{"id":67315,"date":"2025-06-04T12:32:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T12:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=67315"},"modified":"2025-06-04T12:32:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T12:32:48","slug":"saudi-arabia-bans-nigerians-others-from-taking-selfies-at-hajj-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/04\/saudi-arabia-bans-nigerians-others-from-taking-selfies-at-hajj-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia Bans Nigerians, Others from Taking Selfies at Hajj Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Saudi Arabian government has imposed a strict ban on photography and video recording at key Hajj sites, including the Grand Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) in Mecca and the Prophet\u2019s Mosque (Masjid an-Nabawi) in Madinah.<\/p>\n<p>The ban, which applies to all pilgrims; Nigerians included is aimed at preserving the spiritual sanctity of the annual pilgrimage.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Saudi Ministry of Interior, the decision is intended to prevent distractions and maintain the solemnity of worship.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities emphasized that the Hajj is a sacred period meant for devotion, humility, and unity, and any behavior contrary to these values will not be tolerated.<\/p>\n<p>To ensure compliance, security personnel will be stationed throughout the holy sites to monitor and enforce the regulation.<\/p>\n<p>Pilgrims have been strongly advised to cooperate with authorities and refrain from taking selfies, photos, or videos during the pilgrimage.<\/p>\n<p>The Saudi government said the measure is part of broader efforts to create a spiritually enriching environment, free from disruptions and social media distractions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke The Saudi Arabian government has imposed a strict ban on photography and video recording at key Hajj sites, including the Grand Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) in Mecca and the Prophet\u2019s Mosque (Masjid an-Nabawi) in Madinah. The ban, which applies to all pilgrims; Nigerians included is aimed at preserving the spiritual sanctity of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":67316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-67315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67315"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67317,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67315\/revisions\/67317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}