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/2011/10/19/pro-life-leaders-meet-for-asia-pacific-congress-in-kazakhstan/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/19/pro-life-leaders-meet-for-asia-pacific-congress-in-kazakhstan/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:50:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116292 LifeNews.com: Kaza­khstan is the ninth-largest country in the world, nearly four times the size of Texas. It is located between Russia and China, and has only about 15.5 million people, giving it a very sparse population density indeed, far less than Utah, Nevada, or Arizona. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/19/pro-life-leaders-meet-for-asia-pacific-congress-in-kazakhstan/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/18/kazakh-president-signs-restrictive-new-religion-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/18/kazakh-president-signs-restrictive-new-religion-law/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:39:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116112 Religion Clause: Forum 18 reported last week that Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbaev has signed two new laws on freedom of religion or belief. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/18/kazakh-president-signs-restrictive-new-religion-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/29/kazakhstan-approves-restrictive-religion-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/29/kazakhstan-approves-restrictive-religion-law/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:00:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114952 News from The Associated Press: Kazakhstan's upper house of parliament approved a bill Thursday that backers say will help combat religious extremism, but that critics call a blow to freedom of belief in the ex-Soviet nation. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/29/kazakhstan-approves-restrictive-religion-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/kazakhstan-bans-prayer-rooms-in-all-state-buildings/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/kazakhstan-bans-prayer-rooms-in-all-state-buildings/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:42:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114285 World Bulletin: Kazakhstan's parliament has voted in favor of a controversial law to ban prayer rooms in all state buildings. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/kazakhstan-bans-prayer-rooms-in-all-state-buildings/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/21/polygamy-a-fact-of-life-in-kazakhstan/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/21/polygamy-a-fact-of-life-in-kazakhstan/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:16:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106952 Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2011: A bill on "Marriage and Family" seeking to legalize polygamous marriages returned to parliament in 2008. But once again it failed to pass after coming under strong criticism from female lawmakers, notably Bakhyt Syzdykova, a young deputy and woman's rights activist. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/21/polygamy-a-fact-of-life-in-kazakhstan/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/22/uscirf-8-nations-including-russia-failing-religious-liberty-pledge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/22/uscirf-8-nations-including-russia-failing-religious-liberty-pledge/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:05:27 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=78076 reports at Baptist Press: "Several countries in the Organization for Security and Co-operation have violated religious liberty commitments set forth by the organization, according to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/22/uscirf-8-nations-including-russia-failing-religious-liberty-pledge/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/23/kazakhstan-bonds-with-sharia-compliant-finance/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/23/kazakhstan-bonds-with-sharia-compliant-finance/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:23:18 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=69766 The National: "Last month, the emerging central Asian oil giant dropped plans to issue a US$750 million (Dh2.75 billion) eurobond, while proceeding with plans to issue a $500m Islamic bond – its first sovereign issuance in a decade." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/23/kazakhstan-bonds-with-sharia-compliant-finance/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/23/kazakhstan-is-unregistered-religious-activity-extremism-separatism-or-terrorism/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/23/kazakhstan-is-unregistered-religious-activity-extremism-separatism-or-terrorism/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:43:01 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=63850 Forum 18: "At least three different regional police Departments for the Fight against Extremism, Separatism and Terrorism in Kazakhstan have raided religious communities in 2010, solely because they engage in unregistered religious activity, Forum 18 News Service has learned. Known targets have been congregations of the Council of Churches Baptists – who refuse on principle to seek state registration from the authorities – in both Akmola Region (around the capital Astana) and North Kazakhstan Region, as well as unregistered mosques in Taraz in the southern Jambyl [Zhambyl] Region." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/23/kazakhstan-is-unregistered-religious-activity-extremism-separatism-or-terrorism/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/18/kazakhstan-minority-faiths-want-propoganda-textbook-banned/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/18/kazakhstan-minority-faiths-want-propoganda-textbook-banned/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:05:42 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=63452 Forum 18: "Human rights defenders and religious communities are highly concerned about a religious studies textbook introduced earlier this year for teenage school students which, in the words of one local specialist, contains 'aggressive, sometimes insulting and even offensive' language about some Kazakh religious communities. Among those telling Forum 18 News Service of their concern are Ahmadi Muslims, Protestant Christians, Hare Krishna devotees and Jehovah's Witnesses - all of whom have state registration. Even the Culture Ministry's Religious Affairs Committee expressed some concern over the textbook to Forum 18." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/18/kazakhstan-minority-faiths-want-propoganda-textbook-banned/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/01/kazakhstan-criminal-records-for-religious-activity/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/01/kazakhstan-criminal-records-for-religious-activity/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:27:39 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=57165 Forum 18: "Two Protestants have been given criminal convictions to punish them for their activity, Forum 18 News Service has learnt. Vissa Kim, pastor of Grace Light of Love Church in Taraz in southern Kazakhstan, was fined 10 months' minimum wages today (1 April) for allegedly harming a woman's health by praying for her. Sergei Mironov was given one year's restrictions on his free movement after being found guilty of depriving a client of his drug rehabilitation centre of his freedom." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/01/kazakhstan-criminal-records-for-religious-activity/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/10/kazakhstan-government-proposes-retaining-punishments-for-exercising-religious-freedom/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/10/kazakhstan-government-proposes-retaining-punishments-for-exercising-religious-freedom/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:24:49 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=51578 Forum 18: "Kazakhstan's proposed new Administrative Code continues current penalties for exercising freedom of religion or belief, Forum 18 News Service notes. The state-approved version being considered by Parliament continues existing fines and bans punishing individuals and religious communities operating without state-granted legal status or who conduct unregistered 'missionary activity'." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/10/kazakhstan-government-proposes-retaining-punishments-for-exercising-religious-freedom/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/09/kazakhstan-womens-prayers-lead-to-massive-fine/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/09/kazakhstan-womens-prayers-lead-to-massive-fine/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:53:16 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=51472 Forum 18: "Kazakhstan has fined Zhanna-Tereza Raudovich 100 times the minimum monthly wage for hosting a Sunday morning worship service in her home, attended by local Baptist women and their children, Forum 18 News Service has learned. Police who raided Raudovich's home drew up an official record that 'they had discovered an illegally functioning religious community', local Baptists complained to Forum 18." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/09/kazakhstan-womens-prayers-lead-to-massive-fine/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/27/kazakhstan-such-preaching-is-prohibited-by-our-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/27/kazakhstan-such-preaching-is-prohibited-by-our-law/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:06:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=34481 Forum 18: "Three cases since the beginning of August – all against various Protestant churches – illustrate the efforts of Anti-Terror Police, ordinary Police and prosecutors to try to prevent individuals and religious communities from sharing their faith and gaining new adherents, Forum 18 News Service notes." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/27/kazakhstan-such-preaching-is-prohibited-by-our-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/12/kazakhstans-amendments-to-religion-law-ruled-unconstitutional/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/12/kazakhstans-amendments-to-religion-law-ruled-unconstitutional/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:19:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=15363 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/12/kazakhstans-amendments-to-religion-law-ruled-unconstitutional/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/29/kazakhstan-authorities-oust-foreign-missionaries/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/29/kazakhstan-authorities-oust-foreign-missionaries/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:19:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=6242 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/29/kazakhstan-authorities-oust-foreign-missionaries/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/25/kazakhstan-growing-threats-to-religious-property/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/25/kazakhstan-growing-threats-to-religious-property/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:36:13 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/25/kazakhstan-growing-threats-to-religious-property/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/25/kazakhstan-growing-threats-to-religious-property/feed/ 0