Saudi ArabiaMap reflects the 30 most recent Persecution Reports. Click HERE for the Map Legend.Middle Eastern Christians Increasingly Targeted by Blasphemy, Apostasy LawsSunday, February 19th, 2012“Islamic law is increasingly used by authoritarian governments and extremist forces in the Muslim world to acquire and consolidate power, experts say, which is becoming an increasing threat to religious minorities, especially Christians,” the Christian Post reports. Muslim Persecution of Christians: January 2012Saturday, February 18th, 2012Raymond Ibrahim reports in the algemeiner that “The beginning of the New Year saw only an increase in the oppression of Christians under Islam, from Nigeria, where an all-out jihad has been declared in an effort to eradicate the Muslim north of all Christians, to Europe, where Muslim converts to Christianity are still hounded and attacked as apostates.” Ibrahim’s series, titled ‘Muslim Persecution of Christians,’ is published each month to document cases of persecution – whether it be general discrimination, arrests, or murder – committed by Muslims in majority Islamic countries, Asia and the West. Ethiopian Officials Fail To Protect Their Citizens Detained In Saudi ArabiaFriday, February 10th, 2012Persecuted for Praying to God in Saudi ArabiaFriday, February 10th, 2012“In Saudi Arabia — where religious persecution is a virtue and tolerance, a vice — praying as a Christian, even in the privacy of a home, is treated as a felony offence,” National Review Online reports. Saudi Officials Pressure Christian Prisoners To Convert To IslamTuesday, February 7th, 2012Saudi Arabia: Christian Women Report being Assaulted after ArrestsTuesday, February 7th, 2012"International community asked to pressure Saudi Arabia on basic rights," World Net Daily reports. Saudi Arabian Officials Assault, Strip Search Christian PrisonersTuesday, January 24th, 2012ICC Urges Saudi Arabia To Release The Prisoners Christmas in Saudi Arabia: Cheerful But ChasteMonday, December 26th, 2011"In Land of the Two Holy Mosques, authorities overlook quiet celebrations," The Media Line reports. Saudi Arabia: Security forces jail dozens attending prayer meetingMonday, December 26th, 2011"Saudi Arabian security forces have arrested and detained 35 members of an Ethiopian Christian prayer group in the western city of Jeddah, according to ministries that monitor religious persecution in the restricted Islamic nation," World Net Daily reports. Saudi Arabia Arrests Ethiopian Christians For “Mixing With Opposite Sex”Wednesday, December 21st, 201142 Ethiopian Christians Arrested in Saudi ArabiaSaturday, December 17th, 2011Saudi security forces arrest 42 Ethiopian Christians at a prayer gathering in Jeddah Will There Be a Place for Christians in Muslim-Majority ‘Arab Spring’ Countries?Saturday, December 3rd, 2011“Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Saddam Hussein of Iraq each were horrible human rights violators, but ironically enough, offered a measure of protection to Christians. In contrast, nations under Shariah will look more like Saudi Arabia and Iran, where leaving Islam for any other religion is a punishable offense,” writes Carl Moeller, the president and CEO of Open Doors USA. Muslim Persecution of Christians: October, 2011Saturday, November 19th, 2011Raymond Ibrahim reports in Hudson New York that “Egypt's Maspero massacre – where the military killed dozens of Christians protesting the destruction of their churches – dominates October's persecution headlines.” Ibrahim’s series, titled ‘Muslim Persecution of Christians,’ is published each month to document cases of persecution – whether it be general discrimination, arrests, or murder – committed by Muslims in majority Islamic countries, Asia and the West. Ethiopian Gov’t Says The Country Faces Threat Due To Intolerant Teachings of WahhabismSunday, October 23rd, 2011Ethiopian government expresses its concern over the growing violence due to the increasing influence of Wahhabi Islam in the country. Some Wahhabi Muslims want to introduce Sharia law in Ethiopia, where Christians are the majority. The forgotten Christians of the EastSaturday, October 15th, 2011“Just as the Jews of the Islamic world were forcibly removed from their ancient communities by the Arab rulers with the establishment of Israel in 1948, so Christians have been persecuted and driven out of their homes,” The Jerusalem Post reports. Saudi Arabia’s Export Of Radical Islam Alarms Gov’t LeadersWednesday, October 5th, 2011"Two weeks ago, I met the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, who complained bitterly about Saudi money being used to build Wahhabi inspired madrassahs in his country which were radicalising Ethiopia's Muslim minority that have traditionally co-existed peacefully for centuries with the Christian majority." Religious Freedom Continues Forward in U.S. LegislatureSaturday, September 17th, 2011Theological Lessons Learned from Girls of Riyadh and KuwaitWednesday, August 24th, 2011A convert to Christianity from Islam, author Debra Rae compares the God of Islam, Allah, with the God of the Bible, YHWH. Rae also explains the differences between the submissive and oppressive acts of faith that Muslim girls in Saudi Arabia are subjected to in comparison to the free ability to worship that Christian girls have in the West. This Month in Muslim Persecution of ChristiansFriday, August 19th, 2011Front Page Mag reports on the most horrific incidents of persecution in the Muslim world that occurred in the month of July. Saudi Arabia Releases Jailed Christians After Six Month ImprisonmentThursday, July 28th, 2011Saudi Arabian officials are continuing to persecute Indian immigrants handing down extensive charges on false convictions. |
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