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Thursday
Jan252007

HRW: Saudi persecuting Ahmadis

HRW has sent an open letter to King Abdullah of "mainstream moderate" Saudi Arabia urging to put an end to a campaign of persecution against Ahmadis:

Your Majesty,

We write to urge you to put an immediate end to Saudi Arabias nationwide campaign to round up followers of the Ahmadi faith who have committed no crime. The campaign appears organized and designed to detain and deport all Ahmadis in Saudi Arabia because of their religious belief.

Saudi Arabia has so far arrested 56 non-Saudi followers of the Ahmadi faith, including infants and young children, and deported at least 8 to India and Pakistan. All of those arrested face deportation as soon as a flight becomes available. All but two are legally in the country, mostly long-term residents of Saudi Arabia, and have not been charged with a crime. Many other Ahmadis in Saudi Arabia, a small community of foreign workers in the country primarily from India and Pakistan, are reportedly in hiding or have left the country voluntarily for their own safety.

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Saudia is acting like a hypocrite fool while making these arrests. May Allah guide these morons to the right path, amen.

Feb 10, 2007 at 8:46 AM | Unregistered CommenterSohail Khurshid

mr.sohail khurshid no1 allowed ahmadis 2 practice their religious belief in k.s.a n the saudi govt. is not fool 2 make these arrest as they care 4 their country.........................

Feb 14, 2007 at 9:10 PM | Unregistered Commentermuslim

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