Detention of Sheikhs for Praying for Palestine in Saudi Arabia: Controversial Arrests in Mecca and Medina

2023-11-14 12:47:00
JEDDAH: Two people were detained by Saudi police this week for publicly praying in Makkah and Medina during the pilgrimage for Gaza in Palestine. Two scholars from Algeria and Turkey were arrested. The Sheikhs, who were later released, disclosed this through social media. Two sheikhs detained by Saudi police A sheikh of Algerian origin was detained by the police for publicly praying for Palestine and its people in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Sheikh alleged that the Saudi police detained him for six hours. He shared the video describing the ordeal on social media and it went viral.

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He claimed in the video that he did not pray out loud and only shared with people what he had prayed for the Palestinians in the land of the two holy mosques. He said that he considers it an honor to be imprisoned in the city of the Prophet and asks if it is a crime to pray for the weak and oppressed when hospitals and mosques are being destroyed. Little children were killed and butchered. Aren’t we supposed to pray? We pray in the most honorable places. Is it dangerous? Always asking.

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Produced in a local court, the Sheikh was ordered to confiscate his phone and refer him to the guidance office of the Holy Mosque in Madinah for sensitization.

Turkish Sheikh Mustafa AV was arrested by Haramain police in Makkah for praying loudly for Palestine while performing Umrah. Sheikh Mustafa says in a video that he was arrested in Makkah for mentioning the words Gaza and Palestine.

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Islah Abdurrahman, a British-Bangladeshi film director, actor, singer and screenwriter, posted on Instagram that he was detained for an hour and a half in Mecca for wearing the Palestinian keffiyeh (black and white scarf). The incident happened on October 31 last. Islah says that the Saudi police confiscated the Palestinian scarf and the pearl necklace in the color of its flag and released him after checking the documents and questioning him. In the video, she says that the scarf and jewelry are gifts from her aunt who brought her from Jerusalem and this is the reality of how the Palestinian people have no voice.

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Displaying flags of other countries is prohibited in Saudi Arabia. There is also a ban on public prayer for Palestinians anywhere in the country, including in Mecca and Medina.

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