A Yemeni man was arrested in Mecca after performing a pilgrimage on behalf of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
The pilgrim went viral after posting a video of himself, within Mecca's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site, with a banner calling for God to accept the queen into heaven. The viral video was met by widespread outrage from Saudi netizens, who called for the man's arrest over what they saw as a blasphemous action. Posters bearing any slogans are banned in the Grand Mosque, as are pilgrimages on behalf of non-Muslims, according to the Guardian.
A man was arrested in Mecca after performing Umrah pilgrimage on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II, causing outrage online 👇 pic.twitter.com/hp6AjsCzcCBefore long, security forces at the Grand Mosque “arrested a resident of Yemeni nationality who appeared in a video clip carrying a banner inside the Grand Mosque, violating the regulations and instructions for umrah," a statement from the police posted on Saudi state media said, according to the report.
Still, pilgrimages on behalf of the queen are forbidden. The specific type that the Yemeni man went on, an umrah, which can be undertaken any time of the year, is forbidden for non-Muslims.“Umrah for the soul of Queen Elizabeth II, we ask God to accept her in heaven and among the righteous,” the man's banner read.
Elizabeth was the queen of Yemen, then called Aden, as part of the British Empire until Yemen's independence in 1963. She died at the age of 96 last week. Her funeral is set for next week.
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