Saudiaraberne var langt forud for Pia Kjærsgaard, da man i 1994 indførte forbud mod paraboler:
Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry has issued orders that all satellite dishes must be taken down and removed from the country within a month, according to a statement broadcast yesterday by the official news agency, SPA. Saudi ministers first banned the import or manufacture of satellite dishes in March, after strenuous complaints were made by religious leaders.