In case you had forgotten, the Religion of Peace™ isn’t a big fan of Christianity. In fact, it’s illegal in countries governed by sharia law to become a Christian. In Saudi Arabia, I’ve heard it’s not permitted to even own a bible - even if you are a U.S. soldier stationed there.
So it should come as no surprise that this is happening:
More than a dozen Christians in Saudi Arabia who were accused by government officials of worshipping in their homes have been ordered deported.
According to a report from International Christian Concern, the Christians will be expelled tomorrow for one specific home worship service in Taif in April.
The deportation conflicts with the message stated just weeks earlier by Saudi King Abdullah, who called for interfaith dialogue and held a summit in Spain with a representatives from several major religions.
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More than a dozen Christians in Saudi Arabia who were accused by government officials of worshipping in their homes have been ordered deported.
According to a report from International Christian Concern, the Christians will be expelled tomorrow for one specific home worship service in Taif in April.
The deportation conflicts with the message stated just weeks earlier by Saudi King Abdullah, who called for interfaith dialogue and held a summit in Spain with a representatives from several major religions.
“Deporting Christians for worshipping in their private homes shows that King Abdullah’s speech is mere rhetoric and his country is deceiving the international community about their desire for change and reconciliation,” said Jeff King, the president of ICC.
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The report from the Washington-based human rights group said 15 Christians will be deported. Sixteen had been arrested on April 25 when a dozen Saudi Arabian police officers raided a home during 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 report said. “The other 11 police followed quickly and started searching the entire house. The confiscated an electronic drum set, an offering box with 500 Saudi Riyal in it ($130), 20 Bibles, and a few Christian books.”
The worshippers initially faced accusations of preaching and singing. “They later changed the charge to holding a ‘dance party’ and collecting money to support terrorism,” the ICC said.
“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 head of the police 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,” ICC said.
Awesome. I’m sure the President might, if he has time, make a sternly worded comment about this some time this week.
We really need to get off this oil habit of ours. It’s costing us way more than $120 per barrel. We won’t even stand up to these thugs.
We’re starting to get off our oil habit… demand is slumping. That’s a good thing.
Of course, China will be happy to replace the demand. Just waitin’ in the wings to be the Saudi’s new best friends… ain’t it grand.