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In a leadership rejig, <keyword id="742386" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="food-beverage" source="Orion">food &amp; beverage</keyword> major <keyword id="19953787" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="pepsico" source="keywords">Pepsico</keyword> on Friday said <keyword id="4632597" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jagrut-Kotecha" source="Orion">Jagrut Kotecha</keyword> will lead the <keyword id="19895063" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="india" source="keywords">India</keyword> business as the CEO, while the incumbent <keyword id="20251990" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ahmed-el-sheikh" source="keywords">Ahmed El Sheikh</keyword> will assume the charge of the Middle East business unit. Kotecha, who is the Chief Commercial Officer for PepsiCo in Africa, Middle East, and South Asia (AMESA) will assume the role of CEO for PepsiCo India in Sheikh's place, the company said in a statement. Ahmed El Sheikh, who led the PepsiCo India business for almost seven years, will move on from his current role and assume new responsibilities as of March 2024, it said. "This leadership change, reflecting PepsiCo's dynamic and forward-thinking global approach, has been meticulously planned and was communicated to the India office employees yesterday (Thursday) as part of a series of leadership changes across AMESA," it said. PepsiCo <keyword id="115930" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="chief-executive-officer" source="Orion">Chief Executive Officer</keyword> -- Africa, Middle East &amp; South Asia -- Eugene Willemsen said India remains a pivotal market for the company, playing a crucial role in our global strategy. "Over the last six years, Ahmed has been instrumental in transforming our business, driving innovation, and steering the team through challenging landscapes. His leadership saw the introduction of pioneering products and various community-focused initiatives, and I look forward to continuing to work with him in his new capacity," he said. Welcoming Kotecha, he said, "We will continue to scale new zeniths of success under his leadership with our Indian consumers." PepsiCo, which owns brands such as Pepsi, Lay's, Kurkure, Tropicana 100%, Gatorade, and Quaker, entered the Indian market in 1989 and has grown to become one of the largest food and beverage businesses here. Pepsico India Holdings revenue from the sale of products and services on a consolidated basis was up 28.47 per cent to Rs 8,127.07 crore, for the financial year that ended on March 31, 2023.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Jerome Foster is protesting the UN climate conference in Egypt, citing LGBTQ abuses</li><li>The young climate activist also advises the White House on environmental justice issues. </li><li>Foster spoke to Insider as part of its Climate Heroes 2022 event.</li></ul>Jerome Foster is at the forefront of youth climate activism, but he won't be attending the United Nations' climate conference this year in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.Foster, who is gay, and his partner, Elijah Mckenzie-Jackson, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CgB6oqcsJkK/?hl=en">in July asked the UN</a> to move COP27 to another country in Africa, citing Egypt's treatment of LGBTQ people and the government's suppression of its critics. One of the co-signers of the letter was Ahmed Alaa, an Egyptian who was <a href="https://www.npr.org/2018/06/18/620110576/after-crackdown-egypts-lgbt-community-contemplates-dark-future">imprisoned for three months in 2018</a> after waving a rainbow flag at a concert."We are in a moment when we have to be intersectional in how we think," said Foster, the youngest member of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/climate-action-30-top-global-leaders-working-toward-climate-solutions-2022">among Insider's Climate Action 30 leaders</a>. Foster spoke as part of an Insider event moderated by Catherine Boudreau, senior sustainability reporter. The event was part of Insider's series Climate Heroes 2022: Working Toward Solutions, which highlighted various leaders' efforts to address the climate crisis. "We shouldn't be scared to go to a climate conference, where we're trying to fight for the right for our planet, but putting our lives at risk just because we love someone," Foster said. "If we have this dialogue with the absence of LGBTQ+ people, we won't have our critical voices at the table."Watchdog groups including <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/egypt-human-rights-crisis-deepens-one-year-after-national-human-rights-strategy-launched/">Amnesty International</a> and <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/01/13/egypt-no-end-systematic-repression">Human Rights Watch</a> this year reported a pattern of abuse by the security forces of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, despite his launch of a national human rights strategy in 2021. The pattern includes jailing peaceful political activists and violating people's rights on the basis of sex, gender identity, secual orientation, and religious beliefs. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry <a href="https://apnews.com/article/climate-politics-africa-sameh-shoukry-ef68f280f3fadcbb337f673ee55a2762">told the Associated Press in July</a> that there will be a "facility adjacent to the conference center" for activists. Foster told Insider that isn't enough."Their response is really inadequate, because it isn't just about the people that are going to this conference," he said. "It's about the people that are in Egypt and that are suffering and that are in prison right now."Foster is advocating for an intersectional approach to climate action in the US, too. His White House advisory role involves implementing <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/environmentaljustice/justice40/">President Joe Biden's Justice40 initiative</a>, a promise to spend 40% of certain climate and clean energy funding in communities that are overburdened with pollution and historically underinvested in — typically Black and Brown communities.This is a major lift following the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act, which authorizes nearly $370 billion in climate spending over a decade. "A lot of what comes down to whether bills are good or bad is how they're implemented and how communities actually benefit from them," Foster said. "It's often universities or white-led organizations that have had hundreds of years to operate that get this funding, even though it's intended for marginalized communities."Ending fossil fuel subsidies would also go a long way, a policy Foster is pressing the Biden administration on. He warned that continuing to hand out tax breaks for fossil fuel expansion could wipe out a lot of the climate progress to date. Ultimately, what drives Foster today is advocating for communities around the world that contributed the least to the climate crisis, yet are experiencing the most devastating impacts. "Climate change often is only seen as a recent issue," he said. "But actually, we have to think back to the roots of it, and it starts with that mindset of colonialism, that mindset of extraction. That has to be rethought."

Youth activist Jerome Foster is skipping the UN's climate conference in Egypt because of the country's record on LGBTQ rights

Dubai, May 10 () The Abu Dhabi BAPS Hindu Temple will participate in the "Prayers for Humanity" initiative called by the Higher Committee on Human Fraternity on May 14 to unite the people in the fight against coronavirus. Head of the BAPS Hindu Mandir, Abu Dhabi, Brahmavihari Swamiji said, "We are honoured to join the Pray for Humanity initiative organised by the Higher Committee on Human Fraternity (HCHF). It is an inspiring call to action which will unite humanity in prayer to the Almighty whose compassion, guidance and protection we all seek in these trying times." The HCHF, an independent body of religious leaders and scholars, runs under the patronage of Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi H H Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The document on human fraternity is signed by Pope Francis and Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb. "Let us all join not just our voices as one, but also our hearts and souls across countries. Let us pray as a single human family to our Creator that together we overcome the current COVID 19 pandemic. May these times also inspire the best in all of us - that the spirit of service, the warmth of compassion, and the strength of patience is granted to us all," Brahmavihari Swamiji said, giving a call to all people irrespective of cultures and communities to participate in the prayer meet. The meeting will start at 9.00 pm on Thursday. It will include prayers from different communities of the Indian diaspora, devotional songs, a video presentation, chanting and meditating. Interested person can log onto "prayer.mandir.ae" to join the service. CORR INDIND

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The food processing industry in Uttar Pradesh is set to get a major boost with <keyword id="54572" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="PepsiCo">PepsiCo</keyword> announcing a Rs 814 crore green field project for production of potato chips in Mathura. The unit will be set up in Kosi area of the district and will start commercial production by the middle of 2021. The plant is being set up in Kosi, in Mathura district on a 35-acre plot which has been provided by <keyword id="10097840" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="the-up-state-industrial-development-authority">the UP State Industrial Development Authority</keyword> (UPSIDA). The company will also be sourcing potatoes, its raw material, from local sources and thereby helping local farmers. Once ready, the plant will be providing direct and indirect employment to about 1,500 people. Satish Mahana, UP's Industrial Development Minister, said that the project was a reflection of Chief Minister <keyword id="43254" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Yogi-Adityanath">Yogi Adityanath</keyword>'s pro-industry policies. "Such policies under which the government has implemented business reforms under ease of doing business has made UP a highly attractive state for investments. The result is that many companies like PepsiCo have shown faith in the UP government and are optimistic about investing in the state," he said. In a statement, Ahmed El Sheikh, Chairman of <keyword id="110163" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="PepsiCo-India">PepsiCo India</keyword> said that initially, an investment of Rs 500 crore in this project had been planned for which the company has signed an MoU with UP government during the 2018 Investors' Summit. However, it had been revised to Rs 814 crore. Infrastructure and Industrial Developmental Commissioner Alok Tandon said that project started with the arrangement of land at the ground breaking ceremony held in July 2019. "The government has started an extensive exercise of MoU tracking, land allocation and labour related reforms because of which a transparent investment system is being established in UP," he stated. Since 1990, PepsiCo has been producing carbonated soft drinks and non-carbonated beverages in UP through franchisee. These units are functioning in Greater Noida, Kosi, Sathria-Jaunpur, Kanpur Dehat and Hardoi. This is the first time that the company is setting up a greenfield project in UP. --IANS amita/sdr/

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="50996" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Saudi-Arabia">Saudi Arabia</keyword>, the home of Islam, has outlawed churches and punished Christian worship for decades.</li><li>The kingdom's 1.4 million Christians meet in secret, but authorities are signaling more openness.</li><li>This is the inside story of the American mission to woo MBS to build the kingdom's first church.</li></ul>On a sunny, cloudless October morning in 2019, twenty-five American Christians gathered at the base of Jabal al-Lawz, an umber-colored mountain in northwest Saudi Arabia. Their leader, the evangelical author and preacher Joel Richardson, took out a Bible he'd brought from back home in Kansas, and started to read out loud.Soon after, he and his congregation began singing hymns, while their hired Saudi tour guides pulled out their smartphones, and started to film.Richardson was leading the first-ever Christian tour to Saudi Arabia, the home of Islam where the public practice of any other religion is famously forbidden.Still, the preacher was taken aback when his phone rang that evening. It was the State Department with a message: "Be careful."Richardson is to this day bemused. "I guess some of the videos went viral on Saudi social media or something," he told Insider in a recent interview.<h2>Saudi Arabia is liberalizing, but Christians still worship underground </h2>The scene at Jabal al-Lawz, which some Christians believe to be the true location of Mount Sinai, illustrates the rapid social change underway in Saudi Arabia, as well as the dangers that still face the <a href="http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/saudi-arabia#/?affiliations_religion_id=11&amp;affiliations_year=2020&amp;region_name=All%20Countries&amp;restrictions_year=2016ns_year=2016">1.4 million Christians</a> living there. In the past decade, those caught in the act of worship have been punished, arrested, jailed, or deported, and the sight of Christians brandishing Bibles and singing hymns in broad daylight would have riled many devout Muslims.In 2014, the kingdom's religious police deported 12 Ethiopian Christians caught worshipping in Dammam in February, and raided a home in September after hearing it was used for church services, <a href="https://www.refworld.org/topic,50ffbce40,50ffbce469,562105556,0,,,SAU.html">the State Department said</a>. In 2011, 35 Christians were arrested at a private gathering in Jeddah, <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/01/30/saudi-arabia-christians-arrested-private-prayer">Human Rights Watch reported</a>, adding that 29 women among them were "subjected to arbitrary body cavity searches."Saudi Arabia's millennial crown prince, <keyword id="2750192" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mohammed-bin-Salman">Mohammed bin Salman</keyword> - known also by his initials, MBS - has reformed his country since taking power in 2017. Yet advances in religious freedom have come slowly, clearly posing a more existential issue for the crown prince to tackle than <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/female-solo-traveler-went-to-saudi-arabia-heres-what-i-saw">mass tourism</a>, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-censors-black-pather-first-movie-in-35-years-2018-4">Hollywood blockbusters</a>, or <a href="https://www.insider.com/influencers-criticized-for-saudi-arabian-music-festival-trips-2019-12">music festivals</a>.<div type="image" title="Saudi and foreign media representatives listen to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman remotely addressing a press conference, at the G20 summit's Media Center in the capital Riyadh, on November 22, 2020. (Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE / AFP) (Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images)" height="2464" width="4928" msid="80749477" hostid="261"></div>"There are no churches here," one Christian who has lived in Saudi Arabia all her adult life told Insider. "We choose to lay low in respect to their <keyword id="24504" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="culture">culture</keyword> and religion." The person requested anonymity over fears for her safety, but her identity is known to Insider.As more non-Muslim expats arrive for work, the kingdom has increasingly turned a blind eye to their faith - <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-police-idUSKCN0XA24Y">neutering the religious police</a> in 2016 - while maintaining that Bible preaching or proselytizing Muslims is unacceptable.But MBS has also enforced a near-total silencing of opposition to his rule, comprising <a href="https://www.insider.com/princess-basmah-saudi-arabia-humanitarian-prisoner-mystery-kidnap-mbs-2020-5">arbitrary detentions</a>, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bezos-saudi-hack-report-boycott-amazon-trending-social-media-2020-1">bot armies</a>, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-mbs-lawsuit-denies-ordering-hit-squad-claims-immunity-2020-12">alleged assassinations</a>, <a href="https://www.insider.com/the-murder-of-jamal-khashoggi-2019-10">alleged murder</a>, and widespread efforts to spy on or hack <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-saudi-dissident-suing-breach-whistleblower-deaths-ali-al-ahmed-2020-8">opponents at home</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-hack-jeff-bezos-phone-mohammed-bin-salman-months-gigabytes-2020-1">abroad</a>.The State Department's warning to Richardson was clear: As a Christian in Saudi Arabia, tread carefully.<h2>A yearslong courtship</h2>The US government has for years asked Saudi Arabia to end the ban on churches, with little success."I have gone there and talked to top leaders about opening up a church for these people and they have always said, 'Saudi Arabia is different and it is the land of the two holiest shrines of Islam,'" Nina Shea, a former US Commissioner on International Religious Freedom, told Insider. "The whole country is a shrine, in a sense, and therefore they cannot have a church built."David Rundell, a former chief of mission at the US Embassy in Riyadh, added: "It's something that we have spoken to the Saudis about on numerous occasions." Since MBS's ascension, a group of US evangelical heavyweights have taken the baton. In October 2018, Joel Rosenberg, one of America's prominent evangelical authors, accepted an invitation from the prince to meet him in Riyadh.With Rosenberg came the Rev. Johnnie Moore, a religious advisor to President Donald Trump, and a string of other <a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/televangelist">televangelists</a>. (Trump's 2016 victory was largely thanks to evangelical support, and top officials like Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is an evangelical, have close ties to Rosenberg.)It was the first time a group of American evangelicals had entered a Saudi royal court in 300 years and, in a two-hour meeting conducted off the record, MBS "discussed virtually every controversial issue," <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/joel-rosenberg-saudi-arabia-and-iran">Rosenberg later wrote for Fox News</a>, without specifying.Rosenberg said he also asked MBS when he would let a church be built."Not now," MBS replied, as <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=526252704506858">Rosenberg later told Israel's i24News</a>. "This would be a gift to al-Qaeda," the prince added, referencing the fact that the terrorist group has often <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/24/world/terrorists-attacks-on-christianity/index.html">targeted Christians</a> and <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2010/11/2/al-qaeda-claims-iraq-church-attack">churches</a>.<div type="image" title="A delegation of US evangelicals meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) in Riyadh on September 10, 2018.." height="650" width="1300" msid="80749480" hostid="261"></div>As Saudi Arabia's leaders, Crown Prince Mohammed and his father King Salman are tasked with defending Islam, and the feasibility of a church on their land concerns a disputed saying of the Prophet Muhammad: That no two religions should exist on the Arabian peninsula. Some clerics have argued that the rule only applies to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. According to Rosenberg, MBS also told the 2018 meeting he had "asked my scholars" to define the Arabian peninsula.Not deterred, Rosenberg and his group returned to Saudi Arabia in 2019, and left once again with evidence that change was afoot. The delegation was briefed about the historic existence of churches on the peninsula, Moore told Insider recently, adding: "It is a very significant thing - open conversations about archaeological evidence of churches that existed at the time of the Prophet."There, MBS also acknowledged that the Prophet had "lived peacefully among Jews and Christian monks," wrote attendee Skip Heitzig, the senior pastor of Calvary of Albuquerque, in a subsequent <a href="https://www.assistnews.net/an-evangelical-pastor-and-a-saudi-crown-prince/?fbclid=IwAR2W5mxHqNhc1GTK8bfeGlE4ASsWMhI-AoVhJVuFg3NMzpMxYLOdRFj6mvQ">blog post</a>.The delegation was set to visit MBS once again in 2020, but the pandemic put an end to those plans, a representative for Rosenberg told Insider, adding that a 2021 trip may be derailed for the same reason. Despite the hurdles, the group have kept steady pressure on Saudi officials. On September 28, 2020, Rosenberg and seven other evangelicals from the 2018 and 2019 trips traveled to McLean, Virginia, to dine at the home of Princess Reema bint Bandar al-Saud, the Saudi ambassador to the US, the representative said.The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, DC, did not respond to Insider's request for comment for this article.<h2>A possible location</h2>Though efforts to secure a church in Saudi Arabia have seemed fruitless to date, experts say it is a matter of when, not if."Definitely, I think it's coming," Prince Abdullah bin Khaled al-Saud, a Saudi academic, told Insider. "Especially in the diplomatic quarter in Riyadh or <keyword id="5920297" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="NEOM">Neom</keyword>."Neom is a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/neom-what-we-know-saudi-arabia-500bn-mega-city-2019-9">$500 million, carbon-neutral, 10,230-square-mile</a> megacity due to be completed in 2025, and MBS's pet project. Promotional brochures shared with Insider show Neom would have a diverse population "from a mix of homelands, religions and backgrounds," and a "progressive law compatible with international norms." <div type="image" title="NEOM Saudi" height="960" width="1920" msid="80749481" hostid="261"></div>Ali Shihabi, a member of Neom's advisory board, told Insider: "The issue has been mentioned for Neom," adding that a church was "certainly on the to-do list of the leadership."Rundell, the former diplomat in Riyadh, told Insider that Neom is a feasible location for the first church due to the unique nature of the legal system. "Neom is creeping toward being a non-Saudi entity in many regards," he said.However, others think placing a church in Neom will be meaningless."It's going to be a PR stunt," Ali al-Ahmed, a Saudi analyst, told Insider. "You need to have one where most of the Christians living in the big cities are: Jeddah, Riyadh."Shea, the former US commissioner on religious freedom, said that while most Christians living in those cities would find little use for a church hundreds of miles away, "it would be helpful to have a symbol of tolerance ... that isn't a mosque in Neom.""It's something."While Neom is believed to be the leading contender for the first Saudi church, Shihabi said the diplomatic quarter in Riyadh is another likely setting. "That allows an element of 'diplomatic cover' for public consumption," he said.For religious leaders like the Catholic bishop Paul Hinter, whom Pope Francis appointed last May as Apostolic Administrator for the Northern Vicariate of Arabia, it is important that the flock in Saudi Arabia have a church that they can actually access. "My wish is that such churches or worship places be located where the expat workers and employees are living," he told Insider, "and not only in the future showcase city or cities."Rosenberg has not publicly commented on the feasibility of a church in Neom. However, during the 2019 visit, he was taken to see the site, <a href="https://www.arabnews.com/node/1553726/saudi-arabia">telling Arab News</a> he was "eager to come back and bring others when the time is right."<div type="image" title="FILE PHOTO: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman announces a zero-carbon city called &quot;The Line&quot; to be built at NEOM in northwestern Saudi Arabia, January 10, 2021. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY/File Photo" height="1806" width="3612" msid="80749483" hostid="261"></div><h2>The quest for a church in Saudi Arabia is long and contentious</h2>Rumors that Christian leaders of various denominations have negotiated with the Saudis for a church have swirled for decades, long before MBS's rise. Each Christian denomination has its own house of worship, and the ultimate goal is for each to have their own church in Saudi Arabia.In 2008, Catholic Archbishop Paul-Mounged el-Hashem <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/18/religion.saudiarabia">told The Guardian that</a> "discussions are under way" about building a church. And in 1973, Pope Paul VI sanctioned the building of the first Saudi-funded mosque in Rome, believing a reciprocal gesture would come from the kingdom. It did not.In Washington, the necessity for securing a church in Saudi Arabia has gone in and out of fashion as different administrations passed through the White House. "It was quite an important issue during the Bush administration because they had a strong domestic constituency amongst religious conservatives," Rundell said, adding the issue was also important to the Trump administration.President Joe Biden's plans are less clear. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/why-trump-still-ignoring-saudi-arabia-s-brutal-human-rights-ncna989806">Unlike his predecessor</a>, he has promised to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for its actions, vowing <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-reviews-us-saudi-relations-pressure-rises-remake/story?id=75475490">during his election campaign</a> to make the kingdom "the pariah that they are." The State Department declined to comment.<div type="image" title="Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi in Riyadh, November 14, 2017. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY." height="928" width="1856" msid="80749485" hostid="261"></div>MBS has shown greater willingness to embrace different religions, having already met with Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rai, Coptic Bishop Ava Morkos, Catholic Cardinal Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran, and the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.But before MBS, religious authorities in the Middle East had little success in engaging their Saudi counterparts on the issue.Bishop Paul Hinder, who as a Catholic envoy in the region visited Saudi Arabia every year from 2004 to 2011, told Insider it was "almost impossible to get in touch with civil or/and religious authorities" at the time.The kingdom is now showing willing, Hinder said, though adding that the reality for Christians remains "far from being 'normal.'" Moore added: "I personally believe religious freedom is possible in Saudi Arabia and I didn't believe that before."<h2>MBS will make the call, but some will object</h2>If MBS ends the ban on churches, it will not go unopposed."Is there going to be a pushback? I definitely think there will be," Prince Abdullah, the academic, told Insider. "[But] are they going to be violent? I doubt that because of the efficiency and strength of the security apparatus in the kingdom."One opponent is Sheikh Assim al-Hakeem, a leading Saudi cleric. "Do you see any mosques in the Vatican? No. Likewise, we are not allowed to have any churches," he told <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85qkjxrRoAA">his YouTube channel</a>."These lands are holy lands."<h2>A labor of love</h2>Christian tours to Saudi Arabia, like Richardson's in October 2019, are growing in popularity as the kingdom becomes more tolerant. Living Passages, a leading Christian tour company, is already offering <a href="https://livingpassages.com/christian-tours/saudi-arabia/">four trips in 2021</a>, while others are <a href="https://discoveredsinai.com/trip/midian-tour-arabia/">seizing the moment.</a>"This could be one of the top [Christian] tourist sites in the world, especially in the northwest where they're trying to develop the Neom project," said Ryan Mauro, who leads Christian tours to Saudi Arabia. A church is coming for Saudi Arabia, experts are sure, but the timeline is unclear. Even Rosenberg, who spent hours pressing MBS on religious freedom, is hopeful but not holding his breath."The crown prince's plan, after all, is Vision 2030, not Vision 2020," <a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2019/09/19/We-visited-Saudi-Arabia-on-the-eve-of-9-11-the-Kingdom-is-changing-for-good">he wrote</a> after his 2019 visit. For the Christian community, the quest for a church is a labor of love."I should be happy on the day when the hundreds of thousands of Catholics living in Saudi Arabia will have their churches and the possibility to gather and pray in freedom," Bishop Hinder said.

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