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The Family Under Attack

06/10/2004

[Thus Allah maketh clear His revelations unto you, that haply ye may be guided, and there may spring from you a nation who invite to goodness, and enjoin right conduct and forbid indecency. Such are they who are successful.]

(Aal `Imran 3:103–104)

Muslims are quick to condemn obvious evils and injustices such as occupations and invasions. But there are other evil forces in the world that are not so obvious, yet they affect us directly or indirectly.

If the United Nations had its way, any adolescent in the world could receive sexual counseling and birth control, even an abortion, without parental knowledge or consent. But no teenage marriages, please! Women would be encouraged to join the paid labor force while their children are placed in day care at government expense. Wouldn’t a paid “professional” give your child better moral values than you could at home? Homosexuals would be free to marry each other—no matter what your country’s major or official religion is. You may believe that you live in a sovereign country, but United Nations conferences eat away at your nation’s right to determine its own policies and laws. Some portion of your taxes are paid to the United Nations as membership fees, but you have no voice in decisions that are made.

Or do you? In the coming months we will continue to present articles, reports, and live dialogues to show you what is happening at the United Nations with regards to women and family issues, how pro-family non-government organizations (NGOs) are fighting back, and how you can join the cause.

The Family Under Attack

As families disintegrate due to social, political, economic, and other forces, many international agencies are promoting policies that threaten the traditional family. At the United Nations, “Beijing” is not just a city in China.

The Establishment of Customary International Law

Is the UN culturally neutral in its interpretations? Can Western norms be forced on nations? And just how many genders are there? Austin Ruse of Catholic Families and Human Rights Institute answered these and other questions in an eye-opening Live Dialogue on October 26, 2004

The Anti-Family Agenda in the United Nations

Do these issues affect us in developed countries? Why do countries sign these agreements? What can we do to stop this agenda? Doug Clark of United Families International answered these and other questions in a Live Dialogue on October 5, 2004.

Petition to Defend Marriage

A coalition of NGOs is attempting to collect one million signatures worldwide to send a message to government officials and the UN General Assembly: Defend marriage, family, and human life.

The Doha International Conference for the Family

The most important conference in support of the family this year is the series of regional conferences, cross-cultural dialogues, and local meetings that culminates in Doha, Qatar in November, 2004.

Discovering the Anti-Family Agenda at the United Nations

A housewife-turned-activist describes her first eye-opening experience at a UN conference where she saw firsthand the orchestrated international efforts to undermine the traditional family.

Silent No More

By working with others, another housewife-turned-activist helped to make a difference in the language of a UN document so that it recognizes the rights of parents and the role of religion.

The United Nations Children’s Fund: Women or Children First?

For decades, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) enjoyed a fine reputation for its earnest, unwavering commitment to improve the health and lives of children. But powerful forces within the organization and within the international community have demanded that UNICEF add new and controversial programs and that it embrace the ideology of radical feminism. From Catholic Families and Human Rights Institute.

UNFPA: Assault on the World’s Peoples

The United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) has been engaged for decades in a radical strategy: under the guise of “population control” to change the course of human sexuality by all means possible: abortion, overturning of parental rights, riding roughshod over sovereignty rights of nations, trampling on religious tenets, strong-arming nations into acceptance. From Catholic Families and Human Rights Institute.

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