Islamic Tolerance Alert from the Kingdom of the Two Holy Places: "Saudi Arabia deports 15 Christians," from Mission Network News, August 7 (thanks to Freedom4Expression):
Saudi Arabia (MNN) ― The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Saudi Arabia deported 15 Christians on Tuesday, August 5th, for holding private worship meetings in a house in the city of Taif.On Friday, April 25, twelve Saudi Arabian police raided a house where 16 Christians were holding a prayer meeting. The first officer to enter the house after breaking down the main gate pointed a pistol at the Christians and ordered them to hand over their resident permits and mobile phones. The other 11 police followed quickly and started searching the entire house. They confiscated an electronic drum set, an offering box with 500 Saudi Riyal in it ($130), 20 bibles, and a few Christian books.
The police initially accused the Christians of preaching the Bible and singing. They later changed the charge to holding a "dance party" and collecting money to support terrorism.
During the raid, the police mocked, questioned and harassed the Christians for four hours. Then they took them to a police station where the head of the station interrogated them. The official then wrote down their "statements" in Arabic and forced the Christians, who are immigrants and not able to read or write Arabic, to sign the statements.
After the interrogations, the Christians were incarcerated and held incommunicado. After three days, the Christians were finally released on April 27, 2008 at 8 PM.
Upon their release, one of the Christians permanently departed the country. The others, thinking that their ordeal was over, went back to their daily lives and work. But they soon received letters demanding that they leave the country immediately.
ICC's President Jeff King says this has been typical behavior of Saudi officials. "They'll say, 'We don't want political pressure.' So [once foreign Christians are] arrested, they release them quickly. The next thing you know, the whole group is deported out of the country."...
As long as Saudi Arabia imports labor from non-Muslim countries, those non-Muslim countries need to demand the same freedom of religion for its citizens that Muslims get in most countries.
Looks like the religious conference and dialog held by the Al-Saud king and the outcomes of that meeting is taking fruition in the Kingdom of Saud. There was no need for such a gathering when the results of it are the same before and after the fiasco.
For those who refuse to "get it." The true inter-faith dialogue played out right in front of everyone's eyes. Do you have the strength to see it and acknowledge the truth?
"collecting money to support terrorism"
Too Funny!
(inject an appropriate amount of sarcasm there)
It makes me nervous they are behind the majority of Mosque building in the USA. I think we should ban all support from Saudi Arabia for building Mosques. I am sure the liberal and neo ocns would have a fit about that though; along with CAIR.
I hope it is true about that huge oil discovery in Montana. If it is then maybe we can tell them to keep their oil.
15 Christians! Zounds!
That many kuffirs could convert the whole kingdom! Innocent, impressionable Saudis would be holding unIslamic "dance parties"!
Praise Allah and pass the deportation orders!