Read more religion stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2228/religion.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:43:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74285/aussie-scientologists-accused-of-torture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientology's status as a church masks a "criminal organization" guilty of torture, forced imprisonment, coerced abortion, embezzlement and blackmail, charges an Australian senator, whose accusations have triggered concerns by the Aussie prime minister. Nick Xenophon, who yesterday showed the Australian parliament and police letters from ex-Scientologists detailing abuse and violence,...http://www.newser.com/story/74285/aussie-scientologists-accused-of-torture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 6:18:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73262/uk-man-worships-at-church-of-climate-change.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYou can't force a Muslim to eat pork, or a Jew to pray to Jesus, and a UK man is claiming in court that his religious belief deserves similar protection. Climate change, that is. Tim Nicholson of Oxford is suing for religious discrimination after an employer, annoyed with his attempts...http://www.newser.com/story/73262/uk-man-worships-at-church-of-climate-change.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 8:01:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73221/court-bans-crucifixes-in-italian-classrooms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA European court has ruled that the presence of crucifixes in Italian classrooms violates religious freedom. In a decision denounced by Italian politicians, the court said the compulsory display of the crucifix prevents parents from raising kids with the religion of their choice and restricts the "right of children to...http://www.newser.com/story/73221/court-bans-crucifixes-in-italian-classrooms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 15:32:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72195/atheist-ads-to-hit-nyc-subways.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEight atheist organizations are the creators of a unique month-long ad campaign beginning next week in Manhattan subways that will challenge the belief in God. "A million New Yorkers are good without God. Are you?" the ads will ask on posters featuring blue sky and clouds. Because the city's subways...http://www.newser.com/story/72195/atheist-ads-to-hit-nyc-subways.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 5:36:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72026/atheists-split-over-how-mean-to-be-to-faithful.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCan a non-religion schism? Maybe that’s too dramatic a phrase, but there’s a rift growing between so-called “new atheists,” who favor an aggressive, mocking stance toward religion, and the old live-and-let-live kind. On “Blasphemy Day” last month, for example, new atheists were out in force, “de-baptizing” each other with hair...http://www.newser.com/story/72026/atheists-split-over-how-mean-to-be-to-faithful.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 11:28:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71742/runaway-muslim-girl-sparks-furor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Ohio teen has found herself straddling the fault line between the world's two biggest religions after converting to Christianity and running away from her Muslim parents. A judge in Florida, where 17-year-old Rifqa Bary was being sheltered by pastors she met on a Facebook group, has ruled that she...http://www.newser.com/story/71742/runaway-muslim-girl-sparks-furor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 5:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71424/pope-canonizes-father-damien.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFather Damien, the Belgian missionary who ministered to leprosy victims on the Hawaiian island of Molokai before contracting and dying of the disease, was canonized today. The 19th-century priest, the founder of the Little Sisters of the Poor, and three others were elevated to sainthood in a ceremony that drew...http://www.newser.com/story/71424/pope-canonizes-father-damien.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 11 Oct 2009 14:44:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71210/a-quarter-of-world-is-muslim.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA quarter of the world's population is Muslim, and nearly two-thirds of the religion's adherents live in Asia, according to an extensive new study mapping the world of Islam. Indonesia is the largest Muslim nation, and India, a majority-Hindu country, has the world's third-largest population of Muslims—more than twice...http://www.newser.com/story/71210/a-quarter-of-world-is-muslim.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 5:31:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69560/serenas-tirade-what-would-her-church-think.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSerena Williams is a Jehovah’s Witness, which causes Slate to wonder: What does her religion think about her foul-mouthed outburst at the US Open? Jehovah’s Witnesses “discourage members from any sort of foul language on the grounds that it's expressly forbidden in the Bible,” writes Juliet Lapidos. But Williams shouldn’t...http://www.newser.com/story/69560/serenas-tirade-what-would-her-church-think.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 16:14:56 CDT