Det bærer bud om skiftende vinder at State Department sier det ikke finnes religionsfrihet i Saudi-Arabia. Et slikt statement ville vært utenkelig pre-911.

«Freedom of religion does not exist» in Saudi Arabia, the State Department said in an annual report tracking religious freedom worldwide. It included the kingdom for the first time on a blacklist of eight countries «of particular concern.»
«Freedom of religion is not recognized or protected under the country’s laws and basic religious freedoms are denied to all but those who adhere to the state-sanctioned version of Sunni Islam,» the report said.

The Saudi Embassy in Washington said it had no immediate comment on the U.S. report, which also said government-paid preachers used violent anti-Jewish and anti-Christian language in their sermons. (Reuters)