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Man killed near York University apparently after argument about religionReligion | 280 hits | 2:48 PM on Tuesday | posted by shockedcanadian
The hajj: What it is and why it's a big deal for Muslims
Around 2 million Muslims from around the world are beginning the five-day hajj pilgrimage on Saturday. They will circle Islam's most sacred site, the cube-shaped Kaaba in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca, and take part in a series of rituals intended to br
Religion | 98 hits | 7:21 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Around 2 million Muslims from around the world are beginning the five-day hajj pilgrimage on Saturday. They will circle Islam's most sacred site, the cube-shaped Kaaba in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca, and take part in a series of rituals intended to br Defrock atheist minister, United Church panel urges in split decisionReligion | 96 hits | 12:28 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
United Church reviewing panel says Gretta Vosper would not be ordained were she applying today Old Order Mennonite sentenced to 5 years for 'unfathomable' child abuse
Unjustifiable and unfathomable. Those were just two of the harsh words a judge used to describe the abuse of children in a Manitoba Old Order Mennonite community when handing down a five-year sentence to the man considered the "main actor" in the aShe beat her son with a hanger — and said Indiana’s religious freedom law gave her the right
An Indianapolis mother accused of beating her son says the charges should be dismissed, because her religious beliefs protect her from prosecution.
An Indianapolis mother accused of beating her son says the charges should be dismissed, because her religious beliefs protect her from prosecution.ISIS Hostage Kayla Mueller's Heartbreaking Never-Before-Seen Video Message From Captivity
"It's very terrifying here," American ISIS hostage says in the video.
Religion | 113 hits | 11:32 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
"It's very terrifying here," American ISIS hostage says in the video. Mother of man killed in Syria says feds failed Aaron DriverReligion | 92 hits | 5:55 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A former Calgary woman whose 22-year-old radicalized son was killed while fighting alongside Islamic extremists in Syria two years ago says the federal government failed both Aaron Driver and his family.Woman killed, five others injured in London knife attack | Fox News
Religion | 122 hits | 7:50 PM on Wednesday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Women banned from men-only sessions at swimming pool for 'cultural reasons'
BOSSES at a taxpayer-funded community swimming pool have sparked fury by hosting men and women-only sessions - for 'cultural reasons”.
Religion | 157 hits | 3:09 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
BOSSES at a taxpayer-funded community swimming pool have sparked fury by hosting men and women-only sessions - for 'cultural reasons”.After School Satan clubs probably in line with policies, several U.S. school districts say | National Post
The Satanic Temple doesn't worship the devil; it rejects the belief in supernatural entities and regards 'Satan' as a metaphorical construct
The Satanic Temple doesn't worship the devil; it rejects the belief in supernatural entities and regards 'Satan' as a metaphorical constructBritish Muslim cleric Ali Hammuda tells teenagers they can have sex slaves
Ali Hammuda (pictured), an Imam at a Cardiff mosque where three young jihadis worshipped before they travelled to Syria to join IS, also told young boys that the ‘day of judgment is close’.
Religion | 135 hits | 5:43 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Ali Hammuda (pictured), an Imam at a Cardiff mosque where three young jihadis worshipped before they travelled to Syria to join IS, also told young boys that the ‘day of judgment is close’.Welsh girl 'kept in a cage for 4 years in Saudi Arabia' for un-Islamic behaviour by her dad
Amina Al-Jeffery was born in Swansea but then taken to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia (pictured), aged 16, because her father, an academic, did not agree with her western lifestyle.
Religion | 156 hits | 5:28 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Amina Al-Jeffery was born in Swansea but then taken to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia (pictured), aged 16, because her father, an academic, did not agree with her western lifestyle.Muslim mom, girl kicked out of Mississauga pool
The City of Mississauga is apologizing to
a Muslim woman after she and her 11-year-
old autistic daughter were asked to leave
a public outdoor swimming pool.
Religion | 189 hits | 9:57 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The City of Mississauga is apologizing to
a Muslim woman after she and her 11-year-
old autistic daughter were asked to leave
a public outdoor swimming pool. P.E.I. monks buy 600 lbs of lobster to release them into ocean
More than 600 pounds of lucky lobsters were spared the pot Saturday, thanks to compassionate monks on Prince Edward Island.Muslims react with horror to spate of global attacks during Ramadan
The recent bombings at a commercial district in Baghdad and a sacred mosque in Medina have marked a bloody end to Ramadan and fulfilled ISIS predictions of a 'month of calamity' during the holy month for Muslims.
The recent bombings at a commercial district in Baghdad and a sacred mosque in Medina have marked a bloody end to Ramadan and fulfilled ISIS predictions of a 'month of calamity' during the holy month for Muslims.White Islamic convert says he can't be racist because he's Muslim
A convert to Islam who made monkey chants at an Asian policeman march claimed he couldn't be racist because he is Muslim. Sallahudin Albritani, born Desmond McHale, was arrested during...
Religion | 206 hits | 10:25 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A convert to Islam who made monkey chants at an Asian policeman march claimed he couldn't be racist because he is Muslim. Sallahudin Albritani, born Desmond McHale, was arrested during... Montreal priests to be prohibited from being alone with children
The Catholic Church of Montreal plans to bar priests, volunteers and all those involved in faith education from being alone with children later this year.FBI, DOJ release new, full transcript of Orlando shooter's 911 call
Under pressure from Republican leaders, the Justice Department on Monday afternoon reversed itself and released a full, uncensored transcript of the Orlando terrorist's 911 call on the night of the massacre, calling the morning’s furor over omissions in t
Religion | 194 hits | 4:44 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Under pressure from Republican leaders, the Justice Department on Monday afternoon reversed itself and released a full, uncensored transcript of the Orlando terrorist's 911 call on the night of the massacre, calling the morning’s furor over omissions in tSyrian women pictured throwing off niqabs after their village was freed from Isis
Elated women in Syria have removed their niqabs - the face-covering veil made compulsory by Isis - after their village was liberated from the jihadists. The village, on the outskirts of the city of Manbij, Aleppo province, was liberated by US-backed
Religion | 255 hits | 11:37 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Elated women in Syria have removed their niqabs - the face-covering veil made compulsory by Isis - after their village was liberated from the jihadists. The village, on the outskirts of the city of Manbij, Aleppo province, was liberated by US-backed Man accused of vandalizing mosque arraigned
A Louisville man is behind bars charged with breaking into and vandalizing a mosque.
Religion | 176 hits | 2:57 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A Louisville man is behind bars charged with breaking into and vandalizing a mosque. Islamic council proposes allowing men to 'lightly beat' their wives if they refuse sexReligion | 259 hits | 2:48 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Council of Islamic Ideology, led by Chairman Muhammad Khan Sheeran, is a constitutional body of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, but can only advise and not make laws. Tennessee Christian pastors among 32 arrested for ‘human trafficking’ and soliciting underage prostitutes – DeadState
Among those arrested were 46-year-old Jason Kennedy, a children’s pastor for Grace Baptist Church, and 32-year-old Zubin Parakh, who is a “creative pastor” for LifeHouse Church. Both men were charged with trafficking and “patronizing prostitution.”Courageous Christian to the end – last words of girl burned alive by ISIS: FORGIVE THEM
A YOUNG girl burned to death by crazed Islamic State fighters used her final words to ask her distraught mother to forgive them.
Religion | 264 hits | 4:50 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A YOUNG girl burned to death by crazed Islamic State fighters used her final words to ask her distraught mother to forgive them.Divine intervention' Indian Hindus ask gods to help Trump
NEW DELHI (AP) — Donald Trump may find it tough to get Republican leaders behind his campaign, but he's got some faraway fans trying to get the gods on his side. Around a dozen members of a right-wing Indian Hindu group lit a ritual fire and chanted mantr
Religion | 264 hits | 3:21 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
NEW DELHI (AP) — Donald Trump may find it tough to get Republican leaders behind his campaign, but he's got some faraway fans trying to get the gods on his side. Around a dozen members of a right-wing Indian Hindu group lit a ritual fire and chanted mantrFirst Muslim Miss USA converts to Christianity
Rima Fakih gave her life to Christ last month in the run-up to her marriage in Lebanon next week to Wassim Salibi, a wealthy music producer who is a Maronite Christian.
Religion | 333 hits | 11:43 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Rima Fakih gave her life to Christ last month in the run-up to her marriage in Lebanon next week to Wassim Salibi, a wealthy music producer who is a Maronite Christian. 'Project Beautiful' treats 30 Toronto women to spa dayReligion | 191 hits | 10:46 PM on Monday | posted by shockedcanadian
Islamist Turkey seizes ALL Christian churches in city and declares them 'state property'
TURKEY'S Islamist government has stepped up its war on Christianity by seizing all the churches in one city and declaring them state property.
Religion | 336 hits | 2:13 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
TURKEY'S Islamist government has stepped up its war on Christianity by seizing all the churches in one city and declaring them state property.Malaysia school shuts after 'mass hysteria' outbreak
A school in northern Malaysia has had to shut temporarily to handle what local media have called a case of "mass hysteria".
Religion | 190 hits | 12:09 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A school in northern Malaysia has had to shut temporarily to handle what local media have called a case of "mass hysteria".Dentist who killed Islamic exorcist at London voodoo clinic to be ‘indefinitely detained’
A DENTIST who stabbed an Islamic ‘exorcist’ to death at a London therapy centre has been indefinitely detained in a mental health hospital.
Religion | 195 hits | 12:07 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A DENTIST who stabbed an Islamic ‘exorcist’ to death at a London therapy centre has been indefinitely detained in a mental health hospital. Innocent Man Befriends Crooked Cop Who Sent Him To PrisonReligion | 225 hits | 8:22 AM on Monday | posted by shockedcanadian
Attacks on Jewish community rise in the make of refugee crisis
ANTI-semitic attacks in Austria - the birthplace of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler - have spiked by an incredible 82 per cent since the country's refugee crisis began at the end of 2014.
Religion | 250 hits | 9:53 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
ANTI-semitic attacks in Austria - the birthplace of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler - have spiked by an incredible 82 per cent since the country's refugee crisis began at the end of 2014. Plan to give women equal prayer rights at Western Wall creates divisions
Proposed changes that would give women the same prayer rights as men at the Western Wall continue to cause divisions in Israel, where the ultra-Orthodox community wields considerable political power, the CBC's Derek Stoffel writes from Jerusalem.British father banned from taking his son to church as his mother is Muslim
A British father has been banned from taking his son to a church after the boy's Muslim mother won a controversial court order preventing the boy from attending.
Religion | 225 hits | 10:00 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A British father has been banned from taking his son to a church after the boy's Muslim mother won a controversial court order preventing the boy from attending.Pope Francis is shocked after four Mother Teresa nuns were shot dead in Yemen
Officials and witnesses said gunmen entered the facility in Aden, Yemen run by a charity established by Mother Teresa and handcuffed the victims before shooting them in the head.
Religion | 271 hits | 3:24 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Officials and witnesses said gunmen entered the facility in Aden, Yemen run by a charity established by Mother Teresa and handcuffed the victims before shooting them in the head. Diluted bleach mixture touted as 'miracle cure' despite Health Canada warnings, the fifth estate finds
A diluted industrial bleach mixture � touted by an online church as a miracle cure for everything from cancer to HIV/AIDS and autism � is being promoted and sold in Canada, despite Health Canada warnings it is unsafe for human consumption, the fifth eGang burns seven people to death over witchcraft claims in Malawi
A gang reportedly burned seven men to death for allegedly possessing human bones intended for use in witchcraft. The incensed mob in the Nsanje district of Malawi are said to have attacked the suspects then set them on fire using petrol.
Religion | 237 hits | 1:16 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A gang reportedly burned seven men to death for allegedly possessing human bones intended for use in witchcraft. The incensed mob in the Nsanje district of Malawi are said to have attacked the suspects then set them on fire using petrol.Saudi man gets 10 years, 2,000 lashes over atheist tweets
A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison and 2,000 lashes for expressing his atheism in hundreds of Twitter posts.
Religion | 274 hits | 1:31 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison and 2,000 lashes for expressing his atheism in hundreds of Twitter posts.Saudi Police to learn anti-magic tactics
Who you gonna call? Countering the occult is taken seriously by the Kingdom's religious police.
Religion | 240 hits | 12:11 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Who you gonna call? Countering the occult is taken seriously by the Kingdom's religious police. Santeria priest charged with stealing 8 skeletons
A Santeria priest has been indicted on nine charges of disinterment of a body in the theft of skeletons from Worcester's Hope Cemetery last year. Former priest sentenced for child exploitation charges
Authorities announced on Wednesday a former priest was sentenced for child sexual abuse and exploitation. Sunday school teacher charged with sexually exploiting teen girl
An Ottawa man who has taught Sunday school to children was charged with human trafficking after police say he sexually exploited a 15-year-old girl. Parishioners 'broken-hearted' at North Van church where charged priest
The bishop of an Anglican diocese where priest Gordon William Dominey worked says her parishioners are "broken-hearted" about his arrest in relation to historical sexual assaults in Edmonton. Aurora priest charged with sexually abusing two children younger than 13
AURORA, Ill. (STMW) - A priest who worked at two Aurora churches and in DeKalb County was arrested in Rockford on Thursday and charged with sexually abusing two children under the age of 13. New Iqaluit mosque opens doors
After years in the making, Iqaluit's new mosque held its inauguration Friday, officially opening as a place of worship. The building will serve as a prayer space and a community centre for Iqaluit's 100 or so Muslims, as well as a place to learn about IslUnion City pastor charged with sexual abuse of 2 teen girls in Clifton
Vicitacio Rivas-Valle, 68, was arrested on Tuesday and is accused of abusing two teenagers who were members of his church, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. The girls, she said, were between 13 and 16 years old when the alleged abuse took
Vicitacio Rivas-Valle, 68, was arrested on Tuesday and is accused of abusing two teenagers who were members of his church, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. The girls, she said, were between 13 and 16 years old when the alleged abuse took Back to Canada News
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