US Concerned About Religious Freedom in Saudi Arabia
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The State Department has added Saudi Arabia to its list of Countries of Particular Concern with regard to violations of religious freedom.
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The State Department called on authorities in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to reopen the trial of three democratic advocates and to recognize the right of freedom of expression in the conservative kingdom.
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The Saudi government has stepped up  surveillance of charities amid fears that some of the big cash  donations made to them during the holy month of Ramadan are  being channeled to militant groups like al Qaeda.
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Religious freedom conditions have worsened in insurgency-wracked Iraq as well as Egypt, while communist China has embarked on a crackdown on foreign missionaries ahead of the Olympics, the US government warned in a report Friday.
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Saudi Arabia severely violates religious freedom, the US says, in an unusual public rebuke to its key ally.
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The United States flew long-held accused enemy combatant Yaser Hamdi to Saudi Arabia after a 10-day delay caused by worries in Riyadh about his release deal, US officials said on Monday.
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The attack this week on the U.S. consulate in Jiddah could be followed by more terror attacks in Saudi Arabia, a worried State Department said Tuesday.
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In an unusual censure of a key ally in the war on terrorism, the Bush administration yesterday accused Saudi Arabia of &quot;particularly severe violations&quot; of religious freedom.
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia  - Prominent Saudis dismissed  U.S. accusations of severe violations of religious freedom in  the kingdom and said on Thursday that the criticisms were  politically motivated.
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The Bush administration sets in motion a major arms sale to Saudi Arabia as the US president visits the kingdom.
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VATICAN CITY  - Pope Benedict and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah held a historic meeting on Tuesday and discussed the situation of minority Christians in the Islamic country where the Vatican wants them to have more freedom. At the first meeting between a Pope and a Saudi monarch, the two also discussed the need for greater collaboration between Christians, Muslims and Jews and prospects for a Middle East peace.  They spoke for about 30 minutes in the Pontiff's private study with the help of interpreters in what both the Vatican and reporters described as a cordial atmosphere.
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afrol News, 16 September - Eritrea was listed as one of eight countries worldwide on a US government blacklist of &quot;countries of particular concern&quot; regarding the situation of religious freedom.
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InfoWorld - Saudi Arabian officials have reportedly detained a blogger whose writing has criticized religious extremism in the country, according to the two press freedom groups and a regional human-rights organization.
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The Washington Post reports on the connection between the Saudi royal family and the strict brand of Islam known to the Western world as "Wahhabism." Wahhabism, which goes against much of the Koran's teaching ...
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The US State Department says there could be more terror attacks in Saudi Arabia in the coming days. The warning comes a day after militants blasted their way onto the grounds of the US Consulate in Jiddah.
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The collision of Saudi missionary work and suspicions of terrorist financing in San Diego illustrates the perils and provocations of a multibillion-dollar effort by Saudi Arabia to spread its religion around the world.
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In an unusual censure of a key ally in the war on terrorism, the Bush administration on Wednesday accused Saudi Arabia of "particularly severe violations" of religious freedom.