RAMADAN: Saudi government warned NON MUSLIMS not to eat or drink in public (Page 3)

Saudi to non-Muslims: Respect fast or be expelled



RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi authorities warned non-Muslim expatriates on Friday, the first day of Ramadan, not to eat, drink, or smoke in public until the end of the Muslim holy month's sunrise-to-sunset fast — or face expulsion.
The Interior Ministry of the oil-rich kingdom called on expatriates to "show consideration for feelings of Muslims" and "preserve the sacred Islamic rituals." Otherwise, a ministry statement said, Saudi authorities will cancel violators' work contracts and expel them.

Saudi Arabia's population of 27 million includes some 8 million expatriates, including Asians, Arabs, and Westerners, according to government figures.
The ultraconservative Sunni kingdom is the home of Islam's holiest sites. The warning — which is issued at the beginning of Ramadan every year — serve as a reminder that the Western-allied monarchy must answer to a strict religious establishment that holds de facto veto power over many of its policies.
With challenges to the established order growing bolder from a population nearly half of which is under 30, Saudi Arabia has recently made some moves to show moderation. It is sending female athletes to the Olympics for the first time this year. King Abdullah has promised to allow women to run and vote in municipal elections in 2015. He also has tried to rein in the country's feared morality police.
But Saudi rights advocate Waleed Aboul Khair believes that while such moves give impression that the grip of hardliners has eased, "when you look around, nothing has changed and suppression has not changed." He is facing trial for "tarnishing the kingdom's reputation," mostly by his political activism for women's rights and other issues.

The poster is stupid man and the saudi with rammadan is nothing but poor stuff. many of them will fc*u*K this night, many will even kill innocent people this night. fc*u*K all muslim i hate them.

u will not understand

WHY U NO GO LIVE THERE? THERE IS NOTIN GOOD IN ALL ARAB WORLD, NO LIFE, NO FREEDOM, NO PEACE. I LIVED THERE BEFORE AND I BET YA THERE IS NOTHING GOOD. VERY BACKWARD SOCIETY.