“Here, the Centre refers to a recent incident, involving a singer who came for a private visit to the mosque, at a gate that is not reserved for visitors, without prior coordination with the Centre’s management and without identifying herself.”
Source/Credit: The Wrap
By Greg Gilman | October 21, 2013
The singer posed in front of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque during a tour stop in the United Arab Emirates
Rihanna’s social media feeds aren’t done wreaking international havoc just yet.
While in Abu Dhabi to perform at a concert over the weekend, the singer was asked to leave the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque after posing in front of the religious monument for a series of Instagram photos (above) that staff deemed “inappropriate.”
“In the event of behaviour that violates the moral codes of access to the mosque, or other visit regulations — such as taking inappropriate pictures, posing in ways that are improper in the context of sacred place, talking loudly, or eating– the violators are directed in a polite manner that reflects the civilisational and tolerant attributes of Islam,” the mosque said in a statement. “Here, the Centre refers to a recent incident, involving a singer who came for a private visit to the mosque, at a gate that is not reserved for visitors, without prior coordination with the Centre’s management and without identifying herself.”
The incident comes less than a week after a bar owner in Thailand was arrested on obscenity charges due to a series of September tweets from Rihanna...
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