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		<title>Saudi might soon set minimum marriage age: paper</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/saudi-might-soon-set-minimum-marriage-age-paper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Global: Marriage and Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/18/us-saudi-childbrides-idUSBRE83H0JH20120418">Reuters</a>: Saudi Arabia is edging closer to setting a minimum age for marriage, a Justice Ministry official was quoted as saying on Wednesday, following international criticism of cases of child brides. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/saudi-might-soon-set-minimum-marriage-age-paper/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi Arabia Bans Gays and Lesbians from School</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/saudi-arabia-bans-gays-and-lesbians-from-school/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/saudi-arabia-bans-gays-and-lesbians-from-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Global: Marriage and Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.jdjournal.com/2012/04/17/saudi-arabia-bans-gays-and-lesbians-from-school/">JD Journal</a>: A law that bans gays and ‘tom boys,’ lesbians, from attending schools and universities is being enforced by the Saudi Arabian government. The country has stated that they have to change their appearance and their behavior.  <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/saudi-arabia-bans-gays-and-lesbians-from-school/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The danger that Saudi Arabia will turn Syria into an Islamist hotbed</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/the-danger-that-saudi-arabia-will-turn-syria-into-an-islamist-hotbed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/the-danger-that-saudi-arabia-will-turn-syria-into-an-islamist-hotbed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Religious Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Country: Saudi Arabia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Country: Syria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Islam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2012/0412/The-danger-that-Saudi-Arabia-will-turn-Syria-into-an-Islamist-hotbed?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feeds%2Fcsm+%28Christian+Science+Monitor+%7C+All+Stories%29">Christian Science Monitor</a>: A tentative UN-brokered ceasefire does not settle Western concerns over Saudi intervention in Syria. While the US and its allies are wary of seeing Syria become a sectarian battleground, the power brokers in Riyadh seem to have been hurtling toward it – with a form of state-sponsored jihad. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/the-danger-that-saudi-arabia-will-turn-syria-into-an-islamist-hotbed/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey&#8217;s Top Muslim Slams Saudi&#8217;s Fatwah On Christians</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/turkeys-top-muslim-slams-saudis-fatwah-on-christians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/turkeys-top-muslim-slams-saudis-fatwah-on-christians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Religious Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Global]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Country: Saudi Arabia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://times247.com/articles/turkey-s-top-muslim-slams-saudis-fatwah-on-christians">Washington Times</a>: Turkey’s top imam blasted the Saudi grand mufti’s call to “destroy all the churches” in the Gulf region, saying that the announcement is in total contradiction to the peaceful teachings of the Muslim religion.
 <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/turkeys-top-muslim-slams-saudis-fatwah-on-christians/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Saudis may not send women to Olympics</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/saudis-may-not-send-women-to-olympics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/saudis-may-not-send-women-to-olympics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Marriage and Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Country: Saudi Arabia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Islam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OLY_SAUDI_ARABIA_WOMEN?SITE=AP&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&#038;CTIME=2012-04-05-10-06-15">AP</a>: Plans for Saudi Arabia to send women to the Olympics for the first time appear to be in jeopardy. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/saudis-may-not-send-women-to-olympics/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>European Church leaders protest Saudi fatwa for destruction of churches</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/european-church-leaders-protest-saudi-fatwa-for-destruction-of-churches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/european-church-leaders-protest-saudi-fatwa-for-destruction-of-churches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Religious Freedom]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Country: Saudi Arabia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13800">Catholic Culture</a>: Church leaders in Europe have decried the announcement by Saudi Arabia’s top Islamic leader for the destruction of all Christian churches on the Arabian peninsula.
 <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/european-church-leaders-protest-saudi-fatwa-for-destruction-of-churches/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi Arabia moves to calm oil market</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/saudi-arabia-moves-to-calm-oil-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/saudi-arabia-moves-to-calm-oil-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Miscellaneous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Country: Saudi Arabia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/49ec22cc-71ea-11e1-8497-00144feab49a.html#axzz1pfZQdXVH">Financial Times</a>: Tehran has warned Saudi Arabia several times over the last two months not to increase its oil production to offset the impact of the US and European sanctions on Tehran’s crude exports. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/saudi-arabia-moves-to-calm-oil-market/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia: &#8216;Destroy All the Churches of the Region&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/grand-mufti-of-saudi-arabia-destroy-all-the-churches-of-the-region/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/grand-mufti-of-saudi-arabia-destroy-all-the-churches-of-the-region/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/16/destroy-all-churches/">Washington Times</a>: If the pope called for the destruction of all the mosques in Europe, the uproar would be cataclysmic. Pundits would lambaste the church, the White House would rush out a statement of deep concern, and rioters in the Middle East would kill each other in their grief. But when the most influential leader in the Muslim world issues a fatwa to destroy Christian churches, the silence is deafening. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/grand-mufti-of-saudi-arabia-destroy-all-the-churches-of-the-region/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi Writer Deported Home To Face Blasphemy Charges</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/13/saudi-writer-deported-home-to-face-blasphemy-charges/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/13/saudi-writer-deported-home-to-face-blasphemy-charges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Religious Freedom]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Country: Malaysia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2012/02/saudi-writer-deported-home-to-face.html">Religion Clause</a>: The <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/13/world/asia/saudi-writer-is-deported-over-twitter-posts-on-prophet-muhammad.html">New York Times</a> reported yesterday that Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari was stopped by Malaysian authorities at Kuala Lumpur airport on Thursday and was deported back to Saudi Arabia at the request of the Saudi king where the journalist will face blasphemy charges . . . <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/13/saudi-writer-deported-home-to-face-blasphemy-charges/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi Arabia: News of imprisonment delayed</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/30/saudi-arabia-news-of-imprisonment-delayed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/30/saudi-arabia-news-of-imprisonment-delayed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Religious Freedom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/Persecution/Default.aspx?id=1524600">OneNewsNow.com</a>: Thirty-five Christians have been jailed in Saudi Arabia for worshiping in their own homes according to a recent report. The news only surfaced this week that the Christians have been imprisoned for over a month. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/30/saudi-arabia-news-of-imprisonment-delayed/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Australian sentenced to Saudi lashing returns home</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/13/australian-sentenced-to-saudi-lashing-returns-home/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/13/australian-sentenced-to-saudi-lashing-returns-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Religious Freedom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AUSTRALIA_SAUDI_LASHING_SENTENCE?SITE=AP&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&#038;CTIME=2012-01-13-00-41-32">News from The Associated Press</a>: An Australian man who received 75 lashes in Saudi Arabia after being convicted of blasphemy has returned home. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/13/australian-sentenced-to-saudi-lashing-returns-home/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vienna: Saudi-backed religious tolerance center founded</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/13/vienna-saudi-backed-religious-tolerance-center-founded/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/13/vienna-saudi-backed-religious-tolerance-center-founded/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Religious Freedom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_AUSTRIA_SAUDI_WORLD_RELIGIONS?SITE=AP&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&#038;CTIME=2011-10-13-10-54-34">News from The Associated Press</a>: A Saudi-backed interfaith center was inaugurated Thursday in Vienna, igniting debate over the subject of religious tolerance. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/13/vienna-saudi-backed-religious-tolerance-center-founded/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A top Senate Dem says Iran plot may be act of war</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/12/a-top-senate-dem-says-iran-plot-may-be-act-of-war/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/12/a-top-senate-dem-says-iran-plot-may-be-act-of-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Miscellaneous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Country: Iran]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2011/10/12/a_top_senate_dem_says_iran_plot_may_be_act_of_war/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+news">Boston.com</a>: The alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States may be an act of war against the U.S., the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Wednesday. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/12/a-top-senate-dem-says-iran-plot-may-be-act-of-war/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tussling over a textbook in Saudi Arabia</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/03/tussling-over-a-textbook-in-saudi-arabia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/03/tussling-over-a-textbook-in-saudi-arabia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Religious Freedom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=240091">Jerusalem Post</a>: The textbook, which warns students of democratic countries’ attempts to Westernize Muslim countries by advancing the United Nations’ human rights agenda, has received little attention in the media, where restrictive laws passed in response to the Arab Spring. The Saudi government can levy fines and jail sentences for criticizing government institutions. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/03/tussling-over-a-textbook-in-saudi-arabia/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi king overturns verdict against woman driver</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/28/saudi-king-overturns-verdict-against-woman-driver/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/28/saudi-king-overturns-verdict-against-woman-driver/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_SAUDI_WOMEN_DRIVING?SITE=AP&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&#038;CTIME=2011-09-28-16-37-18">News from The Associated Press</a>: Saudi King Abdullah has overturned a court ruling sentencing a Saudi woman to be lashed 10 times for defying the kingdom's ban on female drivers, a government official said Wednesday. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/28/saudi-king-overturns-verdict-against-woman-driver/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi woman to be lashed for defying driving ban</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/27/saudi-woman-to-be-lashed-for-defying-driving-ban/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/27/saudi-woman-to-be-lashed-for-defying-driving-ban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15079620">BBC </a>: A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a woman to 10 lashes for breaking the country's ban on female drivers. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/27/saudi-woman-to-be-lashed-for-defying-driving-ban/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi women get right to vote, but can&#8217;t drive yet</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/26/saudi-women-get-right-to-vote-but-cant-drive-yet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/26/saudi-women-get-right-to-vote-but-cant-drive-yet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Global: Marriage and Family]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114463</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_SAUDI_WOMEN?SITE=AP&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&#038;CTIME=2011-09-25-16-22-03">News from The Associated Press</a>: Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, considered a reformer by the standards of his own ultraconservative kingdom, decreed on Sunday that women will for the first time have the right to vote and run in local elections due in 2015. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/26/saudi-women-get-right-to-vote-but-cant-drive-yet/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Religious persecutors&#8217; list incomplete</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/religious-persecutors-list-incomplete/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/religious-persecutors-list-incomplete/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/Persecution/Default.aspx?id=1441172">OneNewsNow.com</a>: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomes the Obama administration's release of the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, and the Commission is urging the U.S. government to increase action to promote freedom of religion or belief. Burma, Eritrea, China, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Uzbekistan are eight "countries of particular concern," but USCIRF spokesperson Elizabeth Cassidy says her group thinks the list is incomplete . . . <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/religious-persecutors-list-incomplete/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Delta Airlines Will Not Facilitate Saudi Policy Requiring Travelers To Disclose Religion</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/25/delta-airlines-will-not-facilitate-saudi-policy-requiring-travelers-to-disclose-religion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/25/delta-airlines-will-not-facilitate-saudi-policy-requiring-travelers-to-disclose-religion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global: Religious Freedom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2011/08/delta-airlines-will-not-facilitate.html">Religion Clause</a>: According to a press release this week from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Delta Airlines has now give assurances that, even though Saudi Arabian Airlines will join the Sky Team global airline alliance in 2012, Delta does not currently and will not in the future request on behalf of any airline that passengers disclose their religious affiliation <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/25/delta-airlines-will-not-facilitate-saudi-policy-requiring-travelers-to-disclose-religion/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Senators to Saudi king: Lift ban on women driving</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/26/senators-to-saudi-king-lift-ban-on-women-driving/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/26/senators-to-saudi-king-lift-ban-on-women-driving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Global: Marriage and Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/senators-call-on-saudi-king-to-lift-ban-on-women-driving/2011/07/26/gIQATeFAbI_blog.html?wprss=checkpoint-washington">The Washington Post</a>: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton might be reluctant to interfere in Saudi Arabia’s affairs, but the women of the U.S. Senate are more than happy to tell the king what they think. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/26/senators-to-saudi-king-lift-ban-on-women-driving/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rights group wants Saudi female driver freed</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/24/rights-group-wants-saudi-female-driver-freed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/24/rights-group-wants-saudi-female-driver-freed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 17:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Global: Marriage and Family]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=104478</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_SAUDI_WOMEN_DRIVING?SITE=AP&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&#038;CTIME=2011-05-24-10-14-19">AP</a>: Human Rights Watch urged Saudi authorities on Tuesday to release a female activist who led an online campaign against the country's driving ban and posted a video clip showing herself behind the wheel. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/24/rights-group-wants-saudi-female-driver-freed/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Female Saudi doctor appeals to top court for right to choose a husband</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/24/female-saudi-doctor-appeals-to-top-court-for-right-to-choose-a-husband/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/24/female-saudi-doctor-appeals-to-top-court-for-right-to-choose-a-husband/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 16:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/0523/Female-Saudi-doctor-appeals-to-top-court-for-right-to-choose-a-husband">Christian Science Monitor</a>: Samia fled to a women's shelter rather than be forced by her male relatives to marry a less educated cousin. Her case illustrates women's growing fight against Saudi Arabia's guardianship system. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/24/female-saudi-doctor-appeals-to-top-court-for-right-to-choose-a-husband/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>USCIRF Identifies World&#8217;s Worst Religious Freedom Violators: Egypt Cited for First Time</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/uscirf-identifies-worlds-worst-religious-freedom-violators-egypt-cited-for-first-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/uscirf-identifies-worlds-worst-religious-freedom-violators-egypt-cited-for-first-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.uscirf.gov/index.php?option=com_content&#038;view=article&#038;id=3595">The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today</a> released its 2011 Annual Report and recommended that the Secretary of State name the following nations “countries of particular concern” or CPCs:  Burma, China, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.   <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/uscirf-identifies-worlds-worst-religious-freedom-violators-egypt-cited-for-first-time/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Christian Evangelist Faces Death Penalty in Saudi Arabia</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/05/christian-evangelist-faces-death-penalty-in-saudi-arabia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/05/christian-evangelist-faces-death-penalty-in-saudi-arabia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://barnabasfund.org/Christian-evangelist-faces-death-penalty-in-Saudi-Arabia.html">Barnabas Fund</a>:  An Eritrean Christian is facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia after being arrested for sharing his faith with Muslims. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/05/christian-evangelist-faces-death-penalty-in-saudi-arabia/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi Arabia now forcing news bloggers to obtain licenses, promote Islam</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/19/saudi-arabia-now-forcing-news-bloggers-to-obtain-licenses-promote-islam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/19/saudi-arabia-now-forcing-news-bloggers-to-obtain-licenses-promote-islam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 22:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/1716303/saudi-arabia-forcing-news-bloggers-to-obtain-licenses-promote-islam">Fast Company</a>: "The Middle Eastern kingdom has just enacted one of the world's most stringent sets of blogging regulations: Non-citizens can't write about news, chat room users are encouraged to register with the government, and everyone needs to be very careful about religion." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/19/saudi-arabia-now-forcing-news-bloggers-to-obtain-licenses-promote-islam/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lost religious liberty around the world</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/lost-religious-liberty-around-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/lost-religious-liberty-around-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doug Bandow <a href="http://www.visandvals.org/Lost_Religious_Liberty_Around_the_World.php">writing at The Center for Vision &#038; Values</a>: "There is more than enough bad news to fill the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom’s latest annual report. Worst of all were the conditions in 13 'countries of particular concern.'" <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/lost-religious-liberty-around-the-world/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Daniel Pipes: Is Saudi Arabia opening up?</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/04/daniel-pipes-is-saudi-arabia-opening-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/04/daniel-pipes-is-saudi-arabia-opening-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.danielpipes.org/9274/saudi-arabia-opening-up">Daniel Pipes</a>: "[T]oday, thanks in large part to Abdullah's efforts to 'tame Wahhabi zeal,' the most retrograde country has taken some cautious steps to join the modern world. These efforts have many dimensions, from children's education to mechanisms for selecting political leaders, but perhaps the most crucial one is the battle among the ulema, the Islamic men of religion, between reformers and hardliners." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/04/daniel-pipes-is-saudi-arabia-opening-up/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>May American courts appoint only Muslim arbitrators, pursuant to an arbitration agreement?</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/03/may-american-courts-appoint-only-muslim-arbitrators-pursuant-to-an-arbitration-agreement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/03/may-american-courts-appoint-only-muslim-arbitrators-pursuant-to-an-arbitration-agreement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eugene Volokh <a href="http://volokh.com/2011/01/03/may-american-court-appoint-only-muslim-arbitrators-pursuant-to-an-arbitration-agreement/">writing at The Volokh Conspiracy</a>: "That's the issue lurking in <a href="http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=11521915190435651264"><em>In re Aramco Servs. Co.</em></a>, now on appeal to the Texas Supreme Court . . . The contract provided that it was to be interpreted under Saudi law, and arbitrated under Saudi arbitration rules and regulations. Those rules and regulations apparently call for the arbitrators to be Muslims or Saudi citizens." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/03/may-american-courts-appoint-only-muslim-arbitrators-pursuant-to-an-arbitration-agreement/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Doing nothing about Saudi promotion of Islamic extremism</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/doing-nothing-about-saudi-promotion-of-islamic-extremism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/doing-nothing-about-saudi-promotion-of-islamic-extremism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jennifer Rubin <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/right-turn/2010/12/on_july_9_2010_the.html">writing in the Washington Post</a>: "The lack of serious action by the administration on this issue, however, is not an isolated event. Earlier this year the USCIRF issued a report documenting that religious freedom was of 'shrinking importance' in the Obama foreign policy agenda. That has contributed, according to the USCIRF, to the 'disturbing trends that threaten freedom of religion across the globe.'" <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/doing-nothing-about-saudi-promotion-of-islamic-extremism/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi Grand Mufti condemns extremism and violence in sermon, experts discuss it</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/saudi-grand-mufti-condemns-extremism-and-violence-in-sermon-experts-discuss-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Grand-Mufti-condemns-extremism-and-violence-in-sermon,-experts-discuss-it-20120.html">Asia News</a>: "The Hajj sermon delivered by the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Sheikh, at the Nmira Mosque in Makkah has raised interest levels among specialists because of its harsh condemnation of terrorism. Excerpts from the sermon, which condemns terrorism and urges moderation, were reprinted in hundreds of newspapers in the Arab and Islamic worlds." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/saudi-grand-mufti-condemns-extremism-and-violence-in-sermon-experts-discuss-it/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi women sue male guardians who stop marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/29/saudi-women-sue-male-guardians-who-stop-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/29/saudi-women-sue-male-guardians-who-stop-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Global: Marriage and Family]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Country: Saudi Arabia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Marriage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www2.wnct.com/lifestyles/2010/nov/29/saudi-women-sue-male-guardians-who-stop-marriage-ar-574825/">WNCT</a>: "Year after year, a 42-year-old Saudi surgeon remains single against her will. Her father keeps turning down marriage proposals, and her hefty salary keeps going into his bank account." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/29/saudi-women-sue-male-guardians-who-stop-marriage/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Images of abused maid rattle Indonesia</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/23/images-of-abused-maid-rattle-indonesia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/23/images-of-abused-maid-rattle-indonesia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Global: Sanctity of Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Country: Indonesia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Country: Saudi Arabia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Trafficking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_INDONESIA_MAID_ABUSE?SITE=AP&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&#038;CTIME=2010-11-23-02-39-13">Associated Press</a>: "She arrived in Saudi Arabia a high-spirited 23-year-old, eager to start work as a maid to help support her family back home. Four months later, Sumiati was Indonesia's poster child for migrant abuse, alone and staring vacantly from a hospital bed, her face sliced and battered." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/23/images-of-abused-maid-rattle-indonesia/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi Arabian gov&#8217;t blocks Facebook over moral concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/17/saudi-arabian-govt-blocks-facebook-over-moral-concerns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/17/saudi-arabian-govt-blocks-facebook-over-moral-concerns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Internet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.devilslakejournal.com/newsnow/x1615410488/Saudi-Arabian-gov-t-blocks-Facebook-over-moral-concerns">Devils Lake Journal</a>: "An official with Saudi Arabia's communications authority says it has blocked Facebook because the popular social networking website doesn't conform with the kingdom's conservative values." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/17/saudi-arabian-govt-blocks-facebook-over-moral-concerns/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>12,000 American Muslims to make pilgrimage to Mecca</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/10/12000-american-muslims-to-make-pilgrimage-to-mecca/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/10/12000-american-muslims-to-make-pilgrimage-to-mecca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Religious Freedom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.christiancentury.org/article/2010-11/12000-american-muslims-make-pilgrimage-mecca">The Christian Century (RNS)</a>: "Some 12,000 American Muslims are expected to join an estimated 2.5 million pilgrims in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca for the hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage that this year runs between Nov. 14 and 18." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/10/12000-american-muslims-to-make-pilgrimage-to-mecca/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Imam unmoved by Saudi criticism of NYC mosque</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/imam-unmoved-by-saudi-criticism-of-nyc-mosque/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/imam-unmoved-by-saudi-criticism-of-nyc-mosque/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[State: New York]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.newsok.com/imam-unmoved-by-saudi-criticism-of-nyc-mosque/article/feed/207000">The Oklahoman (AP)</a>: "The imam co-leading a drive to build an Islamic community center near the World Trade Center has politely brushed aside a suggestion by one of his past benefactors that the project be moved to a different spot." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/imam-unmoved-by-saudi-criticism-of-nyc-mosque/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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