Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

Trust the Arabs to say something like that! People who think that all other religions are lowly before theirs own and the followers of those other religion do not deserve to live, are obviously the ones who will make such ridiculous claims!

The problem also lies with those who bow down before them because of their economic strength. One can understand the levels to which one has to stoop while visiting or living in Saudi Arabia - all ladies regardless of religion will have to wear long loose dress that covers completely and a head scarf and absolutely no other religious symbol can enter the country etc etc..But people , Indian and even Western people put up with all that because of the money ..

Most people bow down to money power irrespective of the system they are living in, including India. Saudi is not an exception.

Saudi is a rich country and it is the other poorer nations and even the western nations that bow before them irrespective of what they have to put up, simply because they have an abundance of oil ..

So oil is the reason and not religion for many to bow down to Saudis.

As the Terrorism metastasizes across the world, Saudi Arabia that made even the well developed countries too kneel down for its oil,  had gone above and beyond address the true threat to global stability.That's why Saudi Arabia declared Atheists as terrorists like ISIS as Terrorists. King Abdullah had clamped down on all forms of political dissent and protests that could harm public order.

The recent migration of Saudi groups to take part in Syria made Saudi Monarchs shiver with fear of losing their Monarchy.

Terrorism may force many to turn into atheists as their belief in Almighty may get shaken.