A picture of four women wearing hijab, sitting cross-legged and playing a board game at Kaaba in Mecca has gone viral and triggered a buzz on social media.
Gulf Newsquotes a report from Saudi daily Okaz and states, ‘The women were spotted at around 11 pm on Friday playing the board game Sequence at the western square near King Abdul Aziz Gate.
After that, the officials in the operation room were informed and the women’s section at the General Presidency was entrusted with the task of dealing with them.
Supervisors went up to the four women and requested the women to respect the sanctity of the mosque and stop their game, reports the Indian Express.
The women complied and left,’ the report stated. The General Presidency for the Holy Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah have apparently confirmed that the women have been told not to play the board game at the Holy Mosque.
This picture of women playing board games at the holy place has not gone very well with people and several users on social media have condemned this and called it ‘shameful’. Some have even opined that these women disturbed the piety of the mosque.
However, there are also some who supported the women and found nothing wrong with it. ‘This is so cool that women were playing board games in a mosque.
Bullshit that of course they condemned for it. ‘Compared it to the use of smart phones’ ya allah, no… farthest thing from it,’ wrote one.