http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Fri, 24 May 2013 17:54:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/23/socialists-try-to-form-new-govt-in-bulgaria/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/23/socialists-try-to-form-new-govt-in-bulgaria/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 15:34:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=164513 AP: The Socialists, who finished second in Bulgaria's election this month, were asked to form a new government Thursday, after the front-running party was unable to. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/23/socialists-try-to-form-new-govt-in-bulgaria/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/23/stockholm-restaurant-torched-as-riots-spread/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/23/stockholm-restaurant-torched-as-riots-spread/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 14:48:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=164493 BBC: In Husby, more than 80% of the 12,000 or so inhabitants are from an immigrant background, and most are from Turkey, the Middle East and Somalia. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/23/stockholm-restaurant-torched-as-riots-spread/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/22/irans-ahmadinejad-denounces-election-decision/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/22/irans-ahmadinejad-denounces-election-decision/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 14:47:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=164295 AP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that a decision by election overseers to disqualify his top aide from next month's presidential race is an act of "oppression" and that he will take the case to the country's supreme leader. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/22/irans-ahmadinejad-denounces-election-decision/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/16/france-struggles-to-fight-radical-islam-in-its-jails-2/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/16/france-struggles-to-fight-radical-islam-in-its-jails-2/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 20:46:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=163717 Reuters: In France, the path to radical Islam often begins with a minor offence that throws a young man into an overcrowded, violent jail and produces a hardened convert ready for jihad ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/16/france-struggles-to-fight-radical-islam-in-its-jails-2/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/15/iran-hard-liners-urge-election-ban-on-top-rivals/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/15/iran-hard-liners-urge-election-ban-on-top-rivals/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 15:10:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=163479 AP: Hard-line Iranian lawmakers have petitioned authorities to bar two prominent presidential contenders - a moderate former president and a protege of current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - from running in next month's election in a further sign of intense political jockeying over the final ballot list. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/15/iran-hard-liners-urge-election-ban-on-top-rivals/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/07/france-struggles-to-fight-radical-islam-in-its-jails/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/07/france-struggles-to-fight-radical-islam-in-its-jails/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 22:22:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=162703 Reuters: In France, the path to radical Islam often begins with a minor offence that throws a young man into an overcrowded, violent jail and produces a hardened convert ready for jihad. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/07/france-struggles-to-fight-radical-islam-in-its-jails/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/29/world-jewish-population-2010/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/29/world-jewish-population-2010/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:56:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=161948 The Volokh Conspiracy has posted a very interesting fact and graphic. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/29/world-jewish-population-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/25/governments-attempts-to-censor-google-have-doubled-since-2011/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/25/governments-attempts-to-censor-google-have-doubled-since-2011/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:18:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=161615 Tech Crunch: Governments, even democracies, are not always fans of transparency. According to Google’s brand new transparency report, “government attempts to censor content on Google services has grown”, doubling since the second half of 2012 (1,054 requests vs. 2,285). Brazil took the gold medal of the censorship olympics, with 697 requests, while the United States took 2nd place, with 321 requests. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/25/governments-attempts-to-censor-google-have-doubled-since-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/24/palestinian-christians-battle-israel-barrier-route/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/24/palestinian-christians-battle-israel-barrier-route/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:42:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=161485 AP: Palestinians in this Christian village are hoping the new pope can succeed where others have failed - pressing Israel to drop plans to build a stretch of its West Bank separation barrier through their picturesque valley. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/24/palestinian-christians-battle-israel-barrier-route/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/18/transgender-pakistanis-running-for-election/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/18/transgender-pakistanis-running-for-election/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:58:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=160709 AP: When Bindiya Rana, a transgender candidate in Pakistan's elections, went door to door in the Karachi slum she hopes to represent, few people seemed to care about which gender she identifies with. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/18/transgender-pakistanis-running-for-election/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/17/north-korean-reveals-cannibalism-is-common-after-escaping-starving-state/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/17/north-korean-reveals-cannibalism-is-common-after-escaping-starving-state/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:22:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=160621 Express.co.uk: Fears that famine-stricken North Koreans are being forced to eat human flesh heightened earlier this year following claims a man was executed for murdering his two children for food. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/17/north-korean-reveals-cannibalism-is-common-after-escaping-starving-state/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/16/indian-state-stops-playboy-beach-club-from-opening/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/16/indian-state-stops-playboy-beach-club-from-opening/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:28:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=160391 AP: After a month of heated debate, the government in the tourist hotspot of Goa refused permission for promoters to open the country's first Playboy club in a 22,000-square-foot open-air property on upmarket Candolim beach. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/16/indian-state-stops-playboy-beach-club-from-opening/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/15/history-of-the-muslim-brotherhood-penetration-of-the-u-s-government/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/15/history-of-the-muslim-brotherhood-penetration-of-the-u-s-government/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:49:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=160224 Gatestone Institute: Given the long history of Muslim Brotherhood activity in this country, its declared objective to "destroy the Western civilization from within," and the extensive evidence of successful influence operations at the highest levels of the U.S. government, it is urgent that we recognize this clear and present danger that threatens not only our Republic but the values of Western civilization. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/15/history-of-the-muslim-brotherhood-penetration-of-the-u-s-government/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/10/syria-crisis-al-nusra-pledges-allegiance-to-al-qaeda/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/10/syria-crisis-al-nusra-pledges-allegiance-to-al-qaeda/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:25:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=159814 BBC: The leader of the al-Nusra Front, a jihadist group fighting in Syria, has pledged allegiance to the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/10/syria-crisis-al-nusra-pledges-allegiance-to-al-qaeda/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/10/obama-administration-ships-140000-tear-gas-canisters-to-egypts-muslim-brotherhood-regime/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/10/obama-administration-ships-140000-tear-gas-canisters-to-egypts-muslim-brotherhood-regime/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:00:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=159698 Gateway Pundit: Shouldn’t we be able to see an audit of every taxpayer dollar spent on the Muslim Brotherhood? Between the F-16′s, US millions of dollars wasted on Afghanistan police cars, direct money aid, and now this. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/10/obama-administration-ships-140000-tear-gas-canisters-to-egypts-muslim-brotherhood-regime/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/08/former-prime-minister-thatcher-dies/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/08/former-prime-minister-thatcher-dies/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:53:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=159419 NPR: Margaret Thatcher, who as British prime minister in the 1980s became known as the "Iron Lady" for her tough economic policies, her partnership with President Reagan in standing up to communism and the short war with Argentina over the Falklands, has died. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/08/former-prime-minister-thatcher-dies/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/21/somali-rebels-stone-to-death-man-for-homosexual-assault-on-13-year-old/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/21/somali-rebels-stone-to-death-man-for-homosexual-assault-on-13-year-old/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:36:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=157867 AP: An al-Shabab official said one of its judges sentenced the man to death because he forced a 13-year-old boy to have sex with him. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/21/somali-rebels-stone-to-death-man-for-homosexual-assault-on-13-year-old/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/21/scotland-sets-date-to-vote-on-independence-from-uk/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/21/scotland-sets-date-to-vote-on-independence-from-uk/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:25:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=157862 AP: Scottish leader Alex Salmond has set Sept. 18, 2014, as the date for an independence referendum that could radically alter the shape of the United Kingdom. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/21/scotland-sets-date-to-vote-on-independence-from-uk/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/19/for-the-first-time-since-the-great-schism-ecumenical-patriarch-to-attend-popes-inaugural-mass/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/19/for-the-first-time-since-the-great-schism-ecumenical-patriarch-to-attend-popes-inaugural-mass/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:38:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=157651 AsiaNews.it: The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I will attend Pope Francis's inaugural Mass. The Ecumenical Patriarchate Press Office informed AsiaNews about the decision, noting that this is the first time such an event occurs since the Catholic-Orthodox split in 1054, an important sign for Christian unity. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/19/for-the-first-time-since-the-great-schism-ecumenical-patriarch-to-attend-popes-inaugural-mass/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/15/audio-rev-robert-a-sirico-discusses-pope-francis-i-with-hugh-hewitt/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/15/audio-rev-robert-a-sirico-discusses-pope-francis-i-with-hugh-hewitt/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:10:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=157350 Acton Institute links to the audio. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/15/audio-rev-robert-a-sirico-discusses-pope-francis-i-with-hugh-hewitt/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/13/new-coptic-catholic-patriarch-enthroned/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/13/new-coptic-catholic-patriarch-enthroned/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:28:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=157173 Catholic Culture: Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak was enthroned as patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church on March 12 as his predecessor, Cardinal Antonios Naguib, was taking part in the Mass for the election of the Roman Pontiff at St. Peter’s Basilica. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/13/new-coptic-catholic-patriarch-enthroned/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/13/scotland-police-chief-if-you-don%e2%80%99t-curb-porn-number-of-sex-crimes-will-rise/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/13/scotland-police-chief-if-you-don%e2%80%99t-curb-porn-number-of-sex-crimes-will-rise/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:12:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=157161 LifeSiteNews: One of the highest-ranking police officials in Scotland has warned that if pornography's effects on the culture are not checked, it will “result in a higher number of victims of serious sexual crime.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/13/scotland-police-chief-if-you-don%e2%80%99t-curb-porn-number-of-sex-crimes-will-rise/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/13/argentine-jorge-bergoglio-elected-pope-francis/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/13/argentine-jorge-bergoglio-elected-pope-francis/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:51:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=157150 AP: Argentine Jorge Bergoglio was elected pope Wednesday and chose the papal name Francis, becoming first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/13/argentine-jorge-bergoglio-elected-pope-francis/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/12/the-geography-of-the-papal-electorate-in-one-map/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/12/the-geography-of-the-papal-electorate-in-one-map/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:33:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=157035 Washington Post: So where do most of the cardinal electors who choose the pope come from? More than half come from Europe, even though the continent only accounts for 24 percent of the world’s Catholic population, as the following map from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life shows . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/12/the-geography-of-the-papal-electorate-in-one-map/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/05/venezuelan-president-hugo-chavez-dead-vp-says/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/05/venezuelan-president-hugo-chavez-dead-vp-says/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:21:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=156342 Fox News: Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro says President Hugo Chavez has died. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/05/venezuelan-president-hugo-chavez-dead-vp-says/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/01/has-the-bell-begun-to-toll-for-china-pat-buchanan-at-townhall/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/01/has-the-bell-begun-to-toll-for-china-pat-buchanan-at-townhall/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:20:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=156021 Townhall: What is it that gives a party its legitimacy, its right to rule? What holds a nation together when its cradle faith, its founding ideology, has been abandoned by both elites and the people? That is China's coming crisis. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/03/01/has-the-bell-begun-to-toll-for-china-pat-buchanan-at-townhall/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/28/asia-has-more-billionaires-than-north-america/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/28/asia-has-more-billionaires-than-north-america/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:22:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=155909 Telegraph: A Chinese wealth survey has found that Asia has more billionaires than any other continent, apparently surpassing North America for the first time. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/28/asia-has-more-billionaires-than-north-america/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/19/the-premises-and-purposes-of-american-exceptionalism/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/19/the-premises-and-purposes-of-american-exceptionalism/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:39:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=155012 The Guardian: This belief in the unfettered legal and moral right of the US to use force anywhere in the world for any reason it wants is sustained only by this belief in objective US superiority, this myth of American exceptionalism. And the results are exactly what one would expect from an approach grounded in a belief system so patently irrational. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/19/the-premises-and-purposes-of-american-exceptionalism/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/19/iceland-considers-pornography-ban/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/19/iceland-considers-pornography-ban/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:47:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=154979 Telegraph: Iceland could become the first Western democracy to attempt censorship of the internet under radical proposals to block online pornography. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/19/iceland-considers-pornography-ban/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/06/rand-paul-use-containment-against-radical-islam/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/06/rand-paul-use-containment-against-radical-islam/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:51:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=154530 National Review: In a foreign-policy address at the Heritage Institute this morning, Senator Rand Paul (R., Ky.) called for a shift in American foreign policy, saying that the U.S. should apply a strategy of containment to radical Islam and declaring himself “a realist, not a neoconservative.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/06/rand-paul-use-containment-against-radical-islam/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/06/zimbabwes-parliament-mulls-constitutional-reforms/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/06/zimbabwes-parliament-mulls-constitutional-reforms/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:32:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=154457 AP: Zimbabwe's parliament has begun discussing a new constitution that reduces some of the president's powers . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/06/zimbabwes-parliament-mulls-constitutional-reforms/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/06/ahmadinejad-iran-already-a-nuclear-state-but-has-no-intention-of-launching-attack-on-israel/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/06/ahmadinejad-iran-already-a-nuclear-state-but-has-no-intention-of-launching-attack-on-israel/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:23:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=154443 Haaretz: In interview with Al-Ahram on eve of Islamic Summit Conference in Cairo, Iranian president also says his country opposes outside intervention in Syria. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/06/ahmadinejad-iran-already-a-nuclear-state-but-has-no-intention-of-launching-attack-on-israel/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/05/david-cameron-suffers-leveson-defeat-as-lords-votes-for-new-press-laws/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/05/david-cameron-suffers-leveson-defeat-as-lords-votes-for-new-press-laws/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:38:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=154416 The Telegraph: In a surprise move, peers passed an amendment to the Defamation Bill to introduce a cheap arbitration service between newspapers and people who feel wronged by the press – one of Lord Leveson’s key recommendations. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/05/david-cameron-suffers-leveson-defeat-as-lords-votes-for-new-press-laws/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/04/new-archbishop-of-canterbury-formally-takes-office/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/04/new-archbishop-of-canterbury-formally-takes-office/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:11:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=154247 AP: The new archbishop of Canterbury on Monday formally took up his post as the leader of the world's 80-million-strong Anglican Communion. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/04/new-archbishop-of-canterbury-formally-takes-office/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/01/us-senate-shoots-down-bid-to-halt-sales-of-f-16s-tanks-to-egypt/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/01/us-senate-shoots-down-bid-to-halt-sales-of-f-16s-tanks-to-egypt/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:35:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=154086 CNSNews: The U.S. Senate Thursday defeated an amendment that aimed to prevent the Obama administration from transferring F-16 fighter aircraft and Abrams tanks to an Egypt in disarray. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/02/01/us-senate-shoots-down-bid-to-halt-sales-of-f-16s-tanks-to-egypt/feed/ 0