The Persecution of Muslim Workers in the Cleaning Company

Question:
I draw Your Eminence’s attention to the fact that the cleaning company in Riyadh has Sri Lankan workers who are oppressed and harassed by the Christian managers, including the British and others. They have complained to me more than once about being restricted in prayer and in other transactions. The latest complaint I received from them was from a Muslim cleaning worker who converted to Islam a year ago. He wants to change his residence status from Christian to Muslim. I agreed with him to change it and bring him to the General Presidency for Research, but his Christian superiors prevented him, threatened him, and issued warnings. He was prevented, and he wants to… The point is that Muslim workers are oppressed and subjugated by Christian and Buddhist superiors in the Kingdom, and in the capital of Islam, Riyadh, unfortunately.

Answer:
What the questioner said is known to us, and incidents have occurred regarding this. We have striven, to the best of our ability, to support these Muslims and punish these disbelievers who exploited them and used their Islam as a means to dismiss them and terminate their contracts. The Ministry of Interior responded to us in this matter, may Allah reward them with good, and they made commendable efforts in this regard. We ask Allah to help us against these people, for their evil is great and their harm is significant. They are undoubtedly like what Allah the Exalted said: They do not spare the Muslims any evil, harm, or destruction, ever. They wish you would not be what you are, meaning they wish you would suffer. The point is that it is evil in any case, and it is obligatory to remove these people and to make the managers Muslims. We have made the efforts that Allah has facilitated in this matter, and we will follow up on this matter, if Allah wills. We ask Allah to make it beneficial through these means and to help us. We hope that the brothers will exert themselves, for it is incumbent upon students of knowledge, scholars, and dignitaries to exert whatever effort they can in this matter, through beneficial articles in the newspapers, through beneficial articles on the radio, on television, through advising the rulers, through contacting them. Everyone who has status, and everyone who has the ability, the ability, should do what he can, whether he is a scholar or one of the prominent dignitaries who have a word with the rulers. Indeed, Allah benefits through this, and Allah is not one who leaves His servant without supporting his brother, and cooperation is obligatory in righteousness and piety, because Allah said: So I hope that all scholars, all students of knowledge, and all dignitaries will exert their utmost in this path with all the strength they have, with the rulers and with others, until good prevails, until the truth is victorious, and until falsehood and its people are humbled, to the extent of their ability and possibility.