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To: lowbridge
“Keeping an eye on hate.”

Saudi Arabia - Conversion by a Muslim to another religion is punishable by death. Bibles are illegal. Churches are illegal.

Yemen - Bans proselytizing by non-Muslims and forbids conversions. The Government does not allow the building of new non-Muslim places of worship.

Kuwait - Registration and licensing of religious groups. Members of religions not sanctioned in the Koran may not build places of worship. Prohibits organized religious education for religions other than Islam.

Egypt - Islam is the official state religion and primary source of legislation. Accordingly, religious practices that conflict with Islamic law are prohibited. Muslims may face legal problems if they convert to another faith. Requires non-Muslims to obtain what is now a presidential decree to build a place of worship.

Algeria - The law prohibits public assembly for purposes of practicing a faith other than Islam. Non-Islamic proselytizing is illegal, and the Government restricts the importation of non-Islamic literature for distribution.

Jordan - Has the death penalty for any Muslim selling land to a Jew.

Sudan - Conversion by a Muslim to another religion is punishable by death.

Pakistan - Conversion by a Muslim to another religion is punishable by death. Bans proselytizing by non-Muslims. Christians regularly put in prison for charges of blasphemy. Islam is the state religion, and in a court of law the testimony of a Christian carries less weight than that of a Muslim. Section 295(c) of the Penal Code calls for a death sentence for anyone who defiles the name of the Prophet Muhammad and requires the testimony of four Muslims for a conviction. This fosters an environment in which Muslims can feel free to use intimidation and violence against religious minorities for personal gain.

Qatar - Islamic instruction is compulsory in public schools. The government regulates the publication, importation, and distribution of non-Islamic religious literature. The government continues to prohibit proselytizing of Muslims by non-Muslims.

Malaysia - Under Malaysian law, any convert to Christianity must apply to a shariah (Muslim law) court to legally renounce Islam. Many Christians prefer to remain silent converts rather than take their battle to the shariah courts, where apostasy or conversion out of Islam is punishable by whipping, fines, imprisonment and--in the most extreme application--death.

The Maldives - In the island paradise visited by tens of thousands of tourists each year, Christianity is simply not tolerated. While local Christians – said to number around 300 out of a total population of 300,000 – do get together to worship, they do so at the risk of imprisonment or worse if discovered by the Muslim authorities. Bibles are banned, and tourists can be arrested for trying to bring them into the country.

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/

4 posted on 10/10/2006 11:10:02 AM PDT by 2banana
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To: 2banana

It is those policies that will destroy their culture IMO.

As oil becomes no longer needed, they will be starving and thanking their false god Allah I guess.


5 posted on 10/10/2006 11:13:12 AM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: 2banana

But...but...I heard that islam is a religion of peace.

And all it's followers are so tolerant of others that if you dare question them they threaten, curse, riot, bomb, cut off heads, take down buildings, shoot schoolchildren, and all sorts of other peaceful activities that we don't hear about from MSM.


8 posted on 10/10/2006 12:03:32 PM PDT by womanvet (The lesser of two evils is still evil.)
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To: 2banana

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/




Thanks for reminding us all..and that list is just partial.


31 posted on 10/18/2006 7:14:47 PM PDT by eleni121 ("Show me just what Mohammed brought:: evil and inhumanity")
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To: 2banana

Ah, the religion of Peace and Tolerance. /sarc


32 posted on 10/18/2006 7:21:23 PM PDT by phoenix0468 (http://www.mylocalforum.com -- Go Speak Your Mind.)
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To: 2banana; Salem
Wow! Thank you!

Interesting that many of the same nuts that defend and protect this way of life get up at arms when someone here invokes the name of Christ in a prayer and emphatically advocate for the eradication of religion (their code name for Christianity) having any part in government.

37 posted on 10/19/2006 5:38:07 PM PDT by takeemout (God Bless Jesse Helms!)
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