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01/30/12

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Ethiopian Christians arrested at private prayer in Saudi Arabia

Ethiopian Christians arrested at private prayer in Saudi Arabia

(Beirut) – Thirty five Ethiopian Christians are awaiting deportation from Saudi Arabia for “illicit mingling,” after police arrested them when they raided a private prayer gathering in Jeddah in mid-December, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. Of those arrested, 29 were women. They were subjected to arbitrary body cavity searches in custody, three of the Ethiopians told Human Rights Watch.

The Ethiopians gathered to pray together on December 15, during the advent of Christmas, in the private home of one of the Ethiopians, when police burst in and arrested them, three jailed members of the group, two women and one man, told Human Rights Watch.

“While King Abdullah sets up an international interfaith dialogue center, his police are trampling on the rights of believers of others faiths,” said Christoph Wilcke, senior Middle East researcher for Human Rights Watch. “The Saudi government needs to change its own intolerant ways before it can promote religious dialogue abroad.”

In October, Saudi Arabia, together with Austria and Spain, founded the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, located in Vienna, and funded by Saudi Arabia.


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22 comments

Comment from: Mola [Visitor]
When you enter saudi you know the rule of the country. If you dont like it don't go instead of crying foul. The other sad thing is alchol dealer and prostutution is we ethiopians are # one. Get the fact from people live there.
01/30/12 @ 23:26
Comment from: C'est moi senait [Visitor]
They are not orthodox Christian but a new western religion called pent,jhova,,,you know a fags, and LesXxx religion

Well den Saudi.

We should baptise these kuuttaarams and the so called Protestants,pent,jojoba etc...
01/31/12 @ 01:17
Comment from: Extraterrestrial [Visitor]
The hypocrisy and ignorance of Arabs is infinite!!! It is unfortunate to be among them.
01/31/12 @ 06:41
Comment from: ejole bishoftu [Visitor]
A place where there is no freedom of human rights is Arab countries like Saudi.What kind of law is this.Absolutely evil!!!!But many Muslims do have freedom in many christian countries to exercise their religion.Imagine how much these people are unfair. So sad my brothers and sisters might be deported without their will.But God almighty shall reward you.
01/31/12 @ 07:02
Comment from: mekdela [Visitor]
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The Saudis after many years of oppressing and discriminating religious practice need to change their way of rules to safeguard their own survival. They like it or not the Gospel of Christ is going to be preached even in Saudi Arabia. They may put the Christians in prison, but to change their heart is impossible. Any one who once come to know the love of God can not be subjugated and easily change his mind. Why don't they simply leave it to the individual. It is Christianity which is hope of real peace. It begins with "love your enemy!"

01/31/12 @ 07:32
Comment from: Tesfa [Visitor] Email
Aha! they want to build mosque in axum and any where in the world and do not want to see prayerful christian in their land... that is not really sound mind.
God bless you anyway saudi arabia and may see the other side on belief
that gives peace and love
01/31/12 @ 11:03
Comment from: GEDION--NASHVILLE,TN [Visitor] Email
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

(1) A country that is so envied for being rich n all, but is poor as fuck. It has very low-quality streets, inflation, poor education, extremely few universities that only people who have connections can get in, low-paid jobs. Because all the oil money goes to them kings and princes, people are left with no or shit services. Sure, we're better than some of Africa, but no where close to what an oil country should be.
(2) A country where money gets issued for projects like making better roads or building hospitals and schools, then most of The money (usually more than 50%) goes to the prince of that province, his people in The administration, and The contractors, so then the project is done with minimum expenses and less than minimum quality.
(3) A country where westerner are told not to wear shorts, carry a camera, talk to a woman when they go there because they can get shot for that... Nigga please!!! that's a buncha crap.
(4) A country from which most if not all rumors and hoaxes about The Shiite Islamic party spread out. Example, they said Shiite Muslims have tails like some animals, they claim they sit in big groups at one time of The year, turn lights off and have sex with whoever they get their hand on. The sad truth is there are people that are that ignorant to believe that kinda shit. There is no discrimination based on skin color, but there is discrimination based on which Islamic party you belong to, and it is a lot worse than all kinds of discrimination I have ever heard of. Believe me when I tell you that the education of Islamic parties in this country is not just fucked up, it is also FORBIDDEN knowledge. So if you bring a book from outside the country that talks about the Shiite party, they confiscate it at the borders.
(5) A country where Prince Mohammed Bin Fahad (of the Eastern Province) shares profit with anyone who creates a project BY FORCE. And if the guy refuses to share, his project get suspended by an order of the government.

If you practice any religion but Islam in Saudi Arabia, you can be arrested indefinitely. If you speak against the rulers of Saudi Arabia, you may be imprisoned and killed without ever seeing a judge.

Over 70% of Saudi youth are unemployed. Expatriates from poorer countries are more or less slaves in Saudi Arabia, hired to do the work for their Saudi overlords. Apparently, "Saudization" has a long way to go.

Mecca and Medina. Yeah, they're international cities. Look beyond those two locales to get a real feel for Saudi Arabia.

Want a modern example of an Islamic nation? Yeah, don't dwell on Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia should take a page out of Dubai's book if it wants to get out of the abyss it has been digging itself into for the past eight decades

If you practice any religion but Islam in Saudi Arabia, you can be arrested indefinitely. If you speak against the rulers of Saudi Arabia, you may be imprisoned and killed without ever seeing a judge.

Over 70% of Saudi youth are unemployed. Expatriates from poorer countries are more or less slaves in Saudi Arabia, hired to do the work for their Saudi overlords. Apparently, "Saudization" has a long way to go.

Mecca and Medina. Yeah, they're international cities. Look beyond those two locales to get a real feel for Saudi Arabia.

Want a modern example of an Islamic nation? Yeah, don't dwell on Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia should take a page out of Dubai's book if it wants to get out of the abyss it has been digging itself into for the past eight decades Major contributing factor to all the misery, backwardness, and violence that exists in the Mideast. An impediment to democracy and freedom in that region and the Muslim world as a whole
01/31/12 @ 11:07
Comment from: Asqign [Visitor]
Paperless prostitutes gathered in private house to pray?
01/31/12 @ 11:55
Comment from: mehari [Visitor]
I am always against discrimination of any type. Any individual has the ridht to exercise its God given humanity. This kind of news troubles me b/c of individuals intolerance towards others. But, what troubles me most is a government that harasse and kill its own people. The one thing what troubles me the most is the recent escalation of human right abuse by the government of Ethiopia. As an Ethiopian, I am demanding the current government to work hard to put the country first than focusing on individual or ethinical favourtism.
Also, all citizens of the country on both sides of the political spectrum should work towards better tomorrow rather than cheap political gains. Think of what kind of Ethiopia you want to pass to your kids instead of rushing to cling to power.
God bless Ethiopia
01/31/12 @ 12:11
Comment from: Mesfin B [Visitor]
They should know better. The Saudis are from the primitive comunal society era. Although the callander says 21st century they(the saudis) are in the mindset of primitive social level. Any outsider can and ought to know by now that when they don't acknowledge their women equality in their own land one shouldn't expect to have a compassion from these nomads.
01/31/12 @ 12:23
Comment from: Sandra [Visitor]
How can we allow one mosque of these savage and evil Saudis in our country.
01/31/12 @ 12:34
Comment from: omo [Visitor]
Saudi Arabian ruling class lives not in this world but on the dark side of the moon. Their mentality is as if they are still living in the dark ages, untouched by civilization, despite the fact that they live in the 21st century.


What sort of religion do they believe in? What sort of god will ever be happy when the supposed believers, humiliate and kill innocent people of other religions, whatever that religion might be?

These are the same people who are crying foul that they are not allowed to build their mosques all over the world, convert all humanity so that their shall be only one world religion.

The foundation of all religions should be love. Do our fanatics in Saudi Arabia know anything about love, humanity, equality of all religions and separation of the state and religion? I do not think so.
01/31/12 @ 14:05
Comment from: abc-hahu [Visitor]
It is unfortunate to arrest people at their private homes unless criminals.

In respect of rules and regulations Saudi Arabia is like Vatican, the country might be bigger than Vatican but the law is same as Vatican.

01/31/12 @ 15:12
Comment from: tula [Visitor]
i am commenting C'est moi senait
you looks the orthodox follwer ,but you donot have the knowledge of what christianity is. since you are supporiting islam you are not better enough from those who will come and buy one of your building for mosque.are realy jelous to christains to win this devils? are this muslims better from pentes for you? and you are happy to what is happen to your own people?
01/31/12 @ 16:06
Comment from: Mengesha [Visitor]
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Respect the law of the land. When you go to Saudi, You know the rule and law of the place. When you violate it and get arrested, Don't cry like a baby !!
01/31/12 @ 17:27
Comment from: ፊታውራሪ Free [Member]
Mengesha, the point is the archaic "law of the land" is as stupid as your brain, and that is not acceptable in a civilized society. Worse yet, some of you are protesting in our own capital in defense of the same backward tradition that was imported from none other than Saudi Arabia itself. Why do the Arabs think they have the privilege to spread their archaic culture and religion to the rest of the world while imposing a strict rule against the others' in their own land? morons
01/31/12 @ 18:01
Comment from: Mercy me [Visitor]
"Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. 14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you." 1 peter 4:12-14
For those christian brothers and sisters, I prayed that our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ be with you and confert you as you go through these harsh presicuton and trials for the sake of his name. Jesus is LORD ! !
01/31/12 @ 21:32
Comment from: ahmed [Visitor]
most of mosque in ethiopia we built it with out government permition so we keep build and build
01/31/12 @ 23:49
Comment from: Ethios_child [Visitor]
Saudi and the rest of the Muslim countries should thank Ethiopia for saving Mohammed and his followers ,for sheltering them when Mohammed's followers and his daughter had no place to rest ....Ethiopia was a Christian state during in which Mohammed's followers and his Daughter settled in Ethiopia after escaping an internal war in Saudi ..The Ethiopian king helped and protected the Muslims and even let them practice the religion Islam in a Christian country (Ethiopia) and now the Saudi's are arresting Ethiopians who are practicing their religion in their home ??/ the people of Ethiopia will always have home no matter what .. we will welcome back all our people back home ... a one day all the Arabs will depart from Ethiopia as well
inshallah allah is the greatest ... Muslim is suppose to be a peaceful religion but the Saudis and the Arab extremist need to stop being cruel to the innocent people ... Ethiopia will gladly welcome her Citizen back home safe ,but i hope the crime Saudi has done to our brother and sisters will be justified ..
02/01/12 @ 19:39
Comment from: dawit [Visitor]
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@ ahmed what do u think u gonna do wz your plan with new mosque? what you belive is for yourself not for other people. you and those who are thinkin like you are so stupids because yo
u build more mosque you think we all gonna be converted in to islam. shame on you .
dont warry you will be one day judged in front of GOD or ALAH. then you can see that for youself if your Islam will save you from judgement. anyway you all make a way out to cover everything that is against from human will.
one big example is that if you kill non-islam its no sin. so everyone must be aware of being whoever they want to be.
02/03/12 @ 16:32
Comment from: Kuru [Visitor]
Remember during the first IRAQ war, Saudis did not allow American soldiers who were there protecting them from Sadam’s invasion, to wear the cross in public. So why should we be surprised by this news
02/03/12 @ 22:16
Comment from: Ethio girl [Visitor]
TO: C'est moi senait Please watch your mouth,u sound ignorant and Balager. They might not be Ortodox but still Pentes, Protestant etc.. are Christians too, ok. Stop using that language, whenever I read your comment u make me sick. Go back to school before making yourself look an idiot.
02/04/12 @ 19:17

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