Posted on 09/15/2014 9:08:29 AM PDT by SkyPilot
Islamist police in Saudi Arabia have stormed a Christian prayer meeting and arrested its entire congregation, including women and children, and confiscated their bibles, it has been reported.
The raid was the latest incident of a swingeing crackdown on religious minorities in Saudi Arabia by the country's hard-line Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
The 28 Christians were said to be worshipping at the home of an Indian national in the eastern city of Khafji, when the police entered the building and took them into custody. They have not been seen or heard from since, raising concerns among human rights groups as to their whereabouts.
Nina Shea, director of the Washington-based Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom, told FoxNews.com: 'Saudi Arabia is continuing the religious cleansing that has always been its official policy.
'It is the only nation state in the world with the official policy of banning all churches.
'This is enforced even though there are over two million Christian foreign workers in that country. Those victimized are typically poor, from Asian and African countries with weak governments.'
Activists are now calling on the U.S. to use its considerable influence in the region to help secure the release of the incarcerated Christians.
A spokesperson for the Saudi government claimed to have no knowledge of the arrests, according to Fox News.
But the English-language newspaper, The Saudi Gazette, as well as several Saudi Arabic-language news outlets, have reported on the arrests.
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"So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed. That experience guides my conviction."
It is time to stop allying with Islamic states who do nothing but harm Christians. Deus Vult!
Saudi Arabia ~ Isis ~ Al Qaeda ~ Iran ~ Boko Haram ~ etc.
May those who worship you be punished by the real God.
Same sh-thole that beheads people for the crime “sorcery”.
Our good friends - the Saudis.
“where it was first revealed”
“Reveled” definitely implies that it is of divine origin. Should be “made up”. Even if inspired by Satan.
Isn’t this the same muslim bastard who Bush2 kissed and held hands with in the garden?
That’s why I thought as well.
swingeing ??
Don’t count on Barack Obama to lift a finger.
This action will receive a strong denunciation from the White House.
He never uses the word revealed when describing the Bible or Christianity his supposed religion. IF he leaves office I’ll bet the revelation that he has “discovered” islam to be his true faith won’t take even a year.
“Westerners” generally get away with holding church services as long as they keep it low key and do not invite or involve muslims.
“Easterners”, asians that is, are routinely raided, arrested, beaten, threatened with execution, their countries’ ambassadors forced to beg for their lives, if they hold church services in their private quarters.
Kerry just left there the other day - any connection?
I am so glad that Saudi Arabia represents “moderate Islam.”
After 9/11 we aimed too high, literally.... and invaded Iraq when we should have invaded Saudi Arabia....
We should have taken over ALL their oil fields, sold the oil for a discount and used the money to rebuild the WTC exactly the way it was with additional safety gear....
When ISIS comes a calling for those fat assed muzzie corrupt sheiks let them defend themselves without help from any friendly and harmless ‘infidels’. Let their own kind fight them to the death for allah. Islam the ROP-—Religion of Pox and a cancer too.
Consider this: After Barack Obama leaves office and if he, indeed, announces his Muslim “conversion”, there will be a mass of black Americans who will emulate him, so great is their worship of this man!
Instantly there will be millions of potential jihadis in our midst ready to do whatever the former president and his handlers suggest!
Even though we have/had plenty of reasons to do so even before this latest story.
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