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Catholic Culture Trusted Commentary

Our ally in the fight for democracy

By Phil Lawler ( bio - articles - email ) | Nov 02, 2004

The charges of selling alcohol were clumsily introduced after the arrest. Brian O'Connor was originally arrested by Saudi religious police because he was proclaiming the Gospel.

Notice: "religious police." Those are the folks who enforce the strict ban on the practice or preaching of any faith other than Islam.

And these, theoretically, are our allies....

Phil Lawler has been a Catholic journalist for more than 30 years. He has edited several Catholic magazines and written eight books. Founder of Catholic World News, he is the news director and lead analyst at CatholicCulture.org. See full bio.

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