Christianity is the religion of 2.5% of the population of
Oman, which are 64,000 persons. 90 Christian congregations exist in Oman. Almost all Christians are from other countries. Most of them are from the Philippines, India or Western countries. At least one St Thomas Christian church is present in Oman. More than 50 different Christian groups, fellowships, and assemblies are active in the Muscat metropolitan area. The Protestant Church of Oman, the Catholic Diocese of Oman and the al Amana Center (interdenominational Christian) are recognized by the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs. There are Christian schools in Oman.
Proselytizing Muslims is forbidden IN Oman.STRIKE ONE!.
Christianity in Kuwait is a minority religion, accounting for 10–20% of the country's population, or 650,000 people. Kuwait's Christians can be divided into 2 groups. The first group are Christians who are
native Kuwaitis, they number approximately between 200 and 400 people. The second group, who make up the majority of Christians in Kuwait, are expatriates from various countries around the world.
Kuwait's native Christian population is diverse. In
1999, there were between 200 and 400 Christian Kuwaiti citizens. In June 2013, there were 256 Christian Kuwaiti citizens residing in Kuwait. There are reportedly
200 native Kuwaiti Christian families.
Christian Kuwaitis can be divided into 2 groups. The first group includes the earliest Kuwaiti Christians, who originated from
Iraq and
Turkey.They have assimilated into Kuwaiti society, like their Muslim counterparts, and tend to speak Arabic with a
Kuwaiti dialect; their
food and
culture are also predominantly Kuwaiti. The make up roughly a quarter of Kuwait's Christian population. The rest (roughly three-quarters) of Christian Kuwaitis make up the second group. They are more recent arrivals in the 1950s and 1960s, mostly Kuwaitis of Palestinian ancestry who left
Palestine after 1948. There are also smaller numbers who originally hail from
Syria and
Lebanon. This second group is not as assimilated as the first group, as their
food,
culture, and
Arabic dialect still retain a
Levant feel. However, they are just as patriotic as the former group, and tend to be proud of their adopted homeland, with many serving in the army, police, civil, and foreign service. Most of Kuwait's citizen Christians belong to 12 large families, with the
Shammas (from Turkey) and the
Shuhaibar (from Palestine) families being some of the more prominent ones.
Kuwait is the only GCC country besides Bahrain to have a local Christian population who hold citizenship.
In Kuwait, it is not allowed to proselytize Muslims.STRIKE TWO!!.
Ahh Bahrain sorry not Qatar but Bahrain!
The Christian community in
Qatar is a diverse mix of European, North and South American, Asian, Middle Eastern and African expatriates. They form around
13.8% of the total population (2010)
In May 2005, representatives of Christian churches in Qatar signed an agreement with the Qatari Government for a fifty-year lease on a large piece of property on the outskirts of Doha on which they intended to erect six churches at their own expense. The churches were
expected to pay nominal lease fees of a few hundred dollars a year, renewable after ten years. The property was expected to include an
Anglican church that may also be used by other Protestant denominations, a church to serve thirty four Indian-Christian congregations, a church for the country's small but
influential Coptic community, and a site for
two Orthodox churches, one Greek and one Eastern Rite. In December 2005, the foundation stone for the Catholic Church was laid and the ground-breaking took place at the end of April 2006. A board composed of members of all the Christian churches liaises directly with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding church matters.
Each church has been granted permission to apply for visas for visiting clerics to preside over and assist in church services. Previously, Catholics and other Christians were limited to informal group meetings in homes.
The Anglican Church of the Epiphany, was officially opened on 21 September 2013 and consecrated on 28 September 2013.The church sanctuary can accommodate up to 650 worshipers. The Anglican Centre, managed by the Anglican Church in Qatar, accommodates 59 additional Evangelical, Pentecostal and Protestant congregations.
The St Issac and St George Greek Orthodox Church serves the orthodox communities numbering about 10,000 people from the Middle East, Asia, Syria and Africa...
Yet none of these: Oman, Kuwait nor Qatar brag liberal views nor are these Sultanates secular!
I was about to point Indonesia....
Indonesia also had a clan of head hunters who didnt check your faith before they chopped your heads...it was some vodoo or something....
I didnt pick Indonesia...mind you I stated 50 plus countries...its your job to show me how these
non liberal non secular and non tolerant are worse than Europe!
Step out of what media feeds you and breathe in some air before you go crazy over some comments of one who has visited some of these countries!
