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Saudi Arabia Continues Crackdown on Private Christian Worship

Officials in Saudi Arabia are notorious for their intolerance of outsiders observing the Christian faith within Saudi borders, and on February 8 the country's religious police re-enforced that reputation when they arrested 53 Ethiopian Christians involved in a private prayer service in the Saudi city of Dammam, shutting down the service and hauling the believers off to jail.

According to the World Evangelism Alliance, a total of 46 women and six men were arrested in the raid, and three of the Christians, identified as leaders of the private house church, were charged with trying to convert Muslims to the Christian faith.

In December 2011, the Saudi religious police, known as the mutaween, arrested 35 Ethiopian Christians, 29 of them women, on charges of â€œillicit minglingâ€ after the authorities raided a private prayer meeting in Jeddah. According to Human Rights Watch, some of the Christians were ...

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2/26/13 2:07 PM

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As I pointed out in another message, "If They [Muslims] Had Gotten Rid of the Punishment for Apostasy, Islam Would Not Exist Today" :: Gatestone Institute. In fact, barbaric practices have continued since the time of Muhammad, Assassinations: Prophetâ€™s Holy Tradition Takes Center Stage in the Muslim World. Saudi Arabia is the heartland of these traditions.

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