{"id":58312,"date":"2022-09-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/2022\/09\/14\/yemeni-arrested-after-performing-umrah-for-queen-elizabeth-ii\/"},"modified":"2022-09-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T00:00:00","slug":"yemeni-arrested-after-performing-umrah-for-queen-elizabeth-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/2022\/09\/14\/yemeni-arrested-after-performing-umrah-for-queen-elizabeth-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Yemeni arrested after performing Umrah &#8216;for Queen Elizabeth II&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi authorities arrested a Yemeni man on Tuesday after allegedly performing the Umrah pilgrimage on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away last week.<\/p>\n<p>The Yemeni national said in a video he was in Mecca for the pilgrimage in memory of the late British monarch, who was also the head of the Anglican church.<\/p>\n<p>Such an action allegedly violates the provisions of Islamic law, which prevents Umrah and Hajj from being performed on behalf of a non-Muslim.<\/p>\n<p>xxx<\/p>\n<p>The 20-second video sparked controversy on social media, with many blasting the man for offering condolences to a non-Muslim at the holiest site in Islam.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0627\u0644\u0642\u0628\u0636 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u0642\u064a\u0645 \u064a\u0645\u0646\u064a \u0635\u0648\u0631 \u0646\u0641\u0633\u0647 \u0648\u0647\u0648 \u064a\u0639\u062a\u0645\u0631 \u0639\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0644\u0643\u0629 \u0625\u0644\u064a\u0632\u0627\u0628\u064a\u062b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CbmRztKyRl\">pic.twitter.com\/CbmRztKyRl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u062a\u0631\u0646\u062f (@Trendnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Trendnews\/status\/1569351377817636866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Umrah for the soul of Queen Elizabeth II, we ask God to accept her in heaven and among the righteous,&quot; read a banner held by the Yemeni national.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &quot;We ask God to place her with His righteous servants. We ask God to place her soul in Heaven.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Saudi General Security announced on Twitter that the man was arrested for violating the regulations of Umrah &#8211; a pilgrimage taken at any time of the year in contrast to the annual Hajj pilgrimage &#8211; and referred to relevant judicial authorities.<\/p>\n<p>It is not known if the man was detained on religious or political grounds, with Saudi Arabia clamping down on political slogans during pilgrimages. No further information was given on the man.<\/p>\n<p>Queen Elizabeth II, Britain&rsquo;s longest-reigning monarch, died on 8 September. She was 96.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man who alllegedly &#8216;violated Islamic law&#8217; by attending pilgrimage in Mecca on behalf of late Queen Elizabeth II has been arrested, according to reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":58787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[414],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-news-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}