Saudi Arabia: 'Seven months and seven days after he was arrested, tortured and jailed on charges of “spreading Christianity” in Saudi Arabia, Indian national Brian O’Connor was deported back to his homeland today. “It’s a miracle,” O’Connor told Compass by telephone from his aunt’s home near Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay. O’Connor reunited with his family for the first time since April 1998, when he went to work in Saudi Arabia. O’Connor said he was deported unconditionally by Saudi authorities, who discharged him from Al-Hair Prison at 9 p.m. yesterday and transferred him to the Riyadh airport terminal. He arrived in Mumbai on a Saudia Airlines jet at 8:30 a.m. local time. During O’Connor’s seven months in jail, he said 21 of his cellmates came to faith in Christ through his active witness. “I was there for a purpose,” he continued. “And on the flight home today, I shared with another man who prayed with me to receive Christ,” he said.' (Compass Direct)