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Saudi Arabian Media Embraces Christmas — Many Muslims Lose Their Sh*t in The Process
Arab News a powerful Saudi media group wishes Christians a Merry Christmas
Sunday, 25 December 2022
By: Tb Obwoge
No this isn’t satire at all. Millions awoke to 24 hours of stories about Christians and how Arabs were celebrating the holiday season, in Saudi Arabia. The trolls were alive and vicious in the comment section of Facebook. Some thought it was possibly a joke, however there are Christian Saudis.
Not only were these stories about Christmas celebrating Saudis but they highlighted stories from several Arab countries. These Arab majority Muslim countries were all in some form embracing their Christian citizens. This is tolerance that most Christian nations has never shown for their Muslim citizens.
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