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/2010/11/16/bhutanese-christian-serving-three-years-for-showing-film-about-jesus/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/16/bhutanese-christian-serving-three-years-for-showing-film-about-jesus/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:41:39 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=82350 Christian Today: "International Christian Concern (ICC) reported that Prem Singh Gurung has been sentenced to three years imprisonment for showing the film. He has been jailed in the town of Gelephu." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/16/bhutanese-christian-serving-three-years-for-showing-film-about-jesus/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/05/legal-status-foreseen-for-christianity-in-buddhist-bhutan/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/05/legal-status-foreseen-for-christianity-in-buddhist-bhutan/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 19:17:13 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=80711 Compass Direct: "For the first time in Bhutan’s history, the Buddhist nation’s government seems ready to grant much-awaited official recognition and accompanying rights to a miniscule Christian population that has remained largely underground." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/05/legal-status-foreseen-for-christianity-in-buddhist-bhutan/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/18/christian-in-bhutan-imprisoned-for-showing-film-on-christ/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/18/christian-in-bhutan-imprisoned-for-showing-film-on-christ/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:13:35 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=77008 Christian Today: "A court in predominantly Buddhist Bhutan has sentenced a Christian to three years in prison for 'attempting to promote civil unrest' by screening films on Christianity." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/18/christian-in-bhutan-imprisoned-for-showing-film-on-christ/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/21/buddhist-bhutan-proposes-anti-conversion-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/21/buddhist-bhutan-proposes-anti-conversion-law/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:55:36 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/21/buddhist-bhutan-proposes-anti-conversion-law/ Christian Post: "Christians in this Himalayan nation who are still longing to openly practice their faith were disheartened this month when the government proposed the kind of 'anti-conversion' law that other nations have used as a pretext for falsely accusing Christians of 'coercion.' The amendment bill would punish 'proselytizing' that 'uses coercion or other forms of inducement' – vaguely enough worded, Christians fear, that vigilantes could use it to jail them for following the commands of Christ to feed, clothe and otherwise care for the poor." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/21/buddhist-bhutan-proposes-anti-conversion-law/feed/ 0