Tag: Religion and Beliefs
Jolie speaks out against Koran burning
Add Angelina Jolie to the growing list of voices opposing a plan by a pastor to burn the Koran on September 11.[MORE]
Merkel honours Mohammed cartoonist
The Danish cartoonist who caused an uproar in the Muslim world by drawing insulting cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed has been presented with an award by German chancellor Angela Merkel.[MORE]
Palin slams threat to burn Korans
Sarah Palin has added her voice to the rising chorus of condemnation over a US pastor's plans to hold a Koran bonfire on September 11.[MORE]
Religious leaders condemn US 'anti-Muslim frenzy'
US religious leaders condemned an "anti-Muslim frenzy", including plans by a Florida church to burn a Koran on September 11.[MORE]
Church vows to go ahead with Koran-burning
A Florida evangelical church has vowed to go ahead with plans to burn the Koran on the 9/11 anniversary despite fears it may fuel an angry backlash and endanger US and allied troops in Afghanistan.[MORE]
Petraeus slams church's plan to burn Koran
The top US commander in Afghanistan has criticised a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.[MORE]
Stoning woman could be executed after Ramadan: son
The son of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning says he fears she will be executed shortly after the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan ends this week.[MORE]
Sydney-born cleric calls for MP's beheading
A controversial Dutch MP says the reported call by an Australian-born Muslim cleric for him to be beheaded is "a very serious threat". [MORE]
Arrests made over church blaze
There has been a deliberate fire in a church at Port Augusta in South Australia.[MORE]
Palestinians fund Church of Nativity renovation
The Palestinian Authority and Christian leaders have signed an accord to repair the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, on the traditional site of Jesus's birth.[MORE]
God didn't create the universe: Hawking
Stephen Hawking says God no longer has any place in theories on the creation of the Universe due to a series of developments in physics.[MORE]
Second time lucky for Blake prize winner
61-year-old painter Leonard Brown has won the prestigious Blake Prize for religious and spiritual art.[MORE]
Fred Nile denies 'perving' at internet porn
New South Wales Christian Democrat MP Fred Nile says his staff accessed adult websites for research purposes.[MORE]
Street preachers silenced by court ruling
A group of Christians has been banned from preaching in Adelaide's main shopping precinct.[MORE]
All of Europe should convert to Islam: Gaddafi
Libyan leader Moamar Gaddafi's visit to Rome, to mark the second anniversary of a friendship treaty with former coloniser Italy, stumbled into controversy after he reportedly said all of Europe should convert to Islam.[MORE]
Man charged after pulling plug on mosque loudspeaker
Indonesian authorities have arrested an American man for blasphemy after he pulled the plug on a loudspeaker at a mosque because it woke him up, police said.[MORE]
Muslim rumours out of my control, says Obama
US president Barack Obama blames a 'network of misinformation' for keeping alive persistent rumours that he is Muslim.[MORE]
Saudi court baulks at victim's call to paralyse attacker
A Saudi Arabian court is trying to persuade a man paralysed in a fight to drop a demand that his attacker suffer a similar injury by having his spinal cord surgically damaged.[MORE]
Keneally government votes against burka ban
New South Wales Premier Kristina Keneally says the State Government has decided to oppose a bill which calls for a ban on wearing a burka in public places.[MORE]
Mosque plan sparks New York rallies
Supporters and opponents of plans to build a mosque near the site of the September 11, 2001 attacks have staged peaceful rival protests.[MORE]
Catholic priest farewelled in Longreach
A Catholic priest who has spent almost two decades serving outback Queensland communities is being farewelled this weekend. [MORE]
More Americans say Obama is Muslim
Two new US opinion polls have revealed that roughly one in five Americans wrongly identifies president Barack Obama as a Muslim.[MORE]
Mamdouh Habib awarded $5k in defamation case
Former terror suspect Mamdouh Habib has been awarded $5,000 in a defamation case against a Sydney newspaper.[MORE]
Dalai Lama to visit Sunshine Coast
Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will visit Queensland's Sunshine Coast next year.[MORE]
Ground Zero mosque row heats up
The row over a proposed mosque in New York's lower Manhattan is getting increasingly heated. [MORE]
