hits | 11:17 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Cayce, SC (WLTX) -- An elementary school in Cayce is canceling a Christmas toy drive after a threat of legal action. Religious Canadians bend morals for the almighty buck
Do unto others — so long as you recognize them from church. Incongruous as it sounds, a new Canadian study discovers that the more importance people place on religion, the more likely they are to lie for financial gain. The lead researcher hypothesizes thBack to Canada News
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