Video of Mecca pilgrim on 'hoverboard' divides opinion

Man filmed balancing on hands-free Segway-style device while performing tawaf ritual around Islam's most sacred shrine

The Ka'bah is Islam's most sacred shrine, circled reverently by Muslims taking part in the hajj and umrah, the pilgrimage to Mecca that is one of the five pillars of the religion. It is therefore somewhat unusual to see a pilgrim performing the tawaf on what looks like a hoverboard.

A YouTube video, which has been making the rounds on social media, shows an unidentified man balancing on the hands-free Segway-style device, his hands clasped in front of him.