Saudia Arabia: man arrested after Mecca pilgrimage for the Queen
by Agence France-Presse in Riyadh from World news | The Guardian on (#63JHA)
Yemeni national held as Saudi Arabia forbids pilgrims from carrying banners or chanting slogans
Saudi authorities have arrested a man who claimed to have travelled to the Muslim holy city of Mecca to perform an umrah pilgrimage on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II.
The man, a Yemeni national, published a video clip of himself on social media on Monday at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam's holiest site, where non-Muslims are forbidden.
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