http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/13/five-european-nations-to-be-downgraded-by-sp-report/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/13/five-european-nations-to-be-downgraded-by-sp-report/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:53:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=122989 CNBC: Standard & Poor's will cut the credit ratings of Italy, Spain and Portugal by two notches and downgrade France and Austria by one notch, a French newspaper said Friday, without citing its sources. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/13/five-european-nations-to-be-downgraded-by-sp-report/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/european-court-of-human-rights-upholds-austrias-ban-on-egg-or-sperm-donation-for-ivf/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/european-court-of-human-rights-upholds-austrias-ban-on-egg-or-sperm-donation-for-ivf/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:05:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118543 BioNews: IVF using donated eggs or sperm other than from a spouse will remain banned in Austria. This was the final decision made by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) on 3 November in the closing of the case SH and others v Austria. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/european-court-of-human-rights-upholds-austrias-ban-on-egg-or-sperm-donation-for-ivf/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/european-court-upholds-austria-ban-on-in-vitro-fertilization/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/european-court-upholds-austria-ban-on-in-vitro-fertilization/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:35:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117860 LifeNews.com: Yesterday,the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has delivered its final judgment in the case of S. H. and others v. Austria (application no. 57813/00), reversing a prior judgment, and deciding that the Austrian ban on using sperm and ova donations for in vitro fertilisation (heterologous IVF) respects the European Convention on Human Rights, and in particular is not in breach of the right to respect for private and family life (Article 8 of the Convention). ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/european-court-upholds-austria-ban-on-in-vitro-fertilization/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/03/austrian-law-banning-egg-and-sperm-donation-in-a-single-ivf-procedure-upheld/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/03/austrian-law-banning-egg-and-sperm-donation-in-a-single-ivf-procedure-upheld/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:13:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117760 Secondhand Smoke | A First Things Blog: This is why I am heartened by the UCHR’s ruling that upholds Austria’s law banning the use both donated eggs and sperm in an IVF attempt in order to allow a couple to bear a genetically unrelated child. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/03/austrian-law-banning-egg-and-sperm-donation-in-a-single-ivf-procedure-upheld/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/28/austrial-forced-marriage-law-extension-likely/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/28/austrial-forced-marriage-law-extension-likely/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:28:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117220 Austrian Times Online News - English Newspaper: People’s Party (ÖVP) State Secretary Sebastian Kurz has called for a reform of Austria’s anti-forced marriage law. Forced marriages are not a criminal offence under the current regulations if carried out abroad. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/28/austrial-forced-marriage-law-extension-likely/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/austrian-president-warns-against-discrimination-against-muslims/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/austrian-president-warns-against-discrimination-against-muslims/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:44:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112763 Vestnik Kavkaza: The president underlined that Muslims living in Austria must follow the local laws. Austria is a secular state, he noted. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/austrian-president-warns-against-discrimination-against-muslims/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/18/most-austrians-back-extended-abortion-services/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/18/most-austrians-back-extended-abortion-services/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:21:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111178 Austrian Independent : Conservative opinion leaders turned their guns on Social Democratic (SPÖ) Health Minister Alois Stöger earlier this month after he suggested state-funded clinics across the country should provide induced abortions. The left-wing politician claimed women were "not taken seriously" at the moment. Public hospitals in three of the alpine country’s nine provinces were not offering such services. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/18/most-austrians-back-extended-abortion-services/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/09/masked-vandals-attack-pro-life-office-in-austria/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/09/masked-vandals-attack-pro-life-office-in-austria/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:52:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110358 LifeSiteNews.com: The office of Human Life International’s (HLI) European Regional Director Joannes Bucher was recently attacked after a pro-life march in Austria. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/09/masked-vandals-attack-pro-life-office-in-austria/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/09/austrians-debate-abortion-in-public-hospitals/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/09/austrians-debate-abortion-in-public-hospitals/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:10:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110283 University Faculty for Life Blog: In 1974 Austria removed all criminal penalties for abortions in the first three months of pregancy. While most people interpret this action as making abortion legal, some public authorities argue that the change merely removed any penalty for conduct that remains illegal (or at least publiclly disfavored) . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/09/austrians-debate-abortion-in-public-hospitals/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/25/austrian-mp-ewald-stadler-adresses-turkish-ambassador/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/25/austrian-mp-ewald-stadler-adresses-turkish-ambassador/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:09:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108928 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/25/austrian-mp-ewald-stadler-adresses-turkish-ambassador/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/22/pro-life-sidewalk-counselors-in-austria-face-fines-jail-time/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/22/pro-life-sidewalk-counselors-in-austria-face-fines-jail-time/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:43:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108814 LifeNews.com: A ruling by a judge in Graz, Austria is a case of blatant persecution of pro-lifers, says Human Life International president Monsignor Ignacio Barreiro-Carambula. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/22/pro-life-sidewalk-counselors-in-austria-face-fines-jail-time/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/25/german-catholics-call-for-reform-many-leaving-ap/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/25/german-catholics-call-for-reform-many-leaving-ap/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 17:33:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=104650 AP: A year after a widespread sex scandal rocked Roman Catholics in Pope Benedict XVI's homeland, German intellectuals and faithful alike are turning their backs on the church, calling for change or simply leaving the congregation. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/25/german-catholics-call-for-reform-many-leaving-ap/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/23/austria-conservatives-pleased-about-crucifix-verdict/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/23/austria-conservatives-pleased-about-crucifix-verdict/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:49:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=98929 Austrian Independent: The federal panel announced in Vienna today (Weds) that kindergartens in Austria were not discriminating against other religious communities by displaying crucifixes at their facilities. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/23/austria-conservatives-pleased-about-crucifix-verdict/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/04/european-court-could-rule-traditional-marriage-benefits-are-discriminatory/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/04/european-court-could-rule-traditional-marriage-benefits-are-discriminatory/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:24:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97127 C-FAM: The European Union was founded on respect for national sovereignty,” Roger Kiska, Legal Counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, told the Friday Fax. “If the Advocate General's opinion is followed, it destroys this sovereignty making all European nations vulnerable to legislation promoting anti-life and anti-family laws despite the national will of that country. It is not the role of the ECJ to legislate for all of Europe without Europe having a say in the matter," said Kiska. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/04/european-court-could-rule-traditional-marriage-benefits-are-discriminatory/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/28/austria-domestic-partnership-law-leads-to-700-registrations/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/28/austria-domestic-partnership-law-leads-to-700-registrations/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:51:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96720 Austrian Independent: "More than 700 same sex couples decided to follow the government coalition’s offer of having their partnership "registered" last year." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/28/austria-domestic-partnership-law-leads-to-700-registrations/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/17/austria-grants-refuge-to-30-iraqi-christians/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/17/austria-grants-refuge-to-30-iraqi-christians/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:08:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95748 AP: "Austria says it is granting asylum to 30 Iraqi Christians fleeing persecution in their homeland." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/17/austria-grants-refuge-to-30-iraqi-christians/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/16/vienna-woman-convicted-of-denigration-of-religious-doctrines-for-calling-mohammed-a-pedophile/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/16/vienna-woman-convicted-of-denigration-of-religious-doctrines-for-calling-mohammed-a-pedophile/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:15:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95688 Europe News: The court based "denigration of religious doctrines” on the fact that Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff had characterized Mohammed as "pedophiliac” because — according to Islamic legend — he had sex with nine year-old Aisha. In the court’s view, this was "denigrating” because Mohammed did not have sex exclusively with children but also with grown women, and stayed with Aisha until his death when she was eighteen years old. So he was not inclined to pedophilia. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/16/vienna-woman-convicted-of-denigration-of-religious-doctrines-for-calling-mohammed-a-pedophile/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/16/austria-judge-rules-that-yodeling-offends-muslims/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/16/austria-judge-rules-that-yodeling-offends-muslims/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:15:30 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=87063 IsraelNationalNews.com: "The citizen, 63-year-old Helmut G., was told by the court that his yodeling offended his next-door Muslim neighbors, who accused him of trying to mock and imitate the call of the Muezzin." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/16/austria-judge-rules-that-yodeling-offends-muslims/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/09/austrian-court-decision-refusing-recognition-of-branch-of-islam-is-unconstitutional/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/09/austrian-court-decision-refusing-recognition-of-branch-of-islam-is-unconstitutional/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 20:59:59 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=85770 The Constitutional Court of Austria [Google Translation]: "The Constitutional Court has ruled [against] the approach taken by the Federal Minister of the Constitution. Nowhere in the relevant Austrian Laws is [it said] that . . . only one Islamic or confessional community must be [the] religion. [On the contrary]: Such a view violates Article 9 of the European Human Rights Convention (right to Religion)." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/09/austrian-court-decision-refusing-recognition-of-branch-of-islam-is-unconstitutional/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/30/european-states-will-not-be-forced-to-allow-same-sex-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/30/european-states-will-not-be-forced-to-allow-same-sex-marriage/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:17:51 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=84465 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/30/european-states-will-not-be-forced-to-allow-same-sex-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/24/vorarlberg-austria-calls-for-anonymous-abortions-rejected/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/24/vorarlberg-austria-calls-for-anonymous-abortions-rejected/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:58:00 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=73560 Vorarlberg Online [modified Google translation]: FPÖ [Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs / Freedom Party of Austria] member Dieter Egger is pleased that at the meeting of the Social Policy Committee on Wednesday, the votes of ÖVP [Österreichische Volkspartei / Austrian People's Party] and the FPÖ formed a majority rejecting calls for anonymous abortions in Vorarlberg hospitals. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/24/vorarlberg-austria-calls-for-anonymous-abortions-rejected/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/24/salzburg-court-dismisses-suit-over-youth-for-lifes-election-poster-parody/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/24/salzburg-court-dismisses-suit-over-youth-for-lifes-election-poster-parody/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:57:20 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=73559 KathWeb.at [modified Google translation from German]: "[About] one and a half years after the state election on 1 March 2009 in Salzburg, [the] Supreme Court (OGH) [dismissed the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) of Austria's action against] Youth for Life for a parody of [an] election poster [featuring] Governor [Gabi Burgstaller] and [criticizing] the possibility of abortion [at] LKH Salzburg. According to the [SPÖ, Youth for Life violated] copyright [and harmed Burgstaller's reputation]." Press Release from Youth for Life (Jugend für das Leben) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/24/salzburg-court-dismisses-suit-over-youth-for-lifes-election-poster-parody/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/07/austria-pro-lifers-kicked-shoved-on-camera-by-abortionists-hired-thugs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/07/austria-pro-lifers-kicked-shoved-on-camera-by-abortionists-hired-thugs/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:41:51 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=71322 LifeSiteNews: "In the latest chapter in a long history of abuse, the state prosecutor's office in Vienna is attempting to stifle the legal claims of a pro-lifer, whom a local abortionist's hired thugs were caught on tape cutting, harassing and intimidating outside an abortion mill . . . A case filed in response to the bodily injury and theft inflicted by Fiala's thugs has reportedly been pending for a year at the prosecutor's office of Vienna. After the pro-lifer's attorney took the case to the Superior Court of Vienna, the prosecutor's office moved to stay the lawsuit, according to Gloria.tv. Dietmar Fischer, executive director of Human Life International (HLI) Austria, confirmed that the state prosecutor was seeking to dismiss the pro-lifer's case against the thugs." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/07/austria-pro-lifers-kicked-shoved-on-camera-by-abortionists-hired-thugs/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/31/austria-transsexual-allowed-to-teach/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/31/austria-transsexual-allowed-to-teach/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:52:47 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=70797 Austrian Independent: "Austria’s first transsexual teacher has been given the all clear to work by the education ministry after a sex change operation." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/31/austria-transsexual-allowed-to-teach/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/25/european-court-rules-gay-marriage-not-universal-human-right-says-countries-can-make-own-rules/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/25/european-court-rules-gay-marriage-not-universal-human-right-says-countries-can-make-own-rules/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:07:07 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=64116 LA Times: "European nations do not have to allow same-sex marriage, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled, though gay rights groups claimed a partial victory Friday because the court acknowledged growing agreement that their relationships should be recognized in law." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/25/european-court-rules-gay-marriage-not-universal-human-right-says-countries-can-make-own-rules/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/24/echr-rules-that-states-are-not-obliged-to-allow-same-sex-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/24/echr-rules-that-states-are-not-obliged-to-allow-same-sex-marriage/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:03:40 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=64016 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/24/echr-rules-that-states-are-not-obliged-to-allow-same-sex-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/18/austria-man-hoarded-a-million-child-porn-pictures/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/18/austria-man-hoarded-a-million-child-porn-pictures/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:39:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/18/austria-man-hoarded-a-million-child-porn-pictures/ Breitbart (AP): "The bureau said the material—confiscated during a search of the man's home—shows children under the age of 14, including babies, being sexually abused. Some of the scenes are violent, it said . . . The man, currently in pretrial detention, is also alleged to have sexually abused two young daughters of a Thai woman who lived with him for a while . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/18/austria-man-hoarded-a-million-child-porn-pictures/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/28/austrian-abortion-museum-wins-european-prize/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/28/austrian-abortion-museum-wins-european-prize/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 14:56:42 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=61788 AFP: "A Vienna museum dealing with contraception and abortion received a special prize from a European body Thursday for raising public awareness of both issues." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/28/austrian-abortion-museum-wins-european-prize/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/17/austrians-seek-right-to-partnership-created-for-gays/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/17/austrians-seek-right-to-partnership-created-for-gays/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 22:42:23 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=60976 BBC: "A heterosexual Austrian couple have embarked on a court battle to have their relationship legally recognised as a 'registered partnership' - a new form of civil union for same-sex couples. Helga Ratzenboeck and Martin Seydl say they don't want a traditional marriage and insist that the law should be blind to gender and sexuality." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/17/austrians-seek-right-to-partnership-created-for-gays/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/15/eu-ignoring-regions-lisbon-treaty-rights-vienna-mayor/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/15/eu-ignoring-regions-lisbon-treaty-rights-vienna-mayor/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:16:18 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=58150 EurActiv: "National administrations and the European Commission are ignoring the regions' new right to shape EU decisions under the Lisbon Treaty, Mayor of Vienna Michael Häupl told EurActiv in an interview . . . The treaty, he stressed, was designed to reinforce the democratic input of national and regional parliaments in EU decision-making, via the so-called subsidiarity principle. But as a result of national intransigence, he claims powerful regions such as Vienna are losing out and must start to make their voices heard, pressuring national governments into fully recognising these changes." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/15/eu-ignoring-regions-lisbon-treaty-rights-vienna-mayor/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/08/european-court-of-human-rights-echr-austrian-law-restricting-in-vitro-fertilization-ruleshas-issued-a-chamber-judgment-that-austria%e2%80%99s-laws-restricting-in-vitro-fertilization-procedures-are/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/08/european-court-of-human-rights-echr-austrian-law-restricting-in-vitro-fertilization-ruleshas-issued-a-chamber-judgment-that-austria%e2%80%99s-laws-restricting-in-vitro-fertilization-procedures-are/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:04:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/04/08/european-court-of-human-rights-echr-austrian-law-restricting-in-vitro-fertilization-ruleshas-issued-a-chamber-judgment-that-austria%e2%80%99s-laws-restricting-in-vitro-fertilization-procedures-are/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/08/european-court-of-human-rights-echr-austrian-law-restricting-in-vitro-fertilization-ruleshas-issued-a-chamber-judgment-that-austria%e2%80%99s-laws-restricting-in-vitro-fertilization-procedures-are/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/07/austria-styria-seeks-to-equate-civil-unions-with-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/07/austria-styria-seeks-to-equate-civil-unions-with-marriage/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:45:17 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=57511 Pride1Radio ("gay radio station"): "According to a report of Info magazine GGG.at the Styrian EPG Adjustment Act [is currently under review]. [Everywhere Styrian state law uses "spouse" it should also add gay and lesbian partners]." [Google Translation] ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/07/austria-styria-seeks-to-equate-civil-unions-with-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/06/new-mosque-rattles-small-austrian-town/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/06/new-mosque-rattles-small-austrian-town/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:50:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/04/06/new-mosque-rattles-small-austrian-town/ CBN: "CBN News recently traveled to one small town in Austria where residents are up in arms over the newest local attraction: a multi-million dollar Islamic center." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/06/new-mosque-rattles-small-austrian-town/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/06/turkeys-islamic-ambitions-grip-austria/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/06/turkeys-islamic-ambitions-grip-austria/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:48:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/04/06/turkeys-islamic-ambitions-grip-austria/ Europe News: "Turkey is today considered a rising power in the Middle East and Europe. But just a few centuries ago, the Turks ruled large chunks of both regions under the banner of the Ottoman Empire. Turkish-led forces drove deep into Europe, even reaching the gates of Vienna twice before being defeated. Now they're back . . . So far, Austrian officials have yet to comment on the Turkish government's expanded influence. 'They close their eyes because they want to be elected again and the growing Islamic population is for them a target group for the next election,' said Zeitz." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/06/turkeys-islamic-ambitions-grip-austria/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/26/same-sex-couple-accuses-austria-of-discrimination/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/26/same-sex-couple-accuses-austria-of-discrimination/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:31:45 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=53538 AFP: "A gay couple accused Austria before Europe's top rights court yesterday of discriminating against homosexuals in adoption and other matters despite a new law allowing same-sex unions . . . The couple, who filed their petition before the European Court of Human Rights in 2004, claim 'that the nation of marriage had evolved over time thus having to be understood nowadays as a permanent union encompassing all aspects of life,' the Strasbourg-based court said in a statement." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/26/same-sex-couple-accuses-austria-of-discrimination/feed/ 0