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Young Dutch Muslims get their own ?polder mosque?
2008-05-27 11:31:00 The mosque in the Amsterdam suburb of Slotervaart wants to offer young people an alternative. Dutch will be the language used in the mosque, also for sermons, says Mr Cheppih. Plus, the form of Islam will be free of cultural influences from other countries. More About: Muslims , Mosque , Young
Italy: Veils not mandatory for Muslim women, says Islamic leader
2008-05-27 10:29:00 "In many Muslim countries, the veil is not obligatory," he said adding that "it is important that it does not become a uniform, that is a form of reverse discrimination, where only those who wear the veil are considered Muslim." More About: Islamic , Women , Italy , Leader
Kenneth Copeland sees bias in televangelist inquiry
2008-05-27 08:10:00 North Texas preacher Kenneth Copeland is leading a counterattack against the U.S. senator who is investigating alleged lavish spending by six high-profile televangelists. More About: Bias , Televangelists , Sees , Kenneth Copeland
Police facing action over teenage protester?s arrest
2008-05-24 15:44:00 A human rights group has pledged to take action against a police force which tried to prosecute a teenager for branding Scientology a "cult". More About: Action , Arrest , Police , Teenage , Protester
12 sect youths will be reunited with parents for now
2008-05-24 07:25:00 The state appealed a decision Thursday by the 3rd Court of Appeals in Austin that ruled a state district judge in San Angelo had exceeded her authority in allowing the state to take more than 460 children from parents who lived on the Yearning for Zion Ranch outside Eldorado. More About: Parents , Reunited
Texas officials plan to ask court block ruling in sect case
2008-05-23 19:37:00 Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints hailed Thursday's ruling as vindication. They've said there was no abuse at the ranch in west Texas and they were being persecuted for their religious beliefs. More About: Case , Plan , Block , Court
Schoolboy avoids prosecution for branding Scientology a cult
2008-05-23 13:55:00 A teenager who was facing legal action for calling the Church of Scientology a "cult" has today been told he will not be taken to court. More About: Branding , Cult
Case dropped against boy, 15, who held up sign branding Scientology a cult
2008-05-23 13:29:00 The Crown Prosecution Service took just a day to decide it was not in the public interest to take the teenager to court after he was handed a summons by the City of London police. [And yes, Scientology is a cult.] More About: Branding , Cult , Case , Sign
Appeals court orders many of polygamist sect?s children returned to parents
2008-05-23 12:09:00 The mere existence of a belief system that may condone polygamy and "spiritual marriages" involving underage girls is not by itself enough evidence to justify the removal of some 460 children from the sect's ranch, said a three-judge panel of the Austin-based 3rd Court of Appeals. More About: Children , Parents , Orders
Muslim pharmacist refuses to sell morning-after pill
2008-05-23 09:57:00 Sainsbury?s said all their pharmacists are governed by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, whose ethics code says that if the morning-after pill is against a pharmacist?s personal, religious or moral beliefs they are within their rights not to supply it. More About: Muslim , Morning , Sell
McCain rejects endorsements of two controversial clerics
2008-05-23 09:24:00 Republican John McCain on Thursday rejected endorsements from two influential but controversial televangelists, saying there is no place for their incendiary criticisms of other faiths. More About: Controversial , Televangelists
Court order shocking to woman who fled sect
2008-05-23 09:10:00 "I just can't believe they are just sending them back," Carolyn Jessop said, her tears now noticeable. "That everyone can pretend that the abuse didn't happen." More About: Woman , Order , Court
FLDS mom, 18, says state wanted her baby
2008-05-23 08:04:00 Pamela Jessop said authorities knew how old she was when they raided her home on the Yearning for Zion Ranch, which is owned by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. More About: Baby , State , Wanted
Court Rules Against Texas in Polygamy Case
2008-05-22 22:22:00 The ruling asserted that the state?s child protection agency not only acted hastily in removing the children from the Yearning for Zion Ranch in April but also failed to show that they were in immediate danger. More About: Texas , Polygamy , Rules , Case , Court
Publisher to suspend cartoon sales after Muslims say it insults Islam
2008-05-22 20:05:00 Here we go again... A popular Japanese cartoon is sparking off outcries in the Muslim world where some fear it could fuel a backlash not seen since European papers carried cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed and a Dutch lawmaker released a controversial film earlier this year. More About: Cartoon , Islam , Sales , Muslims , Publisher
Appellate court overturns polygamist sect custody decision
2008-05-22 19:39:00 The Third Court of Appeals in Austin ruled that the grounds for removing the children were "legally and factually insufficient" under Texas law. More About: Decision , Custody
Half of sect?s moms in foster care declared adults
2008-05-22 19:23:00 15 of the 31 mothers are adults; one is actually 27. More About: Care , Moms , Foster Care , Foster , Half
Manson ranch dig called off with no bodies found
2008-05-22 12:31:00 Investigators and scientists went to Charles Manson 's last hideout to hunt for clandestine graves that could contain other possible victims. The closest thing they found were animal bones. More About: Bodies , Ranch
Bail denied for 2 held in missing-child case
2008-05-22 11:02:00 Police and prosecutors say the three are connected to the religious group 1 Mind Ministries, which operated for a time in East Baltimore. More About: Case , Child , Missing , Held
Kenya mob burns 15 women to death over witchcraft
2008-05-22 08:40:00 Dozens of suspected people were killed in western Kenya in the 1990s, amid allegations of sorcery. Several cases were also reported in recent months in neighbouring Tanzania, forcing President Jakaya Kikwete to order special protection for albino, who were being murdered and mutilated for good luck by with-doctors. More About: Women , Witchcraft , Death , Burns
National group: Faith-based prosecution is first for Wisconsin
2008-05-22 08:27:00 The parents charged with reckless homicide for praying while their 11-year-old daughter died of diabetes are the first people in Wisconsin accused of such a crime, according to a national group that monitors faith-based abuse and neglect of children. More About: National , Faith , Faith Healing , Group
Scientology arrest makes a mockery of the law
2008-05-22 08:13:00 Scientologists mess with people's minds. The pity is that they now seem to have warped the minds of the City of London Police. More About: Scientology , Arrest
Germany: Exorcists are summoned from abroad to drive the demons away
2008-05-22 07:53:00 Hundreds of Germans, tortured by inner voices, are on the search for priests who can free them from what they believe to be the grip of the Devil, according to an extraordinary radio documentary that has stirred an awkward debate about exorcism in the Catholic Church . More About: Germany , Drive , Exorcism , Demons
Phelps family loses in court
2008-05-21 15:46:00 The Westboro hate group, which masquerades as a church, may loose all its property. More About: Family , Court
Muslim?s threat to sex-swap driving school
2008-05-21 12:44:00 A Muslim husband threatened to sue an all-female driving school after discovering that his wife's driving instructor used to be a man. More About: Driving , School , Swap , Threat
In England, can you call Scientology a cult?
2008-05-21 12:12:00 A teenager in England faces prosecution for the wording of a sign he carried while protesting the Scientology cult during the most recent Anonymous demonstration. [video] More About: Cult , Call
Relatives outside FLDS sect seek custody in Texas case
2008-05-21 11:05:00 Two men excommunicated by a polygamous sect went to a west Texas court Tuesday to offer themselves as guardians for their children if the state, which seized the children from a church-run ranch, deems their mothers unfit. More About: Relatives , Case , Custody , Seek
CPS admits more sect girls are adults
2008-05-21 10:15:00 Ten "girls" taken into custody by Texas Child Protective Services have convinced the agency they are really adults and more are expected to be similarly reclassified this week, weakening the agency's claim that dozens of underage girls were forced by a polygamist sect to have sex with older men. More About: Girls
Doomsday cult bunker blown up
2008-05-21 10:06:00 The bunker became home to 35 sect members, including children, who barricaded themselves in last November waiting for the end of the world. [video] More About: Cult , True Russian Orthodox Church , Doomsday
Pastor sentenced in illegal immigrant visa scheme
More articles from this author:2008-05-21 09:58:00 Gerald said she "didn't think it was wrong," when she charged illegal immigrants hundreds of dollars to fill out untruthful applications. More About: Visa , Illegal , Sentenced , Immigrant , Pastor 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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