Go to Israel next time, they were told — indicating that the Saudis at least know where to find a free society. Islamic Tolerance Alert from Compass Direct:
Saudi Arabia deported four East African Christians last month after they were detained while leading a prayer service in Jeddah.
Arrested on June 9, the church leaders were beaten and imprisoned for more than a month in torturous conditions.
Masai Wendewesen, deported to his native Ethiopia on July 16, told Compass today that the Christians were never formally notified of the charges against them.
But according to his Saudi work sponsor, the four had been jailed for “preaching to Muslims, planting churches and gathering ladies and gentlemen together for prayer,” the Ethiopian said. The Christians were working in Saudi Arabia as chauffeurs and truck drivers….
On his way to the Jeddah airport to return to Ethiopia, Wendewesen said that his guards beat him one last time, warning him never to come back to Saudi Arabia. “They told me to go to Israel, not to Saudi, because they said Saudi is a Muslim country, not for Christians.”