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/2011/02/03/kyrgyzstan-prayer-row-pits-civil-society-against-parliament/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/03/kyrgyzstan-prayer-row-pits-civil-society-against-parliament/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:26:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=94514 EurasiaNet.org: "A seemingly innocuous suggestion to allocate time and space for Kyrgyz MPs to observe Islam’s traditional Friday prayers has produced a furor with implications for mosque-state separation. Opponents say the measure threatens to erode the concept of secularism enshrined in Kyrgyzstan’s constitution." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/03/kyrgyzstan-prayer-row-pits-civil-society-against-parliament/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/07/kyrgyz-crack-down-on-islamists/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/07/kyrgyz-crack-down-on-islamists/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 22:47:22 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90488 Telegraph: "The new government of Kyrgyzstan has launched a crackdown on militants it claims are linked to extreme Islamic groups." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/07/kyrgyz-crack-down-on-islamists/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/03/kyrgyzstan-osh-officials-to-monitor-local-islamic-clerics/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/03/kyrgyzstan-osh-officials-to-monitor-local-islamic-clerics/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:44:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=84854 Central Asian Newswire: "The city council in the volatile southern Kyrgyz city of Osh has created a new commission to monitor Islamic clerics in that city." Via Religion Clause Blog ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/03/kyrgyzstan-osh-officials-to-monitor-local-islamic-clerics/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/2010/05/13/kyrgyz-ngos-demand-secular-state-definition-in-new-constitution/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/13/kyrgyz-ngos-demand-secular-state-definition-in-new-constitution/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 20:59:37 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=60667 Interfax: "Non-governmental organizations (NGO) in Kyrgyzstan have criticized the exclusion of the definition of a secular state from the new constitution being drafted by the interim authorities." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/13/kyrgyz-ngos-demand-secular-state-definition-in-new-constitution/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/08/new-religious-education-law-being-drafted-in-kyrgyzstan/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/08/new-religious-education-law-being-drafted-in-kyrgyzstan/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:08:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=35390 Religion Clause Blog: "Forum 18 yesterday reported on the draft text of a new Law on Religious Education and Educational Institutions that is being drafted by Kyrgyzstan's State Agency for Religious Affairs (SARA). Kanybek Osmonaliev, had of SARA, says a new law is needed in order to reduce the number of Islamic educational institutions and to require them to offer a proper balance of religious and secular subjects." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/08/new-religious-education-law-being-drafted-in-kyrgyzstan/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/25/kyrgyzstan-suppresses-minority-religious-groups/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/25/kyrgyzstan-suppresses-minority-religious-groups/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:27:52 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=34195 Baptist Press: "Christians in the central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan have been told not to meet for worship without registration, but government officials are making it nearly impossible for churches to receive approval." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/25/kyrgyzstan-suppresses-minority-religious-groups/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/14/kyrgyzstan-dont-meet-for-worship/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/14/kyrgyzstan-dont-meet-for-worship/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:15:27 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=33118 Forum 18: "Kyrgyzstan is continuing a crackdown on people exercising their freedom of religion or belief, Forum 18 News Service has found. Communities of Protestant Christians, Hare Krishna devotees and Ahmadiya Muslims have all been ordered by the authorities to stop meeting for worship, in some cases the orders having been originally issued in 2007." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/14/kyrgyzstan-dont-meet-for-worship/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/06/american-missionary-deported-from-central-asian-nation-of-kyrgyzstan/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/06/american-missionary-deported-from-central-asian-nation-of-kyrgyzstan/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:06:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=29293 AssistNews: "On Monday, June 29th, an American missionary, Paul Billings, was informed by the State Committee on National Security that he was being deported from the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/06/american-missionary-deported-from-central-asian-nation-of-kyrgyzstan/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/14/kyrgyzstan-president-signs-controversial-new-religion-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/14/kyrgyzstan-president-signs-controversial-new-religion-law/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:21:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=12527 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/14/kyrgyzstan-president-signs-controversial-new-religion-law/feed/ 0