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/2012/05/07/adf-creates-new-legal-victories-for-religious-freedom-in-india/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/adf-creates-new-legal-victories-for-religious-freedom-in-india/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 22:59:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133028 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/adf-creates-new-legal-victories-for-religious-freedom-in-india/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/legal-periodical-between-tradition-and-progress-a-comparative-perspective-on-polygamy-in-the-united-states-and-india/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/legal-periodical-between-tradition-and-progress-a-comparative-perspective-on-polygamy-in-the-united-states-and-india/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 17:18:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133045 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/legal-periodical-between-tradition-and-progress-a-comparative-perspective-on-polygamy-in-the-united-states-and-india/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/hindus-in-pakistan-accuse-muslims-of-kidnapping-teens-as-wives/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/hindus-in-pakistan-accuse-muslims-of-kidnapping-teens-as-wives/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:48:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131812 LA Times: The girls are forced to convert to Islam, rights groups say. In court, a few wives have chosen to stay with their husbands, but families say they were coerced. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/hindus-in-pakistan-accuse-muslims-of-kidnapping-teens-as-wives/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/pakistan-judge-upholds-women%e2%80%99s-conversions-to-islam/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/pakistan-judge-upholds-women%e2%80%99s-conversions-to-islam/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:37:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131565 NY Times: The Supreme Court had intervened in the three cases in recent weeks, “sequestering the women from their parents and their new husbands to consider their future without pressure,” Mr. Masood writes. “The court ruled on Wednesday that all three had freely chosen to remain Muslim.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/pakistan-judge-upholds-women%e2%80%99s-conversions-to-islam/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/pakistani-court-decides-forced-conversion-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/pakistani-court-decides-forced-conversion-case/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:00:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131419 AP reports. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/pakistani-court-decides-forced-conversion-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/in-india-23-out-of-46-convicted-for-gujarat-riots/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/in-india-23-out-of-46-convicted-for-gujarat-riots/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:48:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130775 Religion Clause Blog: Gulf Times reports that a court in the Indian state of Gujarat yesterday convicted 23 people in connection with the Ode village massacre that took place in 2002 as part of broader Hindu-Muslim religious riots set off after a train carrying 60 Hindu pilgrims was set on fire by a mob ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/in-india-23-out-of-46-convicted-for-gujarat-riots/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/02/india-hindu-fanatics-beat-christians-in-karnataka/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/02/india-hindu-fanatics-beat-christians-in-karnataka/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:01:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130199 News.va: Allegations of conversions and then violent beatings: is what the Hindu extremists of the movement RSS ("Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh", "National Volunteer Organization") did against the Christian Protestant Pastor Mallikarjun Sangalada, 37, and other four Christians of his community. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/02/india-hindu-fanatics-beat-christians-in-karnataka/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/pakistani-girl-begs-court-to-stop-forced-conversion-and-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/pakistani-girl-begs-court-to-stop-forced-conversion-and-marriage/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:52:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129868 Catholic Culture: Rinkel Kumari, who is a Hindu, begged the court not to return her to an Islamic school where she has been detained. “Kill me here, now, in court. But do not send me back,” she pleaded. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/pakistani-girl-begs-court-to-stop-forced-conversion-and-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/27/in-pakistan-hindus-say-woman%e2%80%99s-conversion-to-islam-was-coerced/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/27/in-pakistan-hindus-say-woman%e2%80%99s-conversion-to-islam-was-coerced/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:03:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129707 NY Times: Hours later, she resurfaced 12 miles away, at the home of a prominent Muslim cleric who phoned her parents with news that distressed them: Their daughter wished to convert to Islam, he said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/27/in-pakistan-hindus-say-woman%e2%80%99s-conversion-to-islam-was-coerced/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/russian-court-rejects-2nd-narrower-attempt-to-ban-bhagavad-gita-commentary/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/russian-court-rejects-2nd-narrower-attempt-to-ban-bhagavad-gita-commentary/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:33:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129574 Religion Clause Blog: According to The Hindu, earlier this week a Russian court for a second time rejected attempts by prosecutors to ban the Russian translation of the book, Bhagavad Gita As It Is . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/russian-court-rejects-2nd-narrower-attempt-to-ban-bhagavad-gita-commentary/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/12/india-militants-attack-prayer-meeting-pastors/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/12/india-militants-attack-prayer-meeting-pastors/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:57:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128288 BosNewsLife: Suspected Hindu militants broke up a Christian prayer meeting and forced two women leading the gathering to stop evangelizing in India's southwestern state of Karnataka, as part of several attacks against devoted believers across the country, Christians told BosNewsLife Monday, March 12. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/12/india-militants-attack-prayer-meeting-pastors/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/in-india-protesters-demand-dropping-charges-against-religious-procession-displaying-swords/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/in-india-protesters-demand-dropping-charges-against-religious-procession-displaying-swords/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:03:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126899 Religion Clause Blog: In the Indian city of Rajkot, a number of Hindu organizations, supported by both the Congress and BJP parties, have launched demonstrations to protest the arrest by local police of 37 people who displayed swords in a procession last week celebrating the Hindu festival of Maha Shivratri (The Night of Shiva). ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/in-india-protesters-demand-dropping-charges-against-religious-procession-displaying-swords/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/india-karnataka-hindu-extremists-attack-a-jesuit-catholic-college-students-and-teachers-beaten/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/india-karnataka-hindu-extremists-attack-a-jesuit-catholic-college-students-and-teachers-beaten/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:40:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124706 Asia News: The attack on the colleges of St. Joseph Anegal (40 km south of Bangalore) occurred on January 27. Reason for the assault, failure to display the Indian flag during celebrations for the national holiday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/india-karnataka-hindu-extremists-attack-a-jesuit-catholic-college-students-and-teachers-beaten/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/11/india-attacks-against-christians-on-the-rise-says-report/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/11/india-attacks-against-christians-on-the-rise-says-report/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:09:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=122752 Hindustan Times: Cases of Christians being attacked have more than doubled in the past three years in India with Karnataka and Orissa being the worst according to a report released by a Christian organisation on Wednesday. Maharashtra is among the ten worst states . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/11/india-attacks-against-christians-on-the-rise-says-report/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/04/india-christians-report-attacks-in-mangalore/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/04/india-christians-report-attacks-in-mangalore/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:43:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121980 UCANEWS.com: Unidentified assailants burned nativity crib, pelted prayer hall with stones ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/04/india-christians-report-attacks-in-mangalore/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/in-india-conversion-law-is-used-by-hindu-family-to-oppose-daughters-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/in-india-conversion-law-is-used-by-hindu-family-to-oppose-daughters-marriage/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:05:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121855 Religion Clause: The Times of India on Saturday reported on a case in which parents in Ahmedabad (in Gujarat state in India), unhappy with their daughter's choice of husbands, are attempting to use Gujarat's Freedom of Religion Act that aims at coerced conversions to undo or undercut the marriage. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/in-india-conversion-law-is-used-by-hindu-family-to-oppose-daughters-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/indian-government-sets-new-obc-sub-quota-in-bid-for-muslim-votes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/indian-government-sets-new-obc-sub-quota-in-bid-for-muslim-votes/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:03:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121853 Religion Clause: Over the last ten days, the press in India has been filled with commentary on the Indian government's December 22 decision (CNN) to create a 4.5% sub-quota for economically and socially disadvantaged non-Hindu minorities-- Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Zoroastrians-- within the existing 27% Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/indian-government-sets-new-obc-sub-quota-in-bid-for-muslim-votes/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/india-new-fears-in-orissa-prompt-cautions-on-christmas-celebrations/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/india-new-fears-in-orissa-prompt-cautions-on-christmas-celebrations/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:51:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121690 Catholic Culture: Catholics in India’s troubled state of Orissa have been encouraged to celebrate Christmas “with prudence and vigilance,” and a local prelate has asked police for protection, because of new threats. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/india-new-fears-in-orissa-prompt-cautions-on-christmas-celebrations/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/22/russian-local-prosecutor-attempting-to-ban-sacred-hindu-text-as-extremist/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/22/russian-local-prosecutor-attempting-to-ban-sacred-hindu-text-as-extremist/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:50:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121567 Religion Clause Blog: CNN reports that in the Russian city of Tomsk, a court has  postponed until Dec. 28 its decision on an attempt by the prosecutor to ban the Bhagavad Gita as an extremist book that sows social discord. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/22/russian-local-prosecutor-attempting-to-ban-sacred-hindu-text-as-extremist/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/harvard-sells-out-free-speech-to-islamic-supremacism/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/harvard-sells-out-free-speech-to-islamic-supremacism/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:46:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120863 Human Events: Harvard University has dropped courses on economics taught by a Hindu professor, Subramanian Swamy, president of the Janata Party of India and a former Union Cabinet minister—not because they were poorly taught, or because Swamy advocated discredited economic theories (such as, say, socialism), but because he wrote an editorial last summer that Muslims find offensive. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/harvard-sells-out-free-speech-to-islamic-supremacism/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/small-churches-in-hungary-fear-losing-legal-status/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/small-churches-in-hungary-fear-losing-legal-status/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:47:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120787 Boston.com: Hare Krishna members on Tuesday protested outside Hungary's Parliament against a new law that could strip them of their status as a recognized church. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/small-churches-in-hungary-fear-losing-legal-status/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/09/india-classifies-more-castes-as-backward-in-affirmative-action-bid-to-help-the-poor-wsj-com-subscription/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/09/india-classifies-more-castes-as-backward-in-affirmative-action-bid-to-help-the-poor-wsj-com-subscription/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:05:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120477 WSJ.com: Decades ago, Siraj Gazi's grandfather changed his last name of Chowduli to the higher-caste Gazi. He hoped it would erase the social stigma of his low-caste roots. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/09/india-classifies-more-castes-as-backward-in-affirmative-action-bid-to-help-the-poor-wsj-com-subscription/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/india-karnataka-two-christian-communities-attacked-in-the-district-of-hassan/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/india-karnataka-two-christian-communities-attacked-in-the-district-of-hassan/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:19:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118489 Asia News: Activists of the Bajrang Dal (Hindu ultra-nationalist movement) have attacked members of two different Christian communities, engaged in a prayer service, accusing them of practicing forced conversions. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/india-karnataka-two-christian-communities-attacked-in-the-district-of-hassan/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/us-commission-pakistan-schools-teach-hindu-hatred/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/us-commission-pakistan-schools-teach-hindu-hatred/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:11:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118152 News from The Associated Press: Text books in Pakistani schools foster prejudice and intolerance of Hindus and other religious minorities, while most teachers view non-Muslims as "enemies of Islam," according to a study by a U.S. government commission released Wednesday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/us-commission-pakistan-schools-teach-hindu-hatred/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/indian-court-convicts-31-hindus-of-killing-muslims/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/indian-court-convicts-31-hindus-of-killing-muslims/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:46:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118144 News from The Associated Press: A court sentenced 31 Hindus to life imprisonment Wednesday for killing dozens of Muslims by setting a building on fire during one of India's worst rounds of communal violence nine years ago. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/indian-court-convicts-31-hindus-of-killing-muslims/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/20/vatican-message-to-hindus-stresses-religious-freedom/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/20/vatican-message-to-hindus-stresses-religious-freedom/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:38:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116513 Catholic Culture: An annual Vatican message to the world’s Hindus emphasizes the importance of religious freedom—perhaps reflecting concern in Rome about the continued violence against the Christian minority in India. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/20/vatican-message-to-hindus-stresses-religious-freedom/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/12/pakistan-divorce-remains-sticking-point-in-hindu-marriage-act/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/12/pakistan-divorce-remains-sticking-point-in-hindu-marriage-act/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:19:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115943 The Express Tribune: The government and the Hindu community were unable to break their deadlock on Tuesday over the divorce clause in the Hindu Marriage Act. The clause has proved contentious since the bill was drafted in 2008, with the government defying Hindu leaders who believe divorce is not part of their religion’s culture. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/12/pakistan-divorce-remains-sticking-point-in-hindu-marriage-act/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/10/hindus-raise-banner-over-site-of-destroyed-catholic-church/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/10/hindus-raise-banner-over-site-of-destroyed-catholic-church/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:28:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115861 Catholic Culture: Religious fundamentalists raised a Hindu flag over the site where a ruined Catholic church is being rebuilt in the troubled Kandhamal district of India’s eastern Orissa state. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/10/hindus-raise-banner-over-site-of-destroyed-catholic-church/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/30/india-orissa-christians-ordeal-of-violence-and-injustice-continues/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/30/india-orissa-christians-ordeal-of-violence-and-injustice-continues/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:13:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115101 Asia News: A petition of the Global Council of Indian Christians in the National Commission for Human Rights draws up a long list of crimes, injustices and complicity of local and state authorities to the detriment of the victims of anti-Christian pogroms of 2008. The Hindu radicals continue to persecute Catholics and Pentecostals, aided by the police. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/30/india-orissa-christians-ordeal-of-violence-and-injustice-continues/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/09/chaplains-push-for-uniform-religious-badges/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/09/chaplains-push-for-uniform-religious-badges/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:10:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113092 The Washington Post: With a cross on his lapel, it’s easy to spot a military chaplain in uniform. But the same might not be true if the chaplain’s badge displays a prayer wheel, a crescent moon or tiny Torah scrolls. And when the sole, newly commissioned Hindu chaplain starts wearing her symbol — which is still in the design stage — how many will recognize it as the sign of a chaplain? ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/09/chaplains-push-for-uniform-religious-badges/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/india-20-masked-men-desecrate-kerala-parish/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/india-20-masked-men-desecrate-kerala-parish/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:31:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112755 Catholic Culture: Twenty masked men destroyed the altar, confessionals, and vestments in a parish in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala on the evening of September 4. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/india-20-masked-men-desecrate-kerala-parish/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/30/india-protestant-pastor-murdered-in-orissa/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/30/india-protestant-pastor-murdered-in-orissa/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:34:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112248 Catholic Culture: A Bapist minister has been murdered in Orissa, the eastern Indian state that was the site of massive anti-Christian persecution in 2008. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/30/india-protestant-pastor-murdered-in-orissa/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/29/india-karnataka-4-christians-arrested-over-door-to-door-forced-conversions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/29/india-karnataka-4-christians-arrested-over-door-to-door-forced-conversions/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:25:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112083 Asia News: According to the police they were proselytizing among the Dalits and poor Hindus. Sajan K George, president of the Global Council of Indian Christians: "The situation is alarming. The Dalits are empowered by Christian prayer and Hindus are afraid of this. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/29/india-karnataka-4-christians-arrested-over-door-to-door-forced-conversions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/24/orissa-government-forbids-rebuilding-of-destroyed-churches/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/24/orissa-government-forbids-rebuilding-of-destroyed-churches/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:14:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111700 Catholic Culture: Three years after an anti-Christian rampage left an estimated 100 dead and 50,000 homeless, the government of the Kandhamal district in the eastern Indian state of Orissa is forbidding the construction of new churches and the rebuilding of churches that had been destroyed. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/24/orissa-government-forbids-rebuilding-of-destroyed-churches/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/17/uk-couple-sue-employers-over-%e2%80%98caste-discrimination%e2%80%99/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/17/uk-couple-sue-employers-over-%e2%80%98caste-discrimination%e2%80%99/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:30:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111085 The Hindu: In a case of how the Indian caste system has been imported into Britain, a young Hindu-Sikh couple have sued their British employers of Indian origin for alleged discrimination on the basis of caste. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/17/uk-couple-sue-employers-over-%e2%80%98caste-discrimination%e2%80%99/feed/ 0