| "When Islam gained control of Saudi Arabia 1,300 years
ago, all Christians were expelled. Believers are treated no better today.
Christians have been arrested on false charges, imprisoned, and even beheaded
because of their faith. Even foreign Christians visiting Saudi Arabia are
not allowed to meet together and worship." http://www.persecution.com/country/index.cfm?CountryID=38
"In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia it is illegal to wear a cross necklace, read a Bible, or utter a Christian prayer in the privacy of your own home. Under the law, conversion to Christianity by Saudi citizens is a criminal offense punishable by death." http://tidalweb.com/lions_den/saudi.shtml "Infidels Forbidden" warn signs outside the city of Medina, where the prophet Muhammed once lived. This ominous message causes Western visitors to Saudi Arabia to shiver in fear. ...two Filipino Christians were beheaded for studying the Bible and praying in a Saudi prison. |
...In Iran, four prominent Christian leaders have been
killed in this decade. In Iraq, Pakistan and Syria—and likely others—family
members who kill converts to Christianity experience no punishment. http://www.cwfa.org/library/freedom/1999-05_fv_under-fire.shtml
Jubilee Campaign, a Christian human rights organization, has noted "mounting evidence of the crucifixion of the male populations of entire villages." When the Vatican protested in 1992, Khartoum replied, "The Catholic Church has become the enemy of the Sudanese government. We know how to deal with it." What was meant was apparent. Last summer, according to Vatican Radio, four Catholics were arrested, flogged a hundred times, and then crucified. http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9508/articles/liben.html "Sudan is one of the fastest growing churches in Africa today, yet Sudanese Christians daily face murder, torture, enslavement and even crucifixion. Militant forces consider Sudan the gateway for Islamic expansion into the rest of Africa, the Middle East and the rest of the world." http://www.crosswalk.com/CC/article/ 0,,PTID74088%7CCHID194343%7CCIID525974,00.html |