No Selfi in HaraM

Should cell phones be jammed inside Haram?

 




The government should ban worshippers from using social networking sites or other applications on their smartphones at the country’s holy sites so that they can concentrate on the prayers, a senior security officer proposed recently.
Col. Badr bin Saud Al-Saud, who works for the Grand Mosque’s security force, said that people should only use the call functions on their phones. He said many worshippers think they are on a picnic, and get busy taking themselves photographed with well-known individuals.
Pilgrims taking their selfies in front the Holy Kaaba is a common sight.
Al-Saud was speaking at a seminar held by King Fahad Security College on safety and security issues in the Kingdom, according to a report in a local publication.
However, another participant at the seminar, Abdulrahman Al-Farraj, an Egyptian, opposed the move saying that people can use the applications on their smartphones to assist in rescue operations.