"This statement is NOT true. NO religious freedom would be the Taliban. They have Churches and Christians in the UAE don't they?"
Not quite true, ET.
An essential tenet of the Christian faith is evangelism (the spreading of the word of Christ). While Christians are not actively persecuted simply for holding to their beliefs, they would be subject to criminal prosecution for fully practicing their religion in the UAE. In short; they're not free to practice their religion in public.
It's like that in most of the ME, USE is no different. They are more free than other countries though.