WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- An analysis of literature sent by Saudi Arabia to U.S. mosques reveals a consistent message: Hate Christians and Jews and kill all who abandon Islam.
The 89-page report, based on a yearlong study of more than 200 original documents all published and distributed by the Saudi government, said the literature urged hatred of non-Muslims and called for the killing of any Muslim who switches religions, the Washington Times reported Saturday.
The report by the human rights group Freedom House -- headed by President Bill Clinton's former CIA director, James Woolsey -- is titled "Saudi Publications on Hate Ideology Fill American Mosques."
The organization examined literature available in more than a dozen mosques and Islamic centers in Los Angeles; Dallas; Oakland, Calif.; Houston; Chicago; New York; and Washington.
One tract says of Muslims who accept Judaism or Christianity: "If you do not repent, you are an apostate and you should be killed because you have denied the Koran."
This tract, published by the Saudi Ministry of Religious Affairs and written in Urdu, was collected at the King Fahd Mosque in Los Angeles and it quotes Sheik Bin Uthaimin as preaching this policy.
