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/2012/04/26/united-arab-emirates-british-engineer-gets-jail-for-mosque-remark/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/united-arab-emirates-british-engineer-gets-jail-for-mosque-remark/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:51:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132214 The National: An expatriate who insulted Islam by cursing a mosques project he was working on has lost his appeal against his jail term. | Hat tip: Volokh Conspiracy ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/united-arab-emirates-british-engineer-gets-jail-for-mosque-remark/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/30/united-arab-emirates-woman-sues-five-star-hotel-after-she-was-raped-then-jailed-for-having-sex-outside-of-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/30/united-arab-emirates-woman-sues-five-star-hotel-after-she-was-raped-then-jailed-for-having-sex-outside-of-marriage/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:07:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99637 Daily Mail: "An Australian woman is suing a five-star UAE hotel after she was drugged and raped by co-workers - but ended up in jail for eight months for having sex outside marriage." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/30/united-arab-emirates-woman-sues-five-star-hotel-after-she-was-raped-then-jailed-for-having-sex-outside-of-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/25/uae-interest-legal-under-sharia-court-rules/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/25/uae-interest-legal-under-sharia-court-rules/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:43:14 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=93381 The National: "Two courts made a mistake when they exempted a borrower from the interest he owed on delayed loan repayments on the grounds that it was forbidden by Sharia, the Supreme Court has ruled. The judgment, in court documents released yesterday, involved an unidentified bank owed more than Dh200,000 in interest by a man from Umm al Quwain. The bank's demands for interest were rejected by two lower courts on the grounds that charging interest violated Islamic law." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/25/uae-interest-legal-under-sharia-court-rules/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/18/uae-calls-for-action-against-islamophobia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/18/uae-calls-for-action-against-islamophobia/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:36:47 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=92114 Gulf News: "The UAE urged member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) to take action to stop the spread of Islamophobia in the West, a parliamentary leader said yesterday." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/18/uae-calls-for-action-against-islamophobia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/18/united-arab-emirates-islamic-court-ok-to-beat-wife-if-no-marks-left/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/18/united-arab-emirates-islamic-court-ok-to-beat-wife-if-no-marks-left/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:19:06 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76975 MSNBC: "A man can beat his wife and kids as long as he leaves no physical marks, the United Arab Emirates' highest court has found . . . According to the court, the injuries showed that the man had over-stepped his rights under Shariah, or Islamic law, the newspaper reported. He had originally been fined 500 United Arab Emirates dirhams ($136), but appealed the case twice." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/18/united-arab-emirates-islamic-court-ok-to-beat-wife-if-no-marks-left/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/27/blackberry-ceo-suggests-route-to-eavesdropping/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/27/blackberry-ceo-suggests-route-to-eavesdropping/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:54:52 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=73847 Associated Press: "BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. says it has no way of providing government officials with the text of encrypted corporate e-mails its devices serve up. But if the companies that employ BlackBerry phones want to hand over the encryption keys to their e-mail, it won't object . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/27/blackberry-ceo-suggests-route-to-eavesdropping/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/17/dubai-woman-fights-to-ban-music-during-call-to-prayer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/17/dubai-woman-fights-to-ban-music-during-call-to-prayer/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:41:56 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=72759 The National: "Although there is no federal law against playing music during prayers, the Department of Economic Development can issue fines in individual cases. Penalties include a warning with a follow-up for a first offence, a fine of Dh500 for a second and Dh1,000 for a third." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/17/dubai-woman-fights-to-ban-music-during-call-to-prayer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/14/amid-shiite-unrest-explosion-hits-cars-in-bahrain/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/14/amid-shiite-unrest-explosion-hits-cars-in-bahrain/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:48:23 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=72158 Associated Press: "Assailants targeting Sunnis in Bahrain set off an explosion Tuesday that damaged several parked cars in the first such attack since the country's Sunni-led rulers began a crackdown on suspected Shiite dissidents last month, security officials said." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/14/amid-shiite-unrest-explosion-hits-cars-in-bahrain/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/31/ny-imam-mosque-fight-about-muslim-role-in-america/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/31/ny-imam-mosque-fight-about-muslim-role-in-america/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:05:11 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=70886 Associated Press: "The dispute 'has expanded beyond a piece of real estate and expanded to Islam in America and what it means for America,' Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf told a group that included professors and policy researchers in Dubai." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/31/ny-imam-mosque-fight-about-muslim-role-in-america/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/31/banks-step-up-ramadan-marketing-campaigns-to-spur-growth-islamic-finance/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/31/banks-step-up-ramadan-marketing-campaigns-to-spur-growth-islamic-finance/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:19:34 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=70842 Bloomberg: "Emirates NBD PJSC of Dubai is waiving payments on personal loans for the holy month of Ramadan. Maybank Islamic Bhd. in Kuala Lumpur started automating charitable donations. Jakarta-based PT Bank Syariah Mandiri sponsors a television slot teaching Islamic banking. Marketing campaigns aimed at reminding the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims to follow the teachings of Prophet Muhammad that ban receiving interest have increased as the global economy recovers this year, according to the Pan Arab Research Center in Dubai." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/31/banks-step-up-ramadan-marketing-campaigns-to-spur-growth-islamic-finance/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/13/questions-and-answers-about-blackberry-objections/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/13/questions-and-answers-about-blackberry-objections/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:06:00 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=68714 Associated Press: "Some questions and answers about foreign countries planning to ban the use of BlackBerry's messaging and Web services: Q: Which countries are involved? A: India, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have threatened to shut down some BlackBerry services in their respective countries. Lebanon and Indonesia have said they're considering similar moves, but have no firm plans." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/13/questions-and-answers-about-blackberry-objections/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/21/david-french-arab-money-trumps-diversity/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/21/david-french-arab-money-trumps-diversity/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:43:26 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=63529 David French writing at Phi Beta Cons: "NYU is sending students to a country that not only bans homosexual sodomy, it vigorously enforces that ban and reportedly subjects imprisoned men to involuntary hormone treatments. ... Why would NYU tout a new school in a place that is officially racist and reportedly engages in mandatory and bizarre forms of medical 'treatment' for homosexual prisoners? It couldn’t possibly be that our university culture is addicted to Arab money, could it? It can’t be that the university world has different levels of tolerance for Christians and Muslims, right? I mean, they certainly can’t tolerate pervasive anti-Semitism, can they?" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/21/david-french-arab-money-trumps-diversity/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/23/arab-emirates-sharjah-couples-urged-to-legalise-their-status-as-police-clamp-down/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/23/arab-emirates-sharjah-couples-urged-to-legalise-their-status-as-police-clamp-down/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:11:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/23/arab-emirates-sharjah-couples-urged-to-legalise-their-status-as-police-clamp-down/ TheNational.ae: "Couples living together out of wedlock should immediately get married or formally register their marriage with the courts if they want to avoid prosecution, police and justice officials warned yesterday . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/23/arab-emirates-sharjah-couples-urged-to-legalise-their-status-as-police-clamp-down/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/26/saudi-woman-blasts-muslim-clerics-frightening-religious-edicts-on-tv/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/26/saudi-woman-blasts-muslim-clerics-frightening-religious-edicts-on-tv/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:57:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/26/saudi-woman-blasts-muslim-clerics-frightening-religious-edicts-on-tv/ NY Daily News: "It was a startling voice of protest at a startling venue. Covered head-to-toe in black, a Saudi woman lashed out at hard-line Muslim clerics' harsh religious edicts in verse on live TV at a popular Arabic version of 'American Idol.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/26/saudi-woman-blasts-muslim-clerics-frightening-religious-edicts-on-tv/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/19/facebook-row-as-middle-east-officials-ban-user-who-insulted-islam/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/19/facebook-row-as-middle-east-officials-ban-user-who-insulted-islam/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:52:29 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=56235 Telegraph: "All internet providers in the United Arab Emirates have been ordered to block the unnamed user behind the site, after he alleged his claims were supported by verses of the Koran . . . After dozens of complaints about the Arabic-language site, titled 'God and Prophets', the country’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) announced this week it would ban the user from holding an internet account." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/19/facebook-row-as-middle-east-officials-ban-user-who-insulted-islam/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/20/muslim-scholars-rejecting-darwins-theory-of-evolution-as-unproven/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/20/muslim-scholars-rejecting-darwins-theory-of-evolution-as-unproven/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:37:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=42976 Telegraph: "A poll he conducted at his own university showed that 62 per cent of Muslim professors and students believed evolution to be an 'unproven theory', compared with 10 per cent of non-Muslim professors." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/20/muslim-scholars-rejecting-darwins-theory-of-evolution-as-unproven/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/13/the-dark-side-of-dubai/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/13/the-dark-side-of-dubai/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:01:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=21029 The Independent: "Dubai was meant to be a Middle-Eastern Shangri-La, a glittering monument to Arab enterprise and western capitalism. But as hard times arrive in the city state that rose from the desert sands, an uglier story is emerging. Johann Hari reports" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/13/the-dark-side-of-dubai/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/02/dubai-court-fines-man-for-cross-dressing/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/02/dubai-court-fines-man-for-cross-dressing/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:25:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=14216 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/02/dubai-court-fines-man-for-cross-dressing/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/03/10/selling-immigrants-into-sex-slavery/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/03/10/selling-immigrants-into-sex-slavery/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:01:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/03/10/selling-immigrants-into-sex-slavery/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/03/10/selling-immigrants-into-sex-slavery/feed/ 1