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-Saudi Arabia: Atheist Receives Death Sentence

Friday, April 28th, 2017

Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court sentenced a young man to death for “atheism and blasphemy.” Here’s the story from the Faithwire: Saudi Arabia has reportedly sentenced an atheist to death after he was convicted of both “atheism and blasphemy” for uploading at least one video to social media that was critical of Muhammad, Islam’s primary prophet, […]

-Saudi Arabia: New Law Brings Death Sentence for Bible Smugglers?

Monday, December 22nd, 2014

           King of Saudi Arabia Apparently the Saudi government has passed a new law that prescribes a death sentences for those ‘smuggling’ in Bibles or other non-Muslim or even non-Sunni religious literature into the Muslim kingdom. For a long time it has been illegal to bring Bibles into Saudi Arabia. Usually customs agents have made […]

-Saudi Arabia: 27 Arrested for Secretly Practicing Christianity in Home

Wednesday, September 10th, 2014

                     (Seal of the Committee: Wikipedia) The Saudi religious police raided a home and arrested 27 people for secretly conducting a Bible study and Christian worship. Practicing any religion besides Islam is prohibited in Saudi Arabia with potential jail time or even physical beatings for violators. Here’s the story from The Blaze: Saudi authorities raided […]

-Saudi Arabia: Declares All Atheists ‘Terrorists’

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014

                (King Abdullah: Wikipedia) The Saudi Arabian authorities have just declared that from now on all atheists are considered ‘terrorists’ in their country and subject to as much as 20 years in prison. Here’s the story from the UK Independent: Saudi Arabia has introduced a series of new laws which define atheists as terrorists, according […]

-A New Israeli-Saudi-French Front Against Iran?

Monday, November 18th, 2013

        (Saudi King Abdullah:  Wikipedia) Strange bedfellows indeed? Since President Obama and Secretary of  State Kerry seem convinced that Iran is serious about a detente with America a new trio of allies are forming to continue on as serious opposition to the Iranian nuclear program- Israel, Saudi Arabia, and France. Here’s the story from FrontPageMag: […]

-Saudi Arabia: 41 Christians Arrested For “Plotting to Celebrate Christmas”

Friday, December 28th, 2012

                  (Coat of Arms of Saudi Arabia: Wikipedia) This is how the Saudi’s say Merry Christmas? It is still against the law in Saudi Arabia to hold Christian services even in ones own home. Apparently it is also illegal to even have a Christmas party? From al-akhbar: Saudi religious police stormed a house in the […]

-Hypocritical Saudi King Demands UN Action Against Blasphemy

Monday, October 29th, 2012

                     (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The demands from Muslim countries for the UN to take action outlawing blasphemy against Islam continues in the aftermath of the Mohammad film/video controversy. The latest comes from the King of Saudi Arabia- Abdullah bin Abdulaziz even though the hypocritical monarch has taken no action at all to clean up the […]

-Saudi Arabia: School Textbooks Incite Hate Against Christians and Jews?

Saturday, October 27th, 2012

                                            (Photo credit: Wikipedia) American Publishers were shocked when they inspect current Saudi textbooks and find them still teaching children to hate Christians and especially Jews. From the Daily Beast: As current and former heads of major American publishing houses, we know the value of words. They inform actions and shape the world views of […]

-Saudi Arabia: Woman Beheaded for Witchcraft

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

          (Image via Wikipedia) From NDTV: Riyadh: A Saudi woman was beheaded on Monday after being convicted of practising sorcery, which is banned in the ultra-conservative kingdom, the interior ministry said. Amina bin Abdulhalim Nassar was executed in the northern province of Jawf for "practising witchcraft and sorcery," the ministry said in a statement carried […]

-Saudi Arabia: House Church Christians in Jail Without Even a Trial

Monday, April 11th, 2011

                        (Image via Wikipedia) It is illegal in Saudi Arabia to have a Christian church and it is even against the law for Christians to worship in their own homes much less till Muslims about the faith. To bring that point home, two Indian Christians have been in jail since January for sharing their faith […]