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June 26, 2014 15:47 BST
Saudi Arabia has threatened to deport any non-Muslim foreigners who don't respect the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan by eating, drinking or smoking in public.
An interior ministry statement on the official SPA state news agency urges non-Muslim expatriates in the kingdom to "respect the sentiments of Muslims by not eating, drinking or smoking during Ramadan's daylight hours in public places, including roads and workplaces."
Those who violate the regulations will be deported or sacked, according to the statement.
"They are not excused for being non-Muslim," it said, adding that "anyone living in this country should follow the laws of the Kingdom, including respecting religious sentiments".
The statement also asked companies to transmit the instructions to their employees.
Millions of Muslims from around the globe are preparing to observe Ramadan, the religious month of fasting.
For 30 days, they will not eat or drink from sunrise and sundown and refrain from sexual intercourse, smoking or profanity in a bid to become closer to Allah.
They are also encouraged to give back to the community and take part in charitable deeds.
Saudi Arabia applies a strict version of sharia law and it hosts more than nine million foreigners.
Last march, the Kingdom started a crackdown on illegal workers. The government issued an amnesty period in April 2013 giving illegal migrants seven months to gain legal status. Since then, one million Bangladeshis, Indians, Filipinos, Nepalis, Pakistanis and Yemenis have left.
The government created a task force of 1,200 labour ministry officials who raided shops, construction sites, restaurants and businesses in a hunt for foreign workers employed without permits.
More than 16,000 people were rounded up.
I keep a quran close to the toilet, never know when I might run out of toilet paper. Mohamhead was a pedophile rapist, robber, murderer, torturer, and insane false prophet(may feces be upon him)
This is from a Saudi training us in 2008 I work In iraq we had a memo for my company that we could not drink in front of the iraqis my iraqis asked where I went I told them about the memo, I was told its arereligion not yours so you do not need to do that
Refrain from sexual intercourse? Does that include goats, sheep and camels?
Fine, than we can deport all Muslims?
Why would anyone want to live in a country with no freedom?
f*ck Allah and f*ck Islam
FTA: "anyone living in this country should follow the laws of the Kingdom, including respecting religious sentiments". Yeah, that's what a lot of us feel in America too but we seem to be ignored.
That's pretty much always been the situation in Saudi. Go back tro your villa and have the Filipino houseboy make you a big lunch, or go to your hotel and raid the minibar.
actually the saudis are doing non muslims a favor. they are discreetly telling you that a war is coming and the enemy kills christens. the isis group it seems are more dangerous and fanatical than the muslim brotherhood hillarys little puff balls who killed hundreds and hundreds ... more
Treating non-moslems as second class humans is actually an olive branch. Their religion teaches them to kill Non-moslems as Kaffirs.
@Kirti Patel It also says you can pay them and not get killed.