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Rabat – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman stunned the Muslim community across the world after pictures and videos went viral of him walking over the roof of Mecca’s Kaaba, house of God.
One womentator said that bin Salman “soiled” the Kaaba.
World’s Muslim Feel Angry seeing Brutal Killer Mohammad Bin Salman walking on the roof of The Kaaba like his garden.#SaudiDictatorRegime is using Holy Kaaba as his personal property, it should be jointly managed by Muslim World.#DemocracyInSaudi
#محمد_بن_سلمان_في_الحرم_المكي pic.twitter.com/R9aQlq0jfC— The Arabian Republic (@ArabianRepublic) February 13, 2019
Bin Salman paid an unannounced visit to the holy site in Islam, where Muslim pilgrims perform Hajj or pilgrimage once a year. The Saudi prince was on site to inspect the ongoing construction work to renovate and expand the Grand Mosque or Masjid al-Haram.
Liberals and Islamists alike criticized bin Salman’s move and swapped social networks with comments to condemn the Crown prince deed as if it is a sin.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited the holy city of #Mecca to ask for forgiveness after killing #Khashoggi in Turkey. #MBS pic.twitter.com/yqTuBOpkBb
— Karwan Faidhi (@karwan_faidhi) February 12, 2019
Internet users harshly denounced bin Salman’s presence on the holy site. Some of the critics were so upset that they said they will boycott the holy site as long as “the Sauds” are in power.
Another Twitter user said that Sudi Crown Prince visited the holy city of Mecca to “ask for forgiveness after killing of Khashoggi in Turkey.”
During his visit, a ring of security guards surrounded el Kaaba and prevented visitors from coming closer to the holy place.
World’s Muslim Feel Angry seeing Brutal Killer Mohammad Bin Salman walking on the roof of The Kaaba like his garden.#SaudiDictatorRegime is using Holy Kaaba as his personal property, it should be jointly managed by Muslim World.#DemocracyInSaudi
#محمد_بن_سلمان_في_الحرم_المكي pic.twitter.com/R9aQlq0jfC— The Arabian Republic (@ArabianRepublic) February 13, 2019
“World’s Muslim Feel Angry seeing Brutal Killer Mohammad Bin Salman walking on the roof of The Kaaba like his garden.#SaudiDictatorRegime is using Holy Kaaba as his personal property, it should be jointly managed by Muslim World,” wrote the Arabian Republic Twitter page.
Bin Salman, also known as MBS, drew criticism first due to his controversial reforms and the purge against Saudi princes in 2017.
MBS later faced more criticism after the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018.
Pointing out Saudi Arabia’s grim record on press freedom, analysts and the Turkish government have been implying that bin Salman was involved in the murder of Khashoggi.
An exclusive report by New York Times found that Mohammed bin Salman threatened to use a bullet on Khashoggi if he refused to comeback to Saudi Arabia and refrain from criticizing the Saudi government.
Bin Salman voiced his threats in a conversation with his top aide, Turki Al Dakheel. The conversation, which dates back to 2017, was intercepted by American intelligence agencies
