5. Saudi Arabia
The all-powerful Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice is a body in charge of enforcing Sharia Law in Saudi Arabia, the number 5 on our list of countries where religion is illegal. The only allowed religion is Sunni Islam. All other religions are illegal and can only worship in private, as public practice is forbidden to all, except Sunni Muslims. The only religious buildings that can be built are mosques. The Committee, also known as the religious police, has had its powers curtailed lately, so they can’t arrest people on the street anymore for behavior they deem unacceptable under Sharia Law.
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