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/2012/05/21/2-new-uscirf-appointments-announced/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/2-new-uscirf-appointments-announced/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 18:11:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134212 Religion Clause Blog: According to a press release issued on Thursday by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom two new appointments to the 9-member Commission have recently been made. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/2-new-uscirf-appointments-announced/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/uscirf-criticizes-passage-of-kuwaits-new-blasphemy-bill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/uscirf-criticizes-passage-of-kuwaits-new-blasphemy-bill/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 16:38:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133519 Religion Clause Blog: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom last week issued a statement (full text) strongly criticizing the Kuwaiti Parliament's recent passage of a bill imposing strong penalties-- including the death penalty in some cases-- for blasphemy. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/uscirf-criticizes-passage-of-kuwaits-new-blasphemy-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/15/commission-urges-us-to-step-up-protection-for-iraqi-christians/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/15/commission-urges-us-to-step-up-protection-for-iraqi-christians/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 21:15:23 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86882 Christian Post: "The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wants the government to use Wednesday's United Nations Security Council meeting on Iraq as an 'opportunity' to address the 'grave situation facing that country’s Christians and other imperiled religious minorities.'" | USCIRF press release is here. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/15/commission-urges-us-to-step-up-protection-for-iraqi-christians/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/17/uscirf-vice-chair-criticizes-russian-laws-on-extremism/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/17/uscirf-vice-chair-criticizes-russian-laws-on-extremism/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:46:32 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=82575 United States Commission on International Religious Freedom: "Russia faces legitimate, serious threats from groups which advocate or perpetrate violence in the name of religion. This is a major security concern, not just in Russia, but in other nations. There is a problem, however, with Russia's approach to the challenge." | Via Religion Clause. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/17/uscirf-vice-chair-criticizes-russian-laws-on-extremism/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/29/coptic-solidarity-founding-conference/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/29/coptic-solidarity-founding-conference/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:36:14 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=64531 ChristianNewsWire: "Founding members of 'Coptic Solidarity,' coming from the U.S., Canada, Australia and Europe, held their conference on June 19-20, at Virginia, USA., to launch the activities of the new organization. ... A large number of presentations and discussions, focused on concrete future actions, took place during the first day of the conference. Besides founding members, invited guest speakers took part: Dr. Dwight Bashir, deputy director of USCIRF; Tina Ramirez, congressional fellow; Taniel Koushakjian, director of grassroots at the Armenian Assembly; and Pierro Tozzi, senior legal counsel at the Alliance Defense Fund." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/29/coptic-solidarity-founding-conference/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/15/uscirf-wants-us-to-raise-religious-freedom-questions-in-un/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/15/uscirf-wants-us-to-raise-religious-freedom-questions-in-un/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:21:31 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=52025 Religion Clause: "The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom last Friday wrote Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (full text of letter) urging that U.S. representatives to the United Nations raise religious freedom issues at this month's Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review session." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/15/uscirf-wants-us-to-raise-religious-freedom-questions-in-un/feed/ 0