“Last month, Saudi Arabia announced it was launching a new visa program meant to encourage tourism, in part to move the kingdom away from its dependence on the oil industry.”
However, “Christians traveling to Saudi Arabia are being warned not to publicly display their Bible while in the country or travel with more than one copy of the text, despite the kingdom’s recent openness to tourism. The Christian persecution watchdog group Barnabus Fund released a warning ‘that having a Bible can still put them at risk of arrest.'”
You can keep it hidden in your luggage, but do not dare display it, as doing so would be an affront to supremacist Islam.
Religious rights and freedoms do not exist in Saudi Arabia, and in other Islamic countries, the persecution of Christians and other religious minorities is endemic, as it is mandated by the Sharia. Hiding Bibles is not new in Saudi Arabia, but its reaffirmation now is interesting considering the fact that Saudi authorities have been touting the nation’s “reform.” Allowing women to drive was merely a gesture to prove to the world that it is moving in a direction of human rights; it isn’t. The guardianship system is still very much alive, and Islamic supremacy is enshrined in the Saudi Constitution. Women are inferiors, and expressions of religions other than Islam are strictly forbidden.
“Barnabus went on to explain that the Saudi Arabian government follows a strict interpretation of Islam and that openly practicing Christianity in the kingdom is forbidden,” and that “Bibles must not be displayed in public and anyone found bringing a large number of Bibles will face ‘severe penalties.’”
While supremacism and abuse are enshrined in the laws of Sharia states, and while the global jihad to expand the realm of Islam continues, in the West, denial of the link to Islam of supremacism, persecution, and jihad is the rule. To disobey that rule earns you the label of “Islamophobic.” Australia’s Ambassador to the UN, Sally Mansfield, learned that lesson when she delivered “a joint statement on behalf of 25 countries, decrying the Kingdom’s human rights record at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.” The statement was met with hostility by Abdulaziz Alwasil, Riyadh’s ambassador to the United Nations, who (as expected) played the victim card with furor and lambasted Australia “as a nation where xenophobia and racism against Muslims had garnered government support.” He didn’t stop there. He also accused “some” Western countries of “radicalism against Muslims,” of course without proof; none was expected.
“Christians risk arrest if they display Bible in Saudi Arabia, persecution watchdog group warns,” by Michael Gryboski, Christian Post, October 16, 2019:
Christians traveling to Saudi Arabia are being warned not to publicly display their Bible while in the country or travel with more than one copy of the text, despite the kingdom’s recent openness to tourism.
The Christian persecution watchdog group Barnabus Fund released a statement Monday warning individuals that having a Bible can still put them at risk of arrest.
“Christian visitors should be aware that displaying a Bible in public, or taking more than one Bible into the country, could place them at risk of arrest,” the group cautioned.
“The new regulations for tourists state that a Bible may be brought into the country provided it is for personal use only. Bibles must not be displayed in public and anyone found bringing a large number of Bibles will face ‘severe penalties.’”
Barnabus went on to explain that the Saudi Arabian government follows a strict interpretation of Islam and that openly practicing Christianity in the kingdom is forbidden.
“There are hundreds of thousands of Christians from other nations, such as the Philippines, other parts of Asia, or African countries, who are living and working in Saudi Arabia,” the group added.
“But they must meet in private homes to worship, and risk harassment, arrest and deportation if they are caught doing so. Saudi citizens who convert to Christianity face risk of execution by the state for apostasy if their conversion becomes known.”
Last month, Saudi Arabia announced it was launching a new visa program meant to encourage tourism, in part to move the kingdom away from its dependence on the oil industry.
Previously, the Islamic country’s visa program was restricted to those coming for business or religious pilgrimage, according to the BBC.
Foreign women taking advantage of the visa program will not be required to adhere to the nation’s strict dress code or be accompanied in public. However, they will still be expected to dress modestly…..
mortimer says
If Islam were obviously true (just as we can observe water freezing when the mercury is at 32F), then there would be no need to defend Islam from examination. However, the Koran is filled with errors of different kinds, so comparing the Koran with the Bible reveals many of the Koran’s textual problems.
– The Quran is full of major scientific errors. The myth of scientific miracles is designed to cover up those errors.
– The Quran is full with grammatical and other language errors that would never be accepted in any other book or from any other writer.
– The Quran has been deliberately wrapped by confusing sound and visual effects so that it doesn’t look like a normal book when heard or read.
– The Quran is full with repetitions of stories that have no relevance to our time, or even to Mohammed’s time. Such repetitions account for nearly one thirds of the book.
– Some verses are incomplete, while others contain irrelevant insertions or seem to be completely out of place. It is likely that the scribes or the people who collected the Quran committed such errors.
– There is almost no resemblance at all between the Meccan verses and the Medina verses, a fact well known to Muslims. However, the Muslims’ explanations are not convincing. We do not expect Allah to change his style or dialect when Mohammed moves from one place to another. A more logical explanation is that the authors or Mohammed’s sources have changed.
– Humans’ errors of the scribes and the people responsible of the early collections of the Quran may account for many of its errors. Some verses could have been included more than once (hence the excessive repetitions) and some may have been misplaced or gone completely missing.
keya says
Saudi Arabia should never be in any non-muslim’s “places to travel” list. Who in their right mind would consider Saudi Barbaria as a suitable travel destination! There are plenty of other places which are very welcoming to tourists.
paul 316 says
You are so right! It won’t be long and we’ll be hearing about Christians, Jews and others who are detained because of one allah offending reason or another. You’re looking for trouble if you go to Saudi Arabia and think you’re going to do something because you think you have a “right” to. You might end up dead. Sure there are foreigners/non muslims who chose to live there and work and they follow the rules because they are committed to being there, but if you’re a tourist and do something haram even if you “didn’t know”, too bad.
Lotus says
Good points. The best predictor of such trouble is Dubai, where Westerners have often been arrested and imprisoned for trivial incidents.
This includes the case of a woman who drank a glass of wine on her inbound plane and who was then arrested at the airport!
https://www.insider.com/dubai-arrest-westerners-got-into-trouble-with-legal-system-2019-4
David says
When in Rome do as the Romans do. When in SA do as they say, or get arrested or killed. Have a nice holiday.
abad says
Heck yeah!
I’d rather go to Japan.
gravenimage says
Japan sounds good.
Infidel says
Precisely. First of all, most people don’t float on money, and for such people, something closer to home is much more suitable. Here, on the East coast, maybe the Blue Ridge Mountains. Or on the West coast, Vegas. If I were in Europe, maybe historic places in France, Spain or Italy, or picturesque Alpine scenes in Switzerland or Austria. In East Asia, one could visit Singapore, Thailand, Bali, Vietnam, Cambodia – so many good options. Depending on the season, one could also take a trip to Alaska (in summer) or the Caribbean or Pacific islands (in winter).
If you’re not a Muslim, do what I do, and stay away from any Muslim country. The closest I’ve ever gotten was in Singapore, at Changi Airport, when I stayed at the lounge, and at my bedside table was an arrow w/ the Qibla – pointing to Mecca. That was creepy!
CogitoErgoSum says
If I were anything but a Muslim, why should I want to come to Saudi Arabia for my vacation? Seriously.
Infidel says
That thought occurred to me as well. Why that country, of all places?
The only reason anyone would go to Saudi Arabia would be if one’s job sends him there, or if he’s a Muslim on the haj. In fact, until they decided that they want to get an income stream from tourism to make them less dependent on oil (the only way that would work is gouging haj pilgrims), Riyadh didn’t allow people into the country for tourism: the only 2 reasons one could go there was business or pilgrimage. Oh, and also if you were an American soldier fighting to defend Saudi Arabia from other Muslim countries like Iraq or Iran or Yemen
If they didn’t have oil, and if Mecca and Medina weren’t located in their country, Saudi Arabia would be about as rich as… Somalia
Christopher Watson says
One day, in about a century’s time when the oil runs out, Saudi Arabia will be about as rich as Somalia and the Arabs will all come to Europe. Because they will own most of it.
Antiislamicman says
The power of christ destroys the Islamic false religion. The more you try to impose your will on people the more it shows how weak Islam truly is. If Islam was true they would have no problem with the Bible.
abad says
+1
somehistory says
They couldn’t pay me enough to go there, and I certainly wouldn’t go voluntarily and spend money enriching them, nor spend my time in the place so full of islam’s idols.
There are plenty of places for anyone, including Christians to visit, but each must make those decisions for him/herself.
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
Arab saying, “My grandfather rode on a camel, my father rode in a Cadillac, I ride in a Lear jet, my grandson will ride on a camel.”
The sooner we perfect battery storage, the sooner we can be done with these snakes and their oil. Check out the videos on YouTube documenting the Saudi women trying to escape the prison of Islam.
Brian Hoff says
There is more money to be make ijn peto chemicales found in oil .
FYI says
And another famous Arab saying is..
“One night my father rode a camel and that’s how I was born.mashallah,mashallah”
{It only applies to muslim Arabs from Saudia Arabia}
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
BOYCOTT ALL MUSLIM COUNTRIES. THEY ARE CESSPOOLS OF HATRED.
Ska says
Americans’ penchant for laughter, humor, and credulous trust in others and our tendency to project our fair mindedness into others – all of these things will draw evil attention and evil intentions towards you. Arabia is not a place for “innocents abroad.”
gravenimage says
Spot on, Ska.
Clive Delmonte says
Why don’t tourists just stay away from Islamic countries ? Stay in Europe. It’s beautiful, fairly safe, mostly following laws you can understand and you can get home easily.
David says
Europe was safe until the muslims arrived.
Spiro says
Just go to greece and the islands you will never regret it it’s beautiful safe and fun
They don’t mind if you bring a bunch of
Bibles they even have some of their own and will gladly sell you a few
Ps no I’m not greek I’ve been there a few times
abad says
See I would not mind Greece either, if only for their delicious Greek food. Stuffed grape leaves, Greek salad, and the Greek pastry! Yummy. Foods I’ve eaten at our local Greek Festival back in my home state up north.
Trick_or_Treat says
Yes, interesting. Just WHAT is it within the covers of the Holy Bible that seems to have them so terrified?
But good idea, perhaps we can start lobbying Prime Minister ScoMo & Co in our Australian Federal Government to put a bill forward to Parliament to make it against the law to show a qur’an anywhere in public in Australia, and anybody doing so be immediately arrested and charged.
What do yo think would happen? Oh yes, that would really set the screech-monkeys into full flight!
CogitoErgoSum says
I just hope that would not include posting a copy of the Quran on the internet. That’s the way I have access to it. I would hate to have to pay good money for it.
David says
I hope you know about David Wood and the Apostate Prophet on You Tube. Many ‘wonderful’ quotes from the Koran. You can learn a lot.Tell your friends.
Christopher Watson says
On the contrary a copy of the Koran should be on display everywhere but muslims should be compelled to defend and explain it. Any non-muslim should have the right and the opportunity to criticize it and to question it. Just like any other book. It would never happen since muslims know it would never last any investigation.
Norger says
Can you imagine the outcry if any western country were to adopt a similar stance vis a vis Muslim tourists and the Koran?
gravenimage says
+1
tim gallagher says
I wouldn’t go to any Muslim country. I don’t want to give the Muslim enemy any of my money. And besides, nothing about barbaric Islam or the revolting way Muslims live interests me anyway. But, like so many other reports, this report just makes me think again about the imbalance between the stupid way we, in western countries, are so tolerant of Islam and the Muslim enemy never reciprocate and show tolerance towards us non-Muslims. I don’t think, when it comes to Islam, our societies should pat themselves on the back and say, oh, but we are so wonderfully tolerant. I think Muslims see that as a weakness in us to be exploited. I like that Canadian politician, mentioned here at Jihad Watch a week of so back, ( I think her name might have been Sybil Hogg) who said “Islam should be banned”. It’ll never happen in our far too tolerant western nations, but I agree with her. We should stop being tolerant to the Muslim enemy. Any tolerance shown is always one way. We shouldn’t tolerate totally intolerant Islam. Above all, we shouldn’t let Muslims migrate into our countries. Why invite this enemy in? As for Saudi Arabia. It’s only a couple of thousand years behind the enlightened, civilised world. All of Islam is a couple of thousand years behind the non-Muslim world.
somehistory says
Why should a person “tolerate” evil? The average person wouldn’t “tolerate” a bum taking up residence on their doorstep or porch or backyard, so why should a country tolerate hordes of evil creatures out for blood, taking up residence?
Lotus says
+1.
The imbalance between how we treat Muslims in our countries and how Muslims treat us in their countries is stark and glaring.
Imagine the outcry if showing a Quran in public was made illegal in Western countries!
The Muslims are playing us for fools.
tim gallagher says
Thanks for the comments, somehistory and Lotus. I have been writing to our politicians here in Australia for around 15 years or so (before that I used to tell them to reduce Muslim migrant numbers) telling them that they should put an end to Muslim migration. I don’t see any positive in letting Muslims into any non-Muslim country. Most people will say that most Muslims aren’t a problem, etc. But I believe that, without a doubt, Muslims will create more trouble than any other group of people. It is the same in Europe, the USA, Canada, New Zealand and so on. We have no problems with, say, our Buddhist migrants. In my opinion, and it’s all there very clearly in the Koran, Muslims will have a bad attitude to non-Muslims, and that’s enough reason for me to say, keep them out. I doubt whether such a ban will ever happen though. Your comments are both spot on. As you say, somehistory, why let them in? Too many of them are out for our blood and almost all of them have a bad attitude towards us for being non-Muslims. And, no doubt, Lotus, Muslims do play us for fools. I think they see us as a soft touch and continually take advantage of our countries.
Lotus says
It’s tricky.
The first and obvious step should be to halt all new Muslim immigration into Western countries. In the current political climate, even that seems a tall order.
But unfortunately, many Muslims are already living in Western countries and have citizenship. What can be done about them? The hope that they would assimilate has largely proved to be a false one. So we seem to be stuck with them.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to reverse the decades of govenrnment foolishness which allowed them to enter.
With global warming gathering pace, maybe they could all go to live in Antarctica? 🙂
somehistory says
Yes, tim gallagher
You are so right. Makes me think of a fine old house I lived in once. It was nearly a hundred years old by that time…older now by another decade…and it was riddled with termites.
The owners, not living there to experience the bug debris, destruction, etc., didn’t want to spend the money to have the insects killed. But killing was the only solution to stop the increasing destruction.
Once a group of people are allowed to do as they please…which includes destruction on many levels…it’s fairly impossible to stop it. As Barney Fife liked to say, “Nip it. Nip it in the bud.”
The only way this could have been prevented, was to prevent it in the first place. Now that so many have been born in the countries their parents and grandparents invaded for islam, the problem is much like having a house that is being destroyed by termites. It’s just going to happen.
The laws of the nations prevent,,,and this is good… deporting citizens to other countries. Laws also prevent…and this is good…mass killings of citizens.
The government can;t deport us for disagreeing with them, and they can’t just kill us off. And this goes for moslim citizens…even those making trouble.
But they could halt further invasion. It’s just that so many moslims and their friends are in positions of power…this is one of the reasons the influx goes on, and on.
tim gallagher says
Thanks for the comments. In a democracy, if enough of the population get fed up with a situation (such as Muslims causing trouble in their country), then they can demand that changes be made and they can vote in governments that will carry out the policies they want. I notice more people that I know, and quite a few are fairly left wing, becoming annoyed with the trouble Muslims are bringing to Australia. I’m not all that optimistic but I hope that we will end up with a government that will stop letting any more Muslims in and also, at some point, will find a way to deport Muslims or, maybe, make Muslims feel so unwelcome that they’ll leave. Anyway, I will keep on writing to our politicians and keep trying to wake them up to Islam’s barbaric nature (telling them about the quotes from the Koran calling for non-believers to be killed,etc, because I believe many politicians know nothing about Islam) and hope for the best. I hate seeing the society I live in being made far worse by the trouble Islam brings. I don’t think Hungary and the other Visegrad countries are great in all ways, but I keep thinking that, when it comes to Islam, they are right. They keep Muslims out and, I suspect, they probably would deport them. If most of the population want that to happen, I’m sure it can be done. I don’t know if it was the case, but maybe the Burmese people were happy when the Muslims were thrown out of that country a few years ago. If there’s a law against deporting citizens, maybe it can be changed. I suppose the problem is people can’t be left stateless, although some countries seem to be saying to these ISIS scum, “bugger off”, we’re not having you back.
Terry Gain says
I’m planning a trip to Saudi Arabia next summer. The purpose of my trip is to convince the Saudis that Islam is not a religion. Should be fun.
Lotus says
Are you serious?
Friendly advice: I think you’ve got a bee in your bonnet about Islam not being a religion. Better to just let it go.
Terry Gain says
I wasn’t expecting you not to get the joke. But then again; I’m not familiar with you. I don’t take advice from people who don’t get obvious jokes. Sorry.
Lotus says
Well, Terry, I did actually ask you a checking question. Because on the net it’s often not clear when someone is being ironic or sarcastic.
That’s why people often put a tag like /sarc after a comment that’s not meant to be taken seriously. That makes such remarks clearer to others.
The reason I was not sure is because of your recent posts on the Islam in schools page, where you eccentrically went on and on about Islam not being a religion, to the point where you seem to have developed a sort of monomania about the issue.
Since monomaniacs are capable of doing almost anything in pursuit of their fixed ideas, it is certainly within the bounds of possibility that you might go to Saudi to follow up on that, no matter how daft it might look to others.
Terry Gain says
Lotus
Listen up sonny. You don’t know me well enough to call me names. Although I have been attempting to lead the discussion here for a couple of years on the vital vital question of whether Islam is a religion I have too many other interests to count.
Go Habs Go and too bad about dem Bums and let’s hope pandering Andrew wins on Monday, with Max holding the balance of power. Not bloody likely, unfortunately.
But surely sensible people understand that whether Islam is a religion, by American standards, with all the advantages that entails and the mischief and dangers created is a most important question. It seems rather daft to dismiss a willingness to discuss this vital question as a mania.
So who else thinks the Founding Fathers intended to give Islam the protected status of a religion? Is it possible they created a country and intentionally embedded in its Constitution the seed of its destruction?
Cameron Hanson says
I wonder if they will allow me to go to the Kaaba? perhaps during the “off”season
Trick_or_Treat says
….a kaffir deciding to walk clockwise around it [a la Midnight Express] would be riot to behold.
David says
Cameron, yes you could visit the Kaaba. Say after me….
gravenimage says
Saudi Arabia: Christian tourists will be arrested if they display Bible in public
…………………
This reminds me of this insane story, also from today:
“What Were They Thinking? Forbes Encourages Women to Travel Solo to Pakistan”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/10/what-were-they-thinking-forbes-encourages-women-to-travel-solo-to-pakistan
Infidels should not vacation in Islamic hell holes. How can anyone in 2019 think that this is a good idea?
Terry Gain says
Yes, tragically word isn’t getting around fast enough about the true nature of Islam. The elites who call it a religion have blood on their hands.
David says
Terry, how can we spread the word? We need more new commenters on here. You, me and several others fill many a page. Do you have any friends you can tell about Islam? Me neither! I daren’t even tell my family!
FireFox says
Truth welcomes scrutiny with open arms.
Islam abhors and condemns any and all scrutiny.
Islam is an exclusive club of the consciously ignorant.
Islam is arrogant supremacism built and sustained on a lie, and bolstered with threats of punishment, ostracizing, and death for any that oppose it.
Little wonder some call Islam, peace (sarc.)
Lotus says
So if we organise a Jihad Watch tour of Saudi, does that mean there will be no takers? 🙂
infidel says
But these creatures openly display their barbaric faith in non Muslim lands.
Angemon says
“Come, infidels – we are a great country to visit. If you bring a Bible, WE KILL YOU!!!!”
Lotus says
Quite a few tourists dying there recently in traffic accidents. Not the best publicity for their tourist drive.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/17/saudi-bus-crash-kills-35-foreign-tourists-near-holy-city-of-medina
David says
Was it a head-on collision with a white van? Or was the coach driver a muslim?
David says
Jut read the article. It was a heavy lorry. Other crashes also listed.
The last paragraph: In September 2015, a stampede killed up to 2,300 worshippers – including hundreds of Iranians – in the worst disaster ever to strike the Hajj annual pilgrimage.Allah certainly knows how to celebrate. Nearly as many as 9/11, but self-inflicted.
Giacomo Latta says
Does the KSA still plan to enforce the koran (9:2) through (9:5)? ”So travel freely, O disbelievers, throughout the land during four months … and when the sacred months have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them”. Methinks Antarctica looks good.
Pays de fous says
How incredibly tolerant of them! Well what, at least they didn’t mention any beheadings, that’d be bad for tourism ^^.