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Religion RSS FeedsUK: Muslim extremists target Jews - Prominent British Jews have been advised to review their security arrangements after several were identified on Islamist websites as ?financial supporters of Israel?. Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Labour peer Lord Levy were also named on an Islamic website. A strand on the site asks for help to compile a list, and a link to the Power 100 list of top British Jews is added. Other figures indentified on the website include Anthony Julius, who was Princess Diana's divorce lawyer. On the site, a figure called "Abuislam" asks: "Have we got a list of top Jews we can target?"...Feed Source: feedproxy.google.com Opinion: The Jews Face a Double Standard - Many people ask why there are so few Israeli casualties in comparison with the Palestinian death toll. It's because Israel's first priority is the safety of its citizens, which is why there are shelters and warning systems in Israeli towns. If Hamas can dig tunnels, it can certainly build shelters. Instead, it prefers to use women and children as human shields while its leaders rush into hiding.
And then there are the clarion calls for a cease-fire. These words, which come so easily, have proven to be a recipe for disaster. Hamas uses the cease-fire as a time-out to rearm and smuggle even more deadly weapons so the next time, instead of hitting Sderot and Ashkelon, they can target Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. ... Best-selling ?Conversation With God? author faces plagiarism claim - Neale Donald Walsch, best-selling author of "Conversations with God," said Tuesday that he unwittingly passed off another writer's Christmas anecdote as his own in a recent blog post.
As a result, Walsch's blog on the spirituality Web site Beliefnet.com has been shut down. The Web site said in a statement that Walsch had failed to properly credit and attribute material from another author.... Canadian polygamist leaders charged; reaction mixed - After decades of controversy and allegations, RCMP swept into the polygamous community of Bountiful, B.C., on Wednesday and arrested two sect leaders, including one who had bragged of multiple wives and dozens of children and all but dared police to stop him.Some anti-polygamists were jubilant at the charges laid yesterday but others were bitterly disappointed that B.C. officials chose not to proceed with sexual exploitation charges against Bountiful leaders.... Woman suspected of witchcraft burned alive - A woman in rural Papua New Guinea was bound and gagged, tied to a log and set ablaze on a pile of tires this week, possibly because villagers suspected her of being a witch, police said Thursday.Her death adds to a growing list of men and women who have been accused of sorcery and then tortured or killed in the South Pacific island nation, where traditional beliefs hold sway in many regions... Tax-evasion sentences upheld for ?Dr. Dino? and wife - An appeals court upheld the federal prison sentences of creationist minister Kent Hovind and his wife, Jo Hovind, who were convicted of a host of tax-fraud charges.He was found guilty in November 2006 of failing to collect and pay $473,818 in employee-related taxes, obstructing tax laws and structuring transactions to avoid financial reporting laws.... Canada: two top leaders of polygamous sect arrested - Two top leaders of the controversial polygamous sect in Bountiful, B.C., have been arrested and charged with practising polygamy.Oppal said Blackmore is alleged to be married to 20 women, while Oler is accused of committing polygamy by being married to two women.
"This has been a very complex issue," he told The Canadian Press. "It's been with us for well over 20 years. The problem has always been the defence of religion has always been raised."... Speculation remains regarding possible Scientology connection in death of Jett Travolta - A post-mortem examination determined last night that John Travolta?s chronically ill son died of a seizure, as controversy erupted over the Scientologist actor?s handling of the boy?s medical condition.The Travoltas have said little about their son's condition and his medical treatment over the years. The couple are Scientologists, followers of the controversial religion created by science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard.... Texas still seeks custody of sect leader?s 14-year-old bride - A fight for the custody of the 14-year-old bride of jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs could be heating up, according to a document filed in West Texas over the holidays.In previous filings, CPS officials have presented records, including excerpts from Jeffs' journals, that indicate the girl was married to Jeffs when she was 12 years old. Jeffs is the jailed leader of the FLDS, a breakaway Mormon sect that practices polygamy.... Court Restores Murder Conviction Of Man In Marin Pendragon Cult - A federal appeals court Tuesday reinstated the murder conviction of a man who was caught up in a cult conspiracy known as Pendragon that aimed at a paramilitary takeover of Marin County in 1982.The cult sought the creation of a modern-day Camelot with Richards as King Arthur and his teenage workers as knights, according to court rulings.... Copyright © 2009, Cool Collection. All Rights Reserved. |