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Wednesday, May 04, 2005

Saudi Arabia: 'One week after arresting 40 Pakistani Christians, Saudi Arabia’s muttawa religious police broke into another private worship service of expatriate Christians, arresting five elders of a house church in Riyadh’s central Al-Olaya district. High-ranking Muslim sheikhs reportedly took part in the April 29 raid on a congregation of 60 Ethiopian and Eritrean Christians who had gathered for prayer. The muttawa confiscated the worshippers’ personal Bibles and one woman’s cross necklace. Permitted telephone contact with their families during the initial fours days of their incarceration, the five elders have reportedly been transferred to prison facilities of the Ministry of Interior, where they are being held incommunicado.' (Compass Direct)

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