Saudi citizen arrested after non-Muslim journalist sneaks into Mecca
by Agence France-Presse in Riyadh from World news | The Guardian on (#61P9Z)
Gil Tamary of Israel's Channel 13 sparked online fury after he filmed himself in Islam's holiest city despite a ban on non-Muslims
A Saudi citizen who allegedly helped a non-Muslim enter the holy city of Mecca has been arrested, police in the kingdom said, after an online backlash against a journalist working for Israeli television.
The journalist, Gil Tamary of Israel's Channel 13, posted on Twitter a video of himself sneaking into Mecca, Islam's holiest city, in defiance of a ban on non-Muslims.
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