Four foreigners were arrested in Libya on suspicion of distributing books about
Christianity and proselytizing, a Libyan police spokesman said on
Saturday.
Police spokesman Hussein bin Hamid said the suspects were from
South Africa, Egypt and South Korea, and one held both Swedish and U.S.
nationality. The Swedish Foreign Ministry confirmed that a dual national
Swedish-American citizen was arrested while traveling on a U.S. passport. The
U.S. Embassy in Libya declined comment.
Spreading Christianity is now a crime
in Libya thanks in large part to the Canadian governments help in overthrowing the unagressive towards Christians Ghadaffy regime. It's not entirely sure why Canada wanted to establish a government in Libya that was hostile to Christians and Christianity but that's what has occurred.
The four were arrested
in the eastern city of Benghazi on Tuesday and are under investigation for
printing and distributing books that proselytize Christianity. Police said they
found 45,000 books in their possession and that another 25,000 have already been
distributed.
Bin Hamid said that embassy officials have visited them. He
would not say where they are being held.
