U.S. criticizes Saudi religious freedoms

CNN.Com - World ^ | Wednesday, September 15, 2004 Posted: 3:39 PM EDT (1939 GMT) | AP

[Bobby777]

CNN.Com requires excerpting I believe

No Jewish Synagogue or Christian Church can be built in Saudi Arabia. No Bible study allowed in one's home with a group of others. No Jew can be a citizen of Saudi Arabia.

[Bobby777]

partial ping

[Bobby777]

Ambassador John V. Hanford announced that Saudi Arabia has been designated a "country of particular concern."

[John Will]

Is this a hoax or did Bush clear out the State dept?.

[LurkedLongEnough]

Twisted title by CNN. Should read: "U.S. criticizes      lack of      Saudi religious freedoms"

[Bobby777]

I know, I nearly fainted when I saw the article. I'm almost too cynical, but ... (hmmm, we'll see)

[Bobby777]

I thought the same thing ... you can't criticize that which does not exist. There is one choice over there.

[Alouette]

No Jew can be a citizen of Saudi Arabia.

Make that "No Jew is permitted to enter Saudi Arabia."

Medina was a majority Jewish city in 600 AD; Mecca was Jewish and Christian.

[joesnuffy]

That's right give the wellspring of Islamic terrorism a thorough finger wagging...

that'll teachem

[VOA]

Saudi religious freedoms

Now there's an oxymoron phrase for the religious sector!

[Lester Moore]

It is very clear that Islamics everywhere, including Saudi Arabia, are extremely frightened of competing religious ideas. They are afraid of having an open society because Islam cannot compete in an environment where people are free to think and research for themselves. They know that Islam's message of hate does not stand up under scrutiny and Islamics are fearful of being exposed by God for what they really are, deceived, small minded, hateful servants of Satan.

Four things. 1) Saudi Arabia MUST open itself to religious plurality. 2) The Borg Cube must be destroyed. 3) Islam's 'Allah' is clearly NOT God Almighty, the God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob. 4) Islam's 'Allah' IS Satan.

[Lester Moore]

Right, but I'm not original. Another freeper used the term a few days ago and I took it up. He was right though, Islamics are like the Borg in their insistence that we will be assimilated. Of course the Borg were technologically advanced so the analogy fails on that point.

[Bobby777]

you get an A+

[Bobby777]

I have read that the Dome on the Rock was actually a Christian Church that was taken ... I don't know the history or if that's true. Taken in the 600's I mean.

[Lester Moore]

Thank You for your approval. It means so much to me.

[Bobby777]

I'm glad to see that more people are coming to realize that allah is not the God of Israel. Jack van Impe and Robert Schuller can't tell the difference. The God of Israel has brought Israel back to her land, never to be removed from it again (though there are still things to happen). There are muslim teachers that teach that allah is bringing the Jews back to their final massive graveyard. Towards this end, moo ha med said the muslims will fight the Jews at the Last Hour and kill them.

The contradiction couldn't possibly be clearer.

[MissAmericanPie]

And the religious police have no problem forcing school girls to perish in their burning school rather than be seen on the street without being covered.

Saudi is the main sponsor of terrorism in the Middle East.