Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Saudi Arabia, deploying a "special police" force to enforce a narrow sect of Islam, is sponsoring a discussion on "Tolerance"...

If this is not a tolerant regime, .......NYTimes, here
"....Neither the Saudi Embassy at the United Nations nor in Washington responded to phone and e-mail messages seeking comment about the criticism of the kingdom’s record on religious discrimination....
Saudi Arabia bars its citizens and its sprawling expatriate community, including tens of thousands of Christians, from any public worship outside Islam. The more than two million Saudi Shiites face widespread discrimination in worship, education and employment. A special police force, the Society for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, ensures that Muslims go to prayer five times a day and that the WahhJustify Fullabi sect of Sunni Islam prevails..."

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