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Saudi’s grand mufti calls for destruction of all churches in Arabian Peninsula
One of Islam’s most influential spiritual leaders has called for the destruction of all churches in the Arabian Peninsula, sparking alarm for the region’s vulnerable Christian minority. The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheik Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, declared on 12 March that it is “necessary to destroy all the churches of the region”. His statement came in response to a query from Kuwait about proposed legislation to prevent the construction of churches in that country. The … Read entire article »
Filed under: Islam, Persecution, Saudi Arabia
Christians in Prison, Beaten in Saudi Arabia
By Jeremy Reynalds Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service WASHINGTON, D.C. (ANS) – An international human rights agency has learned that two Indian Christians working in Saudi Arabia have been arrested in Batha, Riyadh, and sentenced to 45 days in prison. According to a news release from International Christian Concern (ICC), on March 11, Vasantha Sekhar and Nese Yohan were arrested and beaten. They were accused of proselytizing. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Persecution, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia Arrests Christian Blogger for Conversion Publicity
By Michael Ireland Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service SAUDI ARABIA (ANS) — Authorities in Saudi Arabia have detained a 28-year-old blogger, Hamoud Bin Saleh, for publicly writing about his conversion from Islam to Christianity on his website. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Muslim, Persecution, Religion, Saudi Arabia
Christian Convert Arrested in Saudi Arabia
Compass Direct News reports: Five months after the daughter of a member of Saudi Arabia’s religious police was killed for writing online about her faith in Christ, Saudi authorities have reportedly arrested a 28-year-old Christian man for describing his conversion and criticizing the kingdom’s judiciary on his Web site. … Read entire article »
Filed under: China, Christian, Compass Direct, Muslim, Persecution, Saudi Arabia
Saudi girl executed for becoming Christian
Israel Today reports that a young girl in Saudi Arabia was brutally executed by her Muslim father this week after he learned his daughter had converted to Christianity. Middle East business news website Zawya.com reported that the man, who is a prominent member of a “virtue committee,” first cut out his daughter’s tongue and held a one-sided religious debate with her. He then burned his daughter alive. Observant Muslims hold that their Prophet Mohammed taught that Muslims who convert to any other religion must be killed, often in extremely brutal fashion. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Muslim, Persecution, Saudi Arabia
