Posted on 05/23/2005 2:21:33 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
This is in fact true. Luggage is inspected coming into the Kingdom. A savy close relative hid her Bible in her packed underwear and it was never bothered by the inspectors.
Count me in......
"What are they so afraid of that the Bible is considered illegal?"
Because only the holy koran is the real book of the god allah.
They have been institutionalized to believe only their book written in only arabic is true. They have used the argument for some 900 years or so, that the OT/NT must have been severly corrupted and no longer speak the truth. What they fail to understand is their book uses many of the concepts taken from the OT?NT..........and since Islam did not come into being until mid six century, all areas of the koran that contain modified things that happened in the OT/NT put into words based on what the bible had to say, that this means their book is NOT HOLY and un-corrupted. They being Arabs and those of other ethnic groups forced to become Muslims seem not in the least capable of understanding some basic things. If they did, they would have to burn all their korans, hadiths and other writings and shoot all their clerics.
Sad.
"I landed at Riyadh in August 1981 aboard a USAF C-12 and stepped out into 140 degree heat. It was like sucking flames."
I did the same thing in August 1991, except in a C-5. It was, indeed, like breathing flames. The water they had sitting on the ramp for us was hot enough to make tea or coffee in. I also brought an English-language copy of the Torah, and a couple of pocket New Testaments, as we were pretty sure we'd not get searched. I kept them for the guys who came later, and did loose theirs. We'd been warned about the Saudis confiscating such things.
BTW, as is my custom, I invite all Muslims to engage in discussions on their custioms at the Interfaith Breakfast, to be held in the Parish Hall of Our Lady of Riyadh R.C. Church on St. Swithin's Day.
Can't make it? How about the Ist Presbyterian Church in Dammam? The Methodist Chapel in Medina, then?
Bob Marley lyric:
Some will eat and drink with you
Then behind them su-su 'pon you
Only your friend know your secrets
So only he could reveal it
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