Referenced paragraph deleted

Submitted by Steve (United States), Aug 31, 2007 at 21:41

After reading this article I visited the source, the Saudi Airlines website:

http://www.saudiairlines.com/services/travelguide.jsp

Here is what I saw:

Customs Regulations

A number of items are not allowed to be brought into the Kingdom due to religious reasons and local regulations. These include alcoholic beverages, pork and pork products, prohibited drugs and narcotics, firearms, explosives, edged weapons and pornographic materials.

Items and articles belonging to religions other than Islam are also prohibited. These may include Bibles, crucifixes, statues, carvings, items with religious symbols such as the Star of David, and others.

I copied and pasted from the website linked above, but just after doing so on the website the second paragraph disappeared! It seems the publicity garnered by an article on this policy caused them to delete, at least in print for now, the paragraph. I would bet the policy, however, remains in force.

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