Islam is the official religion in Saudi Arabia. Their monarchy and Islamic based legal system does not support freedom of religion in their country, by law all citizens must be Muslim. The government enforces this law that all citizens must abide by Islamic beliefs and it is prohibited to publicly practice any non-Muslim religions. Even within the religion of Islam lies segregation and discrimination. Muslims are either Sunni or Shi'a, Shi'a Muslims being the minority and they too are punishable by law by the religious police known as the Mutawwa'in.
Citation: U.S. Department of State. "Saudi Arabia, International Religious Freedom Report 2004." http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2004/35507.htm (accessed May 21, 2009)
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