sentences:  Although there is a small community of Christian citizens, a law passed in 1981 prevents the naturalization of non-Muslims.However, male citizens who were Christians before 1980 (and male children born to families of such citizens since that date), can transmit their citizenship to their children; however, they cannot transmit their citizenship to their spouses.Kuwait is the only GCC country besides Bahrain to have a local Christian population who hold citizenship.