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November 2016

November 20, 2016

Bogus Catholic priest in LA sold tickets to see the Pope

Erwin Mena, above, has been jailed in Los Angeles for the second time for posing...

November 19, 2016

Turkey to free child rapists if they marry their victims

If passed, a draft bill in Turkey law will free prisoners guilty of sexually assaulting...

November 18, 2016

Indian 'god woman' arrested after fatal wedding shooting

Flamboyant Indian 'god woman' and nationalist politician Sadhvi Deva Thakur has surrendered after a shooting...

November 16, 2016

Dubai's Islamic law defines rape as 'sex outside marriage'

Back in 2011, the Expat Info Desk ran an article entitled '6 Dubai Laws You...

November 13, 2016

UK Muslim apostate and his family forced to flee his home

Last year, Bradford resident Nissar Hussain, above, was hospitalised after apparently being attacked for apostasy....

November 05, 2016

Britain First deputy leader convicted of religious hatred

Jayda Fransen, 30, above right, deputy leader of a far-right outfit called Britain First, has...

November 04, 2016

Transgender Muslim bride hacked to death in Moscow

Raina Aliev, pictured above with her husband Viktor, was brutally slain days after her father...

November 03, 2016

Swiss imam incited slaughter of Muslims who don't pray

Last year award-winning Swiss journalist Kurt Pelder, above, warned that the An’Nur mosque in Winterhur,...

November 01, 2016

One-year ban imposed on doctor who beat his daughter

A Muslim doctor, Gohar Rahman, above, has been banned from practising for a year following...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

Abuse victims launch lawsuit against Catholic school

Five former pupils at a Catholic school headed by James Carragher, above, who is now...

October 24, 2016

Son of former archbishop arrested over sex abuse claim

Rev Mark Carey, 51, above right, the son of former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey,...

October 23, 2016

In Texas, 'evil' pastor's wife gets five life sentences

Misty Rae Hopkins, above, the widow of a Burnet pastor, has been sentenced to five...

October 16, 2016

Christian terrorist plot to kill Muslims foiled by the FBI

Three Kansas men who were allegedly part of a domestic terrorist group called 'the Crusaders'...

October 14, 2016

Youth pastor, 35, arrested over fifteen-year-old's pregnancy

Wesley Blackburn, above, a Pennsylvania pastor and father of five, has been charged with hundreds...

October 06, 2016

Pakistani man shoots sister dead for marrying a Christian

In a video just released by Associated Press, Mubeen Rajhu, above, claims he was goaded...

October 04, 2016

Lengthy jail sentence imposed on Australian Catholic priest

Robert Patrick Claffey, 73, above, who sexually abused 12 Victorian children over decades in a...

October 03, 2016

Egyptian TV presenter approves shooting of Jordanian writer

Reporting on the assassination a week ago of prominent Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar, Hani Nahhas, above,...

September 2016

September 29, 2016

Imam banished to India by mosque after raping a boy

When elders at a mosque in Rugby learned that imam Noor Walile, above, had raped...

September 29, 2016

Teenage blogger jailed in Singapore for the second time

Fifteen months after he was given a prison sentence for 'wounding religious feelings', teenage blogger...

September 27, 2016

Birmingham street preacher convicted over tight jeans rant

Muscle-bound street preacher Krissoni Henderson, 31, who has a penchant for tight tops, has been...

September 26, 2016

Religious financial services: what could possible go wrong?

Religious leaders in South Africa are increasingly being used to promote financial products. And guess...

September 25, 2016

Jordanian writer, on trial for insulting God, is shot dead

Nahid Hattar, above, was hit earlier today by three bullets outside court in the capital...

September 24, 2016

Violent Christian pastor must learn to respect Muslims

As part of her punishment for assaulting a Muslim woman, Boston pastor Daisy Obi (inset...

September 17, 2016

Orthodox Jews sentenced for attack on gay black man

A Brooklyn judge this week sentenced two Hasidic men to 150 hours of community service...

September 16, 2016

Man jailed for the murder of Rochdale's 'black magic' imam

Mohammed Syeedy, 21, above, was today jailed for a minimum of 24 years for his...

September 14, 2016

Devout Christian admits child rape – and blames his victim

When Richard Keenan, above, became Mayor of Hubbard in Ohio in 2010 he vowed to...

September 12, 2016

Christian TV entertainer charged with raping a girl

Toby Willis, above — father of a litter of 12 home-schooled kids – was arrested...

September 11, 2016

Church fearful for the safety of alleged paedophile priest

The Russian Orthodox Church has agreed to do what it can to help protect priest...

September 09, 2016

If Christianity is to flourish it needs extremists like Choudary

Deranged UK evangelist Stephen 'Birdshit' Green, above, has sprung to the defence of convicted Muslim...

September 06, 2016

Supporters shout 'God is great' as hate preacher is jailed

Muslim hate preacher Anjem Choudary, above left, has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for inviting...