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  • Saudi Arabia Bars Bible-Bearing Flight Attendant

    12/31/2006 1:30:49 AM PST · by West Coast Conservative · 25 replies · 864+ views
    Arutz Sheva ^ | December 31, 2006 | Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
    A Bible-bearing Christian flight attendant has been barred by her British employer from flying to Saudi Arabia, where Christianity is illegal. The flight attendant, who works for British Midland Airways (BMI), is "a committed Christian [who] likes to take her Bible, which was once her mother's, with her when she travels," according to journalist Claire Bergen, who added that the case will be brought to an industrial court. The British Foreign Office backed the airline. "The importation and use of narcotics, alcohol, pork products and religious books, apart from the Quran (Koran), and artifacts are forbidden," it stated. The London...