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/2012/04/23/muslim-mob-burns-catholic-church-in-sudan-capital/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/muslim-mob-burns-catholic-church-in-sudan-capital/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:42:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131824 Boston Globe: A Muslim mob has set ablaze a Catholic church frequented by Southern Sudanese in the capital Khartoum, witnesses and media reports said on Sunday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/muslim-mob-burns-catholic-church-in-sudan-capital/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/un-demands-immediate-end-to-sudan-oilfields-fighting/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/un-demands-immediate-end-to-sudan-oilfields-fighting/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:48:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131034 BBC: The UN Security Council has called for an immediate and unconditional end to fighting on Sudan's southern border. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/un-demands-immediate-end-to-sudan-oilfields-fighting/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/sudan-vows-quick-response-to-souths-oil-field-occupation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/sudan-vows-quick-response-to-souths-oil-field-occupation/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:45:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130996 Christian Science Monitor: Sudan's government vowed on Thursday to deal swiftly with South Sudan's occupation of an economically vital oil field near the border but the south said it would not pull out until the threat of attacks by the northern army had gone. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/sudan-vows-quick-response-to-souths-oil-field-occupation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/sudanese-christians-given-until-april-8-to-leave/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/sudanese-christians-given-until-april-8-to-leave/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:37:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129844 Family Security Matters: The Sudanese regime is on its way to becoming the next Iran, regardless of whether President Omar Bashir remains in power or not. The country is moving towards becoming a full-blown Sharia state, comparable to Iran, Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan under the Taliban. Towards that end, 500-700,000 Christians have been told to pack up and leave by April 8 or they’ll be treated as foreigners. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/sudanese-christians-given-until-april-8-to-leave/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/hundreds-of-thousands-of-christians-ordered-to-leave-sudan/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/hundreds-of-thousands-of-christians-ordered-to-leave-sudan/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:44:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128524 Catholic Culture: The government of Sudan, an overwhelmingly Muslim nation, has stripped between 500,000 and 700,000 Christians of their citizenship and ordered them to leave for the new nation of South Sudan, according to a report from Ecumenical News International (ENI). ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/hundreds-of-thousands-of-christians-ordered-to-leave-sudan/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/31/anti-christian-backlash-after-south-sudan%e2%80%99s-secession/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/31/anti-christian-backlash-after-south-sudan%e2%80%99s-secession/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:47:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117352 Persecution News: Emboldened by government calls for a Sudan based on Islamic law since the secession of South Sudan, Muslim residents have attacked Christians trying to finish constructing their church building near Khartoum. Meanwhile, local authorities are threatening to demolish three other church buildings that already exist. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/31/anti-christian-backlash-after-south-sudan%e2%80%99s-secession/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/18/bashir-says-sudan-will-adopt-entirely-islamic-constitution/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/18/bashir-says-sudan-will-adopt-entirely-islamic-constitution/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:58:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116120 Reuters: Sudan will go ahead with plans to adopt an entirely Islamic constitution and strengthen Islamic law, President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Wednesday, three months after its former civil war enemy South Sudan became independent. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/18/bashir-says-sudan-will-adopt-entirely-islamic-constitution/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/religious-persecutors-list-incomplete/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/religious-persecutors-list-incomplete/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:30:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114308 OneNewsNow.com: 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 . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/religious-persecutors-list-incomplete/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/07/religion-clauses-of-south-sudans-transitional-constitution-revealed/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/07/religion-clauses-of-south-sudans-transitional-constitution-revealed/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:03:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112809 Religion Clause: According to the Sudan Tribune, the Justice Minister said that Article 8 (1) of the Transitional Constitution states clearly that religion and state are be separate, while paragraph (2) provides that all religions are to be treated equally. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/07/religion-clauses-of-south-sudans-transitional-constitution-revealed/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/nebraska-race-against-genocide-unites-community-for-sudan/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/nebraska-race-against-genocide-unites-community-for-sudan/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:14:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110477 Nebraska.tv: A race for freedom of religion, freedom of education, and most of all freedom from slaughter took place in Grand Island Nebraska, Saturday. Sudanese refugees from across the state locked arms with local residents, with a loud and clear message -- stop genocide now. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/nebraska-race-against-genocide-unites-community-for-sudan/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/04/house-holds-emergency-hearing-on-sudan/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/04/house-holds-emergency-hearing-on-sudan/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:00:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110010 Christian Newswire: Ethnic cleansing, murders, rapes and the growing humanitarian crisis in the Southern Kordofan region of Sudan were described in grisly detail by witnesses testifying at a congressional hearing on Thursday. Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) convened the emergency hearing as chairman of the House congressional panel that oversees African issues and international human rights ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/04/house-holds-emergency-hearing-on-sudan/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/03/kidnapped-christian-girl-in-sudan-escapes-traumatized/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/03/kidnapped-christian-girl-in-sudan-escapes-traumatized/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:22:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109844 Christian Post: Hiba Abdelfadil Anglo, 16, has escaped from a gang of Muslims who kidnapped her last year, but it may be a long time before she recovers from the trauma ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/03/kidnapped-christian-girl-in-sudan-escapes-traumatized/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/14/un-welcomes-south-sudan-as-193rd-member-state/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/14/un-welcomes-south-sudan-as-193rd-member-state/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:52:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108199 UN.org: The General Assembly today admitted the Republic of South Sudan as the 193rd member of the United Nations, welcoming the newly independent country to the community of nations. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/14/un-welcomes-south-sudan-as-193rd-member-state/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/06/un-to-move-quickly-to-admit-south-sudan-as-new-member-hopefully-on-july-14/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/06/un-to-move-quickly-to-admit-south-sudan-as-new-member-hopefully-on-july-14/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:06:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107623 The Washington Post: The president of the U.N. Security Council says he expects a ministerial meeting on July 13 to recommend that South Sudan be admitted as the 193rd member of the United Nations. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/06/un-to-move-quickly-to-admit-south-sudan-as-new-member-hopefully-on-july-14/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/uscirf-identifies-worlds-worst-religious-freedom-violators-egypt-cited-for-first-time/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/uscirf-identifies-worlds-worst-religious-freedom-violators-egypt-cited-for-first-time/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:27:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102403 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today 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. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/uscirf-identifies-worlds-worst-religious-freedom-violators-egypt-cited-for-first-time/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/25/islamists-suspected-in-abduction-of-christian-girl-in-sudan/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/25/islamists-suspected-in-abduction-of-christian-girl-in-sudan/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:11:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96595 Charisma: "A Christian widow in north Sudan is agonizing over the kidnapping of her daughter eight months ago by suspected Islamic extremists in Khartoum." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/25/islamists-suspected-in-abduction-of-christian-girl-in-sudan/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/27/sudan-mulls-islamic-law-after-southern-secession/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/27/sudan-mulls-islamic-law-after-southern-secession/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:01:00 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=93804 Deutsche Welle: "As referendum results make southern Sudan's independence from Khartoum nearly certain, northern Sudanese are unsure what is in store for their country. The president has promised to base the constitution on Sharia law." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/27/sudan-mulls-islamic-law-after-southern-secession/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/19/south-sudan-votes-to-secede-preliminary-results/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/19/south-sudan-votes-to-secede-preliminary-results/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 22:16:46 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=92320 AFP: "South Sudan achieved the simple majority needed to secede in its independence referendum, preliminary results collated by AFP showed on Wednesday, even with many counties still to report." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/19/south-sudan-votes-to-secede-preliminary-results/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/11/sudan-independence-vote-begins-christians-pray-for-new-nation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/11/sudan-independence-vote-begins-christians-pray-for-new-nation/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:19:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90814 Baptist Press: "In addition to the voting across southern Sudan, thousands of Sudanese were expected to vote in neighboring countries -- including eight locations in Kenya -- in a referendum on independence that, if passed, will officially designate southern Sudan as a new nation. Sudan has been ravaged by years of civil war between the heavily Islamic, Arab-dominated north and the predominantly Christian and animist south. The conflict has driven many southern Sudanese to flee to neighboring countries." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/11/sudan-independence-vote-begins-christians-pray-for-new-nation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/11/s-sudan-reports-clash-between-arabs-southerners/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/11/s-sudan-reports-clash-between-arabs-southerners/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:04:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90759 AP: "Arab tribesman attacked a vehicle convoy carrying southern Sudanese traveling from the country's north to their home region, which is holding an independence referendum this week, an official said Tuesday. Conflicting reports put the death toll between two and 10." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/11/s-sudan-reports-clash-between-arabs-southerners/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/lost-religious-liberty-around-the-world/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/lost-religious-liberty-around-the-world/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:05:31 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90661 writing at The Center for Vision & Values: "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.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/lost-religious-liberty-around-the-world/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/as-jan-9-sudan-secession-referendum-nears-christian-leaders-urge-prayer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/as-jan-9-sudan-secession-referendum-nears-christian-leaders-urge-prayer/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:34:41 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=88749 Baptist Press: "Joining Southern Sudanese Christians and political leaders weeks prior to an important national referendum on independence, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Phil Roberts participated in prayer vigils and voiced encouragement to believers during a recent visit to Juba, Southern Sudan." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/as-jan-9-sudan-secession-referendum-nears-christian-leaders-urge-prayer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/20/sudan-leader-vows-to-bolster-islamic-law-in-north/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/20/sudan-leader-vows-to-bolster-islamic-law-in-north/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:11:00 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=87594 Associated Press: "Sudan's president has vowed to more deeply entrench strict Islamic Sharia law in the northern half of his country if the predominantly animist and Christian south votes to secede in a Jan. 9 referendum." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/20/sudan-leader-vows-to-bolster-islamic-law-in-north/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/south-sudan-lawmakers-may-vote-to-secede-shariah-law-a-key-issue/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/south-sudan-lawmakers-may-vote-to-secede-shariah-law-a-key-issue/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:55:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/south-sudan-lawmakers-may-vote-to-secede-shariah-law-a-key-issue/ AP: "Southern Sudan's parliament may vote to secede from the Khartoum-based north if an independence reference scheduled for January is delayed, a former top Southern Sudan official said Thursday." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/south-sudan-lawmakers-may-vote-to-secede-shariah-law-a-key-issue/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/05/sudan-daughters-traded-for-cattle/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/05/sudan-daughters-traded-for-cattle/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 17:12:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/05/sudan-daughters-traded-for-cattle/ LA Times: "Tall girls fetch more cattle because their daughters will quickly grow and can be married off to fetch even more cattle," said the chief, shooing a stubborn fly. "A tall girl can command 60 to 100 cattle from a suitor. A short girl may get 20 head, and, sometimes, short girls overstay their welcome in the father's home and end up fetching only five cattle. By then, a tall girl has already borne five children." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/05/sudan-daughters-traded-for-cattle/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/28/sudan%e2%80%99s-future-is-now-u-s-envoy-says/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/28/sudan%e2%80%99s-future-is-now-u-s-envoy-says/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:52:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/28/sudan%e2%80%99s-future-is-now-u-s-envoy-says/ NY Times: "In January, the southern part of Sudan is to hold a referendum on whether to secede from the north. That is a hazardous prospect, given that the south has much of Sudan’s oil reserves and that Sudan has already fought a lengthy north-south civil war that killed two million people." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/28/sudan%e2%80%99s-future-is-now-u-s-envoy-says/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/08/sudanese-woman-sent-to-jail-for-wearing-pants/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/08/sudanese-woman-sent-to-jail-for-wearing-pants/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:05:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=35388 LA Times: "Journalist Lubna Hussein, wearing the same pants in the courtroom, is convicted of public indecency and sentenced to a month in jail when she refuses to pay a $200 fine. She could have been flogged." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/08/sudanese-woman-sent-to-jail-for-wearing-pants/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/04/police-beat-women-opposing-sudan-dress-code-trial/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/04/police-beat-women-opposing-sudan-dress-code-trial/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:05:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=32105 AP: "Sudanese police fired tear gas and beat women protesting at the trial Tuesday of a female journalist who faces a flogging for wearing trousers in public." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/04/police-beat-women-opposing-sudan-dress-code-trial/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/05/sudan-accuses-aid-groups-of-passing-evidence-to-icc/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/05/sudan-accuses-aid-groups-of-passing-evidence-to-icc/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:30:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=17299 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/05/sudan-accuses-aid-groups-of-passing-evidence-to-icc/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/04/president-of-sudan-urged-to-surrender-to-international-criminal-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/04/president-of-sudan-urged-to-surrender-to-international-criminal-court/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:51:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=17144 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/04/president-of-sudan-urged-to-surrender-to-international-criminal-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/03/tensions-mount-as-sudan-awaits-int%e2%80%99l-court-ruling/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/03/tensions-mount-as-sudan-awaits-int%e2%80%99l-court-ruling/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:55:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=16996 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/03/tensions-mount-as-sudan-awaits-int%e2%80%99l-court-ruling/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/04/sudan-expels-us-aid-group-over-bibles-state-media/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/04/sudan-expels-us-aid-group-over-bibles-state-media/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:10:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=14565 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/04/sudan-expels-us-aid-group-over-bibles-state-media/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/23/gay-bishop-must-resign-or-confess-says-sudan-church-head/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/23/gay-bishop-must-resign-or-confess-says-sudan-church-head/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:07:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=6121 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/23/gay-bishop-must-resign-or-confess-says-sudan-church-head/feed/ 0