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/2012/05/10/countries-where-same-sex-marriage-is-legal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/countries-where-same-sex-marriage-is-legal/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 19:16:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133484 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/countries-where-same-sex-marriage-is-legal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/norway-religion-and-morality-%e2%80%9chazards%e2%80%9d-to-women%e2%80%99s-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/norway-religion-and-morality-%e2%80%9chazards%e2%80%9d-to-women%e2%80%99s-rights/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:23:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129205 Turtle Bay and Beyond: At the conclusion of the 56th session of Commission on the Status of Women, Norway’s Ambassador Morten Wetland made an extremely strong statement condemning any religion, morality or tradition that stands in the way of the human rights of women. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/norway-religion-and-morality-%e2%80%9chazards%e2%80%9d-to-women%e2%80%99s-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/step-toward-disestablishment-of-church-of-norway-taken/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/step-toward-disestablishment-of-church-of-norway-taken/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:00:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129141 Religion Clause Blog: On March 16, the government in its weekly session with King Harald V formally agreed to proposals for changes in the country's Constitution and other church legislation . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/step-toward-disestablishment-of-church-of-norway-taken/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/26/piero-a-tozzi-meaning-relativism-pickled-herring-tyranny%e2%80%a6/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/26/piero-a-tozzi-meaning-relativism-pickled-herring-tyranny%e2%80%a6/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:02:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116860 Piero A. Tozzi at Turtle Bay and Beyond – International Law, Policy, and Institutions: My colleague Susan Yoshihara recently posted on the browbeating Ireland has taken for its constitutional protection of unborn children during that country’s Universal Periodic Review. Norway – the “Pickled Herring” in the above caption – demanded that Ireland “bring its abortion laws in line with the [International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights].” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/26/piero-a-tozzi-meaning-relativism-pickled-herring-tyranny%e2%80%a6/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/13/danish-cartoonist-back-home-after-possible-threat/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/13/danish-cartoonist-back-home-after-possible-threat/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:22:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113427 Yahoo! News: Kurt Westergaard, who lives under round-the-clock protection, declined to elaborate on whether police had passed along a security threat while he was on a book tour in Oslo. Norwegian security police would not comment except to say that Westergaard had been in Oslo on Monday but had left the country. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/13/danish-cartoonist-back-home-after-possible-threat/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/02/christian-converts-from-islam-flee-from-muslims-in-norwegian-asylum-center/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/02/christian-converts-from-islam-flee-from-muslims-in-norwegian-asylum-center/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:20:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112645 EuropeNews: NORWAY: "Christian converts from Islam flee in fear from muslims at asylum reception center” Dagen.No: Muslims at the asylum center told him: "This is Jihad, holy war, and we are waiting for at fatwa (licence to kill) from the local imam at the mosque in Sandnes” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/02/christian-converts-from-islam-flee-from-muslims-in-norwegian-asylum-center/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/29/norway-christian-convert-attacked-with-boiling-water-by-muslim-asylum-seekers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/29/norway-christian-convert-attacked-with-boiling-water-by-muslim-asylum-seekers/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:52:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112087 EuropeNews: "Ali” (Not his real name), an Asylum seeker in an immigration centre in Jaeren, Norway, had boiling water poured over him after he converted to Christianity and would not comply with Ramadan fasting rules. He and the other converts at the centre now fear for their lives ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/29/norway-christian-convert-attacked-with-boiling-water-by-muslim-asylum-seekers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/16/islamism-has-taken-strong-roots-in-norway-brutal-rapes-are-committed-by-immigrants-from-africa-middle-east-and-asia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/16/islamism-has-taken-strong-roots-in-norway-brutal-rapes-are-committed-by-immigrants-from-africa-middle-east-and-asia/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:37:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110980 Full story - Norwaynews.com: Norwegian authorities no less than Muslims are to blame for the fact that the issue of the relations between natives and immigrants is that prominent. It was them who opened the doors of this quiet country to people of dubious reputation, who had the opportunity to influence the attitudes of local Muslims and thereby slow down the process of their integration. So far the leadership of the Northern Kingdom has done little to alleviate the problem. If nothing changes, it will be impossible to peacefully solve the issue. Radicalism is increasing both among the immigrants, and among the "natives." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/16/islamism-has-taken-strong-roots-in-norway-brutal-rapes-are-committed-by-immigrants-from-africa-middle-east-and-asia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/do-norway-killings-signal-change-in-europe%e2%80%99s-attitude-toward-islam/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/do-norway-killings-signal-change-in-europe%e2%80%99s-attitude-toward-islam/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:53:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110515 Voice of America: A sampling of European analytical opinion shows there is great concern in the region about “accommodating” Islam and immigration in general. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/do-norway-killings-signal-change-in-europe%e2%80%99s-attitude-toward-islam/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/06/norway-feels-sting-of-chinas-nobel-anger/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/06/norway-feels-sting-of-chinas-nobel-anger/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 20:33:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=103020 AP: But since the Norwegian Nobel Committee gave the Nobel Peace Prize to imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, Norwegian salmon exporters say their fish is being held up for days or even weeks by Chinese food safety inspectors - devastating its freshness. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/06/norway-feels-sting-of-chinas-nobel-anger/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/28/proposal-in-norway-would-bring-ritual-circumcision-under-government-health-system/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/28/proposal-in-norway-would-bring-ritual-circumcision-under-government-health-system/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:17:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102235 Religion Clause Blog: In Norway, the Labour Party is proposing a change in the health care law so that ritual circumcisions of boys-- practiced by Jews and Muslims-- will be covered without charge as part of the public health system. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/28/proposal-in-norway-would-bring-ritual-circumcision-under-government-health-system/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/09/norway-marriage-between-cousins-faces-ban/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/09/norway-marriage-between-cousins-faces-ban/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:28:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95050 News and Views from Norway: "Marriage between cousins was once fairly common, not least in royal circles, with Norway’s own king the product of parents who were first cousins. Now the Labour Party’s committee on integration, headed by Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, wants to ban such unions, setting off debate because of the stigmas it could create." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/09/norway-marriage-between-cousins-faces-ban/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/21/in-norway-an-awakening-to-the-islamist-danger/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/21/in-norway-an-awakening-to-the-islamist-danger/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:01:56 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=92930 writing at Pajamas Media: "In terms of values, 2010 was a red-letter year for Norway. Our innocence was destroyed. From one end of the country to the other, and in no uncertain terms, Islamists proclaimed their sinister message. Henceforth, only those in deep denial will insist that our freedom is not endangered. And only true innocents will fail to grasp that we are headed for a raging conflict about values." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/21/in-norway-an-awakening-to-the-islamist-danger/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/15/totalitarianism-and-education-in-norway/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/15/totalitarianism-and-education-in-norway/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:41:00 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86776 Brussels Journal: "The bureaucrats and intellectuals who create the curriculum for Norway's State schools, most of whom attended university during the 1960s and 1970s and partook of that era's student radicalism, agree that the goal of education is not the transmission of knowledge, but the propagation of soixante-huitardisme, relativism, and a bellyfeel hatred of white Europeans." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/15/totalitarianism-and-education-in-norway/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/09/anti-china-protests-in-norway-before-nobel-prize/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/09/anti-china-protests-in-norway-before-nobel-prize/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:12:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=85551 AP: "Pro-democracy demonstrators are gathering in Norway's capital a day before the Nobel committee celebrates this year's Peace Prize winner, the jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/09/anti-china-protests-in-norway-before-nobel-prize/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/19/nobel-peace-prize-case-study-chinas-growing-power-disregard-for-international-opinion-is-a-growing-threat-to-liberty/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/19/nobel-peace-prize-case-study-chinas-growing-power-disregard-for-international-opinion-is-a-growing-threat-to-liberty/#comments Fri, 19 Nov 2010 20:33:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=83183 Boston Globe: "'The Nobel Prize fiasco merely strengthens a growing suspicion of China -- but also indicates that China feels it has enough power now not to really care about international opinion. Probably a serious miscalculation for China,' said Christopher Hughes, a professor of China's international affairs at the London School of Economics." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/19/nobel-peace-prize-case-study-chinas-growing-power-disregard-for-international-opinion-is-a-growing-threat-to-liberty/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/09/norway-arctic-mosque-plan-on-ice-over-saudi-funding/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/09/norway-arctic-mosque-plan-on-ice-over-saudi-funding/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:33:18 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=81247 Canada Free Press: "A plan to build the world’s northmost mosque has been halted after Norway refused to accept funding from an Arab donor, with the government on Monday citing a lack of religious freedom in his Saudi homeland." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/09/norway-arctic-mosque-plan-on-ice-over-saudi-funding/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/15/norway-book-publishers-continued-cold-feet-over-islam/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/15/norway-book-publishers-continued-cold-feet-over-islam/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:58:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76664 Islamist Watch:  "Norwegian journalist Halvor Tjønn, who recently finished a biography of Muhammad for Oslo publisher Kagge, is the latest to experience a phenomenon that spans more than two decades: the sudden and mysterious cancellation of Islam-related books." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/15/norway-book-publishers-continued-cold-feet-over-islam/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/13/norway-slams-restrictions-on-nobel-winners-wife/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/13/norway-slams-restrictions-on-nobel-winners-wife/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:03:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76368 AP: "Norway has urged China to lift restrictions imposed on the wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo after Norwegian diplomats were barred from visiting her in Beijing." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/13/norway-slams-restrictions-on-nobel-winners-wife/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/12/top-10-countries-for-women-global-gender-gap-index-2010/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/12/top-10-countries-for-women-global-gender-gap-index-2010/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:32:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76284 Christian Science Monitor: "The World Economic Forum released its 2010 Global Gender Gap Report on Tuesday. The report, which indexed 134 countries this year, evaluates how much of the gender gap each country has eliminated through economic opportunity, health access, education, and political empowerment. Below are the 10 countries that have been most successful." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/12/top-10-countries-for-women-global-gender-gap-index-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/26/scandinavia-the-stigma-of-being-a-housewife/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/26/scandinavia-the-stigma-of-being-a-housewife/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:39:13 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=66266 New York Times: "When the Swedish journalist Peter Letmark tried to track down a housewife for a series on 21st-century parents in the newspaper Dagens Nyheter recently, he failed. 'Housewives,' he explained, 'are a near-extinct species in Sweden. And the few who still do exist don’t really dare to go public with it.' ... In Sweden the demise of the housewife is striking. Fathers share parental leave, kindergartens are heavily subsidized, and the universal breadwinner model is quite deeply entrenched — from the workplace to popular culture." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/26/scandinavia-the-stigma-of-being-a-housewife/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/16/norway-ive-become-an-enemy-of-the-people-for-speaking-the-truth-about-islam/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/16/norway-ive-become-an-enemy-of-the-people-for-speaking-the-truth-about-islam/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:13:41 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=63173 writing at Pajamas Media: "I’ve now been singled out, in a report commissioned and funded by the government of the country in which I live, as a perpetrator of Islamophobia. The items about me appear under the heading 'Prohibit and Eliminate All Forms of Racial Discrimination and To Ensure All Equality before the Law.' Exactly how does the Ministry of Children, Equality, and Social Inclusion propose to 'eliminate' the supposed 'racial discrimination' on my part? Will I be arrested and prosecuted under the Discrimination Law of 2005? Am I about to join the company of those who have been hauled into court for daring to speak the truth about Islam, Muhammed, and the Koran?" | Via Mark Steyn at The Corner. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/16/norway-ive-become-an-enemy-of-the-people-for-speaking-the-truth-about-islam/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/16/norwegian-judges-can-wear-religious-clothing/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/16/norwegian-judges-can-wear-religious-clothing/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:38:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/16/norwegian-judges-can-wear-religious-clothing/ Religion Clause Blog: "Norway's National Court Administration ruled yesterday that judges and other court officials can wear religious dress during court sessions. This includes the Muslim hijab (headscarf) and the national costume of the indigenous Sami people." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/16/norwegian-judges-can-wear-religious-clothing/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/15/muslim-hijab-to-be-allowed-in-norwegian-courts/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/15/muslim-hijab-to-be-allowed-in-norwegian-courts/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:40:15 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=63053 Europe News: "Norwegian judges and other court officials are to be allowed to wear religious dress including the Muslim headscarf or hijab during court sessions, the board of the National Courts Administration said Monday." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/15/muslim-hijab-to-be-allowed-in-norwegian-courts/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/20/more-nations-saying-i-do-to-same-sex-marriages/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/20/more-nations-saying-i-do-to-same-sex-marriages/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:05:59 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=58501 Jakarta Globe: "Today seven countries, five US states and several Latin American cities have legalized same-sex marriage. The Netherlands ushered the way in 2001, the first nation to permit same-sex couples to marry legally. This historic decision marked a turning point, with demands for equality reverberating across borders. Barriers fell as Belgium (2003), Canada and Spain (2005), South Africa (2006), Norway and Sweden (2009) each approved legislation." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/20/more-nations-saying-i-do-to-same-sex-marriages/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/15/oslo-attempt-to-shut-down-preachers-fails/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/15/oslo-attempt-to-shut-down-preachers-fails/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:00:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=45268 WorldNetDaily: "Four Christian ministers who traveled to Oslo to deliver the message of Christ at the festivities surrounding the Nobel prizes were arrested over the weekend but then released after authorities decided to drop all charges. Word of the effort to reach out to the Norwegian city while President Obama was in attendance to accept the Nobel Peace Prize comes from Joel Thornton of the International Human Rights Group." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/15/oslo-attempt-to-shut-down-preachers-fails/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/23/norwegian-university-debates-use-of-gym-for-muslim-prayers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/23/norwegian-university-debates-use-of-gym-for-muslim-prayers/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:38:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=43191 Religion Clause Blog: "At Norway's University of Oslo, Muslim students are encountering resistance to their request to use a university gymnasium for a half hour each Friday for prayer services. Europe News reported . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/23/norwegian-university-debates-use-of-gym-for-muslim-prayers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/29/pastors-conviction-for-preaching-challenged/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/29/pastors-conviction-for-preaching-challenged/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:22:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=31324 WorldNetDaily: "The case against an American arrested for talking in public about Jesus in Norway has been appealed to the European Court of Human Rights by an attorney who says the resulting decision will have a major impact on the rights of freedom and expression." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/29/pastors-conviction-for-preaching-challenged/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/03/does-legalizing-prostitution-work/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/03/does-legalizing-prostitution-work/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:08:36 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=14465 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/03/does-legalizing-prostitution-work/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/12/31/norway-prepares-to-punish-sex-purchasers-at-home-and-abroad/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/12/31/norway-prepares-to-punish-sex-purchasers-at-home-and-abroad/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:40:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=11446 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/12/31/norway-prepares-to-punish-sex-purchasers-at-home-and-abroad/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/08/14/eugenics-study-finds-vast-majority-84-of-down-syndrome-babies-aborted-in-norway/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/08/14/eugenics-study-finds-vast-majority-84-of-down-syndrome-babies-aborted-in-norway/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:48:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=6741 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/08/14/eugenics-study-finds-vast-majority-84-of-down-syndrome-babies-aborted-in-norway/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/22/adf-achieving-results-internationally/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/22/adf-achieving-results-internationally/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:22:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=6073 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/22/adf-achieving-results-internationally/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/15/norway-trial-court-finds-missionaries-guilty-for-spreading-gospel/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/15/norway-trial-court-finds-missionaries-guilty-for-spreading-gospel/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:25:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=5884 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/15/norway-trial-court-finds-missionaries-guilty-for-spreading-gospel/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/11/norway-parliament-approves-marriage-redefinition/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/11/norway-parliament-approves-marriage-redefinition/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:25:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=4979 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/11/norway-parliament-approves-marriage-redefinition/feed/ 6 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/29/norway-parliament-takes-steps-to-redefine-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/29/norway-parliament-takes-steps-to-redefine-marriage/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 16:55:33 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=4254 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/29/norway-parliament-takes-steps-to-redefine-marriage/feed/ 0