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/2011/11/23/bangladesh-polygamy-costlier-in-chittagong/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/23/bangladesh-polygamy-costlier-in-chittagong/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:22:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119458 bdnews24.com: The Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) has imposed extra taxes on polygamous marriages. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/23/bangladesh-polygamy-costlier-in-chittagong/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/16/bangladesh-bride-disowns-her-dowry-demanding-husband-bbc/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/16/bangladesh-bride-disowns-her-dowry-demanding-husband-bbc/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:25:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118765 BBC News: A top human rights group in Bangladesh has praised a bride who disowned her husband within minutes of their wedding because he demanded a dowry. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/16/bangladesh-bride-disowns-her-dowry-demanding-husband-bbc/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/01/bangladeshs-prime-minister-wants-islam-as-official-religion-but-freedom-for-other-religions-as-well/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/01/bangladeshs-prime-minister-wants-islam-as-official-religion-but-freedom-for-other-religions-as-well/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:30:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=105185 Religion Clause: Last year, Bangladesh's Supreme Court restored certain provisions in the country's 1972 Constitution, thereby reverting to provisions that affirm secularism in the country. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/01/bangladeshs-prime-minister-wants-islam-as-official-religion-but-freedom-for-other-religions-as-well/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/30/only-14-bangladeshi-girl-charged-with-adultery-after-being-raped-was-lashed-to-death/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/30/only-14-bangladeshi-girl-charged-with-adultery-after-being-raped-was-lashed-to-death/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:04:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99593 CNN: "Many months later on a winter night, as Hena's sister Alya told it, Hena was walking from her room to an outdoor toilet when Mahbub Khan gagged her with cloth, forced her behind nearby shrubbery and beat and raped her . . . The next day, the village elders met to discuss the case at Mahbub Khan's house, Alya said. The imam pronounced his fatwa. Khan and Hena were found guilty of an illicit relationship. Her punishment under sharia or Islamic law was 101 lashes; his 201." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/30/only-14-bangladeshi-girl-charged-with-adultery-after-being-raped-was-lashed-to-death/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/28/christian-in-bangladesh-goes-to-prison-for-evangelism/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/28/christian-in-bangladesh-goes-to-prison-for-evangelism/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:47:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99399 Christian Today: Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that a Christian in Bangladesh has been sentenced to one year in prison for "creating chaos" by selling and distributing Christian books and other literature near a major Muslim gathering north of this capital city. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/28/christian-in-bangladesh-goes-to-prison-for-evangelism/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/07/twenty-hurt-as-muslim-sects-clash-over-mosque-in-bangladesh/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/07/twenty-hurt-as-muslim-sects-clash-over-mosque-in-bangladesh/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:53:23 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90425 Monsters and Critics: "At least 20 people were injured in clashes between members of two Muslim sects seeking control of a mosque in Bangladesh's south-eastern Chittagong district on Friday, police said." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/07/twenty-hurt-as-muslim-sects-clash-over-mosque-in-bangladesh/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/22/bangladeshi-man-beaten-to-death-by-his-four-wives/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/22/bangladeshi-man-beaten-to-death-by-his-four-wives/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 21:44:47 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=88302 Indian Express: "A Bangladeshi man was clubbed to death allegedly by his four wives for cheating on them by keeping his marriages a secret." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/22/bangladeshi-man-beaten-to-death-by-his-four-wives/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/20/bangladeshi-stepson-affair-woman-dies-after-caning/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/20/bangladeshi-stepson-affair-woman-dies-after-caning/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:21:09 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=87694 BBC: "A group of village elders and clerics sentenced Sufia Begum under Sharia law to 40 lashes for adultery. The 40-year-old died of her injuries almost a month after the beating in Rajshahi district, her family says." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/20/bangladeshi-stepson-affair-woman-dies-after-caning/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/02/muslims-in-bangladesh-beat-deprive-christians-of-work/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/02/muslims-in-bangladesh-beat-deprive-christians-of-work/#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:23:54 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=79812 Christian Post: "Muslim villagers last month beat a 63-year-old Christian convert and his youngest son because they refused to return to Islam, the father told Compass." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/02/muslims-in-bangladesh-beat-deprive-christians-of-work/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/27/christian-family-in-bangladesh-attacked-charged-with-crime/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/27/christian-family-in-bangladesh-attacked-charged-with-crime/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 23:05:43 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=78931 Christian Post: "Muslim neighbors of a Christian family scheduled to be baptized last month beat them and filed a false charge of attempted murder against them and other Christians, the head of the family said." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/27/christian-family-in-bangladesh-attacked-charged-with-crime/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/11/the-supreme-court-of-bangladesh-upholds-moderate-islam/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/11/the-supreme-court-of-bangladesh-upholds-moderate-islam/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:25:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76193 Christian Telegraph: "The supreme court of Bangladesh in August ruled that women and men cannot be required to wear veils or skullcaps in workplaces or schools -- dealing a blow to Muslim radicals trying to impose Islamic law on the predominantly Muslim country, reports Baptist Press." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/11/the-supreme-court-of-bangladesh-upholds-moderate-islam/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/05/secularism-is-back-in-bangladesh-rules-high-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/05/secularism-is-back-in-bangladesh-rules-high-court/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:17:05 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=75123 IBN Live: "Ruling that Bangladesh is now a secular state, the country's High Court has said that the constitution of 1972 has automatically been restored by a landmark judgement of the apex court that nullified a controversial amendment earlier this year." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/05/secularism-is-back-in-bangladesh-rules-high-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/24/bangladesh-high-court-rules-against-forced-religious-clothing/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/24/bangladesh-high-court-rules-against-forced-religious-clothing/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:23:55 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=69903 Maars News: "The High Court in Bangladesh has ruled that employers and school heads can not force employees or students respectively to wear religious clothing. The ruling follows a report in mass-circulated Bengali daily Kaler Kantha that a principal at a state-run college in northern Bangladesh has forced students to wear veils." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/24/bangladesh-high-court-rules-against-forced-religious-clothing/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/03/2-christian-families-in-bangladesh-suffer-extortion-beatings/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/03/2-christian-families-in-bangladesh-suffer-extortion-beatings/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:08:04 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=67286 Christian Post: "Two Christian women in Bangladesh’s northern district of Jamalpur said village officials extorted relatively large sums of money from them – and severely beat the husband of one – for proclaiming Christ to Muslims." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/03/2-christian-families-in-bangladesh-suffer-extortion-beatings/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/29/bangladesh-court-restores-constitutional-provision-on-secularism/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/29/bangladesh-court-restores-constitutional-provision-on-secularism/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:05:30 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/29/bangladesh-court-restores-constitutional-provision-on-secularism/ The Financial Express: "The verdict also restored in the 2nd paragraph of the Preamble of the original Constitution the words 'Pledging that the high ideals of nationalism, socialism, democracy and secularism' which inspired our heroic people to dedicate themselves to, and our brave martyrs to sacrifice their lives in, the national liberation struggle, shall be the fundamental principles of the Constitution." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/29/bangladesh-court-restores-constitutional-provision-on-secularism/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/23/bangladesh-unlikely-to-ban-religious-parties/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/23/bangladesh-unlikely-to-ban-religious-parties/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:56:49 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/23/bangladesh-unlikely-to-ban-religious-parties/ DNA India: "Bangladesh is unlikely to ban religious parties or drop the Islamic verse 'Bismillahir Rahmani Rahim' from the preamble of the constitution that will be reviewed by a top parliamentary panel in a bid to restore the 'secular' spirit of 1971 'Liberation War.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/23/bangladesh-unlikely-to-ban-religious-parties/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/05/buddhist-extremists-drive-christians-from-village-in-bangladesh/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/05/buddhist-extremists-drive-christians-from-village-in-bangladesh/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 19:43:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/05/buddhist-extremists-drive-christians-from-village-in-bangladesh/ Christian Today: "Compass Direct News is reporting that four Christian families in southeastern Bangladesh left their village on Sunday, under mounting pressure by Buddhist extremists to give up their faith in Christ." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/05/buddhist-extremists-drive-christians-from-village-in-bangladesh/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/09/bangladesh-high-court-rules-veil-cannot-be-imposed-on-women/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/09/bangladesh-high-court-rules-veil-cannot-be-imposed-on-women/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:37:46 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=57664 Asia News: "The Ministry of Education should ensure that women - employed in public institutions - are not required to wear the veil or hijab 'against their will.' This was ordered by the Bangladesh High Court, in a ruling issued yesterday of historical significance." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/09/bangladesh-high-court-rules-veil-cannot-be-imposed-on-women/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/28/bangladesh-muslims-threaten-catholic-women-of-dewtola-village/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/28/bangladesh-muslims-threaten-catholic-women-of-dewtola-village/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:04:24 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=34574 Asia News: "Catholic women of the village of Dewtola can no longer go to mass because of continual threats from local Muslims." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/28/bangladesh-muslims-threaten-catholic-women-of-dewtola-village/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/02/uk-schools-alert-over-forced-marriages/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/02/uk-schools-alert-over-forced-marriages/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:17:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=29018 Press Association: "Foreign Office minister Chris Bryant insisted every school should be looking at the issue as he acknowledged some may have been 'uncertain' about cultural sensitivities. The summer break is a peak time for incidents of young people being taken to south Asia in particular and forced by their families to marry." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/02/uk-schools-alert-over-forced-marriages/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/02/bangladesh-muslim-villagers-beat-evangelists-in-southeast/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/02/bangladesh-muslim-villagers-beat-evangelists-in-southeast/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:50:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=25847 PersecutionBlog.com: "Nearly four months after Muslim villagers in this southeastern Bangladesh sub-district furiously beat two evangelists for showing the 'Jesus Film,' one of the Christians is still receiving treatment for nerve damage to his hip." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/02/bangladesh-muslim-villagers-beat-evangelists-in-southeast/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/12/22/marriage-practices-in-an-urban-slum-dhaka-bangladesh/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/12/22/marriage-practices-in-an-urban-slum-dhaka-bangladesh/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:36:56 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=10977 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/12/22/marriage-practices-in-an-urban-slum-dhaka-bangladesh/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/12/09/uk-court-acts-to-stop-forced-marriage-in-bangladash/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/12/09/uk-court-acts-to-stop-forced-marriage-in-bangladash/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:03:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=10091 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/12/09/uk-court-acts-to-stop-forced-marriage-in-bangladash/feed/ 0