Singer Rihanna Asked To Leave Abu Dhabi Mosque

Popstar Rihanna was asked to leave an Abu Dhabi mosque because she did not have permission for a photoshoot, it emerged today.
Staff at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque say they asked the singer to leave the compound after her actions were considered to be at odds with the 'sanctity' of the site.
Photos posted on her Instagram account at the weekend show the 25-year-old posing on white marble wearing a head-to-toe hooded black jumpsuit.

She is known for her raunchy outfits so the photoshoot was deemed conservative for the Bajan singer, although she made sure she had bright red lipstick and large gold accessories.
But today it emerged that Rihanna and her team was not given permission to take photos at the mosque, the main place of worship for Friday gathering and Eid prayers.

The mosque, which is the largest in the UAE and can hold more than 40,000 people, released a statement, and although it does not name Rhianna, it refers to a 'recent incident, involving a singer.'
'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 statement read.

'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,' it said reported The National.
It said the singer 'left without entering the mosque, after being asked to do so, due to the fact that she had taken some pictures that do not conform with the conditions and regulations put in place by the Centre’s management to regulate visits in a way that takes the status and sanctity of the mosque into consideration.'

Many of her fans attacked the singer for the photos which have since appeared on websites across the world.
'Rihanna may look gorgeous and all but she’s covering her head out of fashion not out of respect for the mosque,' wrote one user.

Another tweeter, @Ahmedcarter, wrote: 'Rihanna pics at Sheikh Zayed mosque are disrespectful to the place of worship.'
@BinttAlthee tweeted: 'Rihanna modelling in the Sheikh Zayed mosque is just plain wrong. Who let her in?'
On Instagram user msloca89 wrote under a photo of the singer: 'This is very disrespectful even if she is covered she is not suppose to take photos in the mosque. I don't think you would like to see a naked person taking photos in a church as well.'

Everyday attire: Rihanna usually leaves little to the imagination in skin-revealing ensembles, pictured in New York recently 

While Emily November wrote: 'Are these photos serious? I can't believe she is this wrapped up into her own 'looks' that she poses at a place like this. A place which represents the opposite of what she represents.'

Cultural expert Ali Al Saloom, the founder of AskAli.com, added: 'I feel disappointed that she shared photos on Instagram that are inappropriate to the values of our religion and our Arab tradition, which values modesty and respect to the most important venue that has our father of the nation HH Sheikh Zayed’s graveyard. A mosque is not to be seen as a fun place, nor is it a place for filming fashion,' reported 7DaysinDubai.

Nasif Kayed from the Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Understanding said: 'In all of the pics she is dressed from head to toe.
'What is offensive about them? I’m sure that she was given the permission to be photographed in the manner in which she was. While each and all has their own opinion, in my opinion nothing in the photos is offensive.'
@mila_iggy responded to the images writing: 'I don’t see how Rihanna posing adjacent to a mosque in Abu Dhabi is disrespectful. If anything she’s showing respect by supporting the hijab.'


Source: Daily Mail