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/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/2011/09/14/state-department-releases-annual-report-on-international-religious-freedom-names-countries-of-particular-concern/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/14/state-department-releases-annual-report-on-international-religious-freedom-names-countries-of-particular-concern/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:41:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113499 Religion Clause: Yesterday, Secretary of State Clinton spoke (full text) at the release of the Department's 13th Annual Report on International Religious Freedom. The report covers the period July- December 2010, reflecting a change in the reporting cycle by the Department. The report discusses separately the situation in 198 countries. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/14/state-department-releases-annual-report-on-international-religious-freedom-names-countries-of-particular-concern/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/pakistans-religious-freedom-problem-severe-says-commission/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/pakistans-religious-freedom-problem-severe-says-commission/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:50:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110465 Christian Post: Observing that Islamabad has failed to protect freedom of religion or belief, the United States Commission for International Religious Freedom on Thursday demanded Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declare Pakistan a “country of particular concern.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/pakistans-religious-freedom-problem-severe-says-commission/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/03/u-s-dept-of-state-church-bombing-in-kirkuk-iraq/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/03/u-s-dept-of-state-church-bombing-in-kirkuk-iraq/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:43:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109788 U.S. Dept. of State: We deplore the attack today outside the Holy Family Church in Kirkuk and extend our condolences to the victims’ families and loved ones. Attacks like this, which target religious minorities, demonstrate the extent to which certain terrorist groups will go to disrupt the progress Iraq has made toward reducing violence ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/03/u-s-dept-of-state-church-bombing-in-kirkuk-iraq/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/28/change-the-status-quo-of-religious-persecution-irfa/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/28/change-the-status-quo-of-religious-persecution-irfa/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:08:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109394 Persecution.org: Congress passed the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) in 1998 and thus integrated IRF into U.S. foreign policy for the first time. IRFA created the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a bi-partisan organization that holds the State Department accountable to its IRF responsibilities. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/28/change-the-status-quo-of-religious-persecution-irfa/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/28/hillary-clinton-opposes-state-dept-bill-over-abortion-cuts/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/28/hillary-clinton-opposes-state-dept-bill-over-abortion-cuts/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:36:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109260 LifeNews.com: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is warning members of the U.S. House that she will personally urge pro-abortion President Barack Obama to veto a State Department funding bill over cuts to groups that perform and promote abortions. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/28/hillary-clinton-opposes-state-dept-bill-over-abortion-cuts/feed/ 0