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December 31, 2014       Share:    

Source: http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/8355.htm

Report: Saudi Arabia to Allow Jews to Work in Kingdom

(MEMRI) On Dec. 30, 2014, the Saudi daily Al-Watan reported that Saudi authorities are now allowing people of all faiths, including Jews, to work in the kingdom. Saudi Shura Council Foreign Affairs Committee member Sadaqa bin Yahya Fadhel said: "We are permitted to have a connection with Jews, and importing a Jewish worker is exactly the same as importing [a worker] of another faith....So long as we have no relationship whatsoever with Israelis, then there is no problem with this." Saudi Arabia is the only Gulf state that still bans the establishment of houses of worship for religions other than Islam.

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