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/2011/06/08/u-s-dept-of-state-the-international-community-needs-to-stay-focused-on-bosnia-and-herzegovina/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/08/u-s-dept-of-state-the-international-community-needs-to-stay-focused-on-bosnia-and-herzegovina/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:01:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=105768 U.S. Dept. of State: he Muslims of Bosnia and Herzegovina have a long tradition of moderation, and are a continuing rebuke to the notion that Islam has no place in Europe. We want to see BiH thriving as a peaceful member of the European Union and NATO, with the conflict and suffering of the 1990s left behind never to return. We know that the citizens of this unique country want this too, from Prijedor to Travnik, from Foca to Livno and from Mostar to Brcko. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/08/u-s-dept-of-state-the-international-community-needs-to-stay-focused-on-bosnia-and-herzegovina/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/21/bosnian-police-seize-2-million-child-porn-photos/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/21/bosnian-police-seize-2-million-child-porn-photos/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:24:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=98576 AP: "Bosnian police say they have seized some 2 million child pornography pictures and 7,000 video clips in the arrest of an alleged member of an international online child pornography ring." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/21/bosnian-police-seize-2-million-child-porn-photos/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/the-trafficking-of-young-girls-booms-in-the-balkans/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/the-trafficking-of-young-girls-booms-in-the-balkans/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:37:20 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=84713 Deutsche Welle: "Going after local Bosnian girls is the new trend for organized crime in the region, according to Radovanovic. Up until 2005, most of the victims were foreign girls and women who were lured from across Eastern Europe by alleged job offers in the West." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/the-trafficking-of-young-girls-booms-in-the-balkans/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/05/islamization-underway-in-bosnias-higher-education-sector/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/05/islamization-underway-in-bosnias-higher-education-sector/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:02:55 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=74979 EducationNews.org: "Islamic leaders led by grand mufti Mustafa Cerić are working closely with the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) to establish an Islamic university. A close partner of Malaysia's IIUM, the IIIT is a US-based non-profit organisation working towards Islamising 'secular' spheres. It was first set up with seed funding from the Muslim Brotherhood. The Islamisation project of Bosnia's new elite trained in Malaysia may complicate social harmony and its entry into the EU." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/05/islamization-underway-in-bosnias-higher-education-sector/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/19/bosnian-parliament-to-consider-ban-on-niqab/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/19/bosnian-parliament-to-consider-ban-on-niqab/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:44:42 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=69429 Religion Clause: "A release from the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) published yesterday in BikyaMasr reports that the Central Parliament in Bosnia is about to consider a bill to ban Muslim women from wearing the full face veil in public. The proposed law, which would fine women 50 Euros for violations, bans clothing that prevents identification." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/19/bosnian-parliament-to-consider-ban-on-niqab/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/02/conservative-muslim-village-raided-by-bosnian-cops/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/02/conservative-muslim-village-raided-by-bosnian-cops/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:31:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=50562 AP: "A remote Bosnian village that's home to highly conservative Wahhabi Muslims was raided Tuesday by hundreds of police who said they were searching for an unspecified security threat." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/02/conservative-muslim-village-raided-by-bosnian-cops/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/22/european-court-slams-bosnia-for-barring-jews-roma-from-office/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/22/european-court-slams-bosnia-for-barring-jews-roma-from-office/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:32:24 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=46010 European Voice: "The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that provisions in the constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina reserving certain offices of state for members of Bosnia's three ‘constituent peoples' are discriminatory and unlawful . . . Bosnia's constitution . . . established a three-member presidency with one representative for each of Bosnia's ‘constituent peoples' - Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims), Serbs and Croats. The upper house of parliament is also made up of representatives of the three communities. Members of other communities and those who do not claim any particular ethnic affiliation are excluded from holding such positions of power." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/22/european-court-slams-bosnia-for-barring-jews-roma-from-office/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/18/bosnia-muslim-spiritual-leader-urges-incorporation-of-sharia-into-constitution/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/18/bosnia-muslim-spiritual-leader-urges-incorporation-of-sharia-into-constitution/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:04:31 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=33460 Adkronos International: "Bosnia’s Muslim spiritual leader, Reiss-ul-Ulema Mustafa Ceric, has drawn strong criticism from moderate Muslims and from Bosnian Serbs, after he called for Islamic Sharia law to be incorporated into the Bosnian constitution." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/18/bosnia-muslim-spiritual-leader-urges-incorporation-of-sharia-into-constitution/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/07/bosnia-islamic-leaders-oppose-radicalism/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/07/bosnia-islamic-leaders-oppose-radicalism/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:41:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=32477 BalkanInsight.com: "The leader of Bosnia’s Islamic Community, Mustafa Ceric, and Kosovo Mufti Naim Ternava have called on Muslims not to succumb to radicalism." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/07/bosnia-islamic-leaders-oppose-radicalism/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/04/bosnia%e2%80%99s-religions-unite-against-same-sex-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/04/bosnia%e2%80%99s-religions-unite-against-same-sex-marriage/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:02:09 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=25990 Balkan Insight reports: "Bosnia’s Inter-Religion Council, representing the country's Catholic, Islamic, Jewish and Orthodox communities, has made an exceptional unified stand in protest against a law that could legalise gay marriages, local media reported on Wednesday." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/04/bosnia%e2%80%99s-religions-unite-against-same-sex-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/09/08/bosnian-press-told-to-apologise-over-homophobic-articles/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/09/08/bosnian-press-told-to-apologise-over-homophobic-articles/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:20:45 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=7335 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/09/08/bosnian-press-told-to-apologise-over-homophobic-articles/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/09/05/tension-mounts-in-bosnia-over-gay-festival/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/09/05/tension-mounts-in-bosnia-over-gay-festival/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:20:32 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=7287 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/09/05/tension-mounts-in-bosnia-over-gay-festival/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/11/saudi-financed-islamic-terrorists-target-catholic-churches-in-bosnia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/11/saudi-financed-islamic-terrorists-target-catholic-churches-in-bosnia/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:33:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/11/saudi-financed-islamic-terrorists-target-catholic-churches-in-bosnia/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/11/saudi-financed-islamic-terrorists-target-catholic-churches-in-bosnia/feed/ 0