A hadith depicts Muhammad saying: “I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula and will not leave any but Muslim.” (Sahih Muslim 19.4366)
That there was any controversy over this incident, and that this man was arrested, are reminders of how seriously the Saudis take such teachings.
Does anyone really think they don’t take the Qur’an’s teachings on jihad equally seriously? Why, yes. Innumerable members of the governments of the U.S. and Europe routinely assume that they do not.
“Saudi Arabia arrests man who helped Israeli journalist reach Mecca,” Israel National News, July 22, 2022:
Saudi Arabian authorities arrested a Saudi citizen who helped an Israeli journalist enter Mecca.
A statement from Saudi authorities read that, “The issue of the journalist who committed this crime has been transferred to the General Prosecutor’s Office so as to take the necessary steps against him.”
The country’s internal security system said that, “The citizen was referred to the General Prosecutor’s Office, since he cooperated with an American journalist who entered Mecca via a route for Muslims, in contradiction to the ordinances for the holy city.”
“A spokesperson for the Mecca-area police said that the police transferred to the General Prosecutor’s Office a citizen who aided the entrance of one of the journalists (not Muslims) who has American citizenship to the holy capital city via the route for Muslims, in a clear violation of the entry regulations to Mecca for non-Muslims. The citizen was arrested and steps have been taken against him.”
“Anyone who comes to the kingdom must respect the regulations, especially with regards to the holy places and the holy religious ceremonies,” Saudi Arabia’s General Security said. “Crimes of this sort are considered a felony and punishments will be imposed on those committing them, based on the regulations.”
On Monday, Journalist Gil Tamari of Israel’s Channel 13 News posted a video of himself driving through Mecca, despite rules banning non-Muslims from entering the city.
Tamari himself was not punished, since he published his report only after his return to Israel, Middle East 24 News reported. However, the trip, which included Mount Arafat, where Muslims gather during the hajj, was not authorized by Saudi authorities.
According to Bloomberg, Tamari’s behavior “provoked controversy on social media and clarified the sensitivities of closer relations between the two countries.”
On Tuesday, Tamari tweeted an apology for his trip, saying he did not mean to offend Muslims….
Infidel says
Tamari’s apology just demonstrates how he was full of it:
If he really thought islam was so ‘beautiful’, he should have obeyed the ban on non-muslims entering Mecca, or he should have embraced islam and then entered Mecca. But he went on this trip, wrote about it w/o thinking about the tour guide who showed him around, and after he was back in Israel, merrily wrote about it, causing his tour guide to be arrested. And then he talks about how “the purpose of this entire endeavor was to showcase the importance of Mecca and the beauty of the religion, and in doing so foster more religious tolerance and inclusion”
mortimer says
The KUFAAR are POLLUTED … FILTHY … NAJIS (‘dirty) … so let them not come near the Haram Mosque.
You know who you are … that is the decree of Allah and his partner Mohammed … the duumvirate of Islam. Two is the sacred number of Islam .. which is dualitstic.
(We all know that ‘Allah’ is actually Mohammed’s sock-puppet.)
Muslims are supposed to have no empathy for KAFIRS, because Allah hates them and wish Muslims to arrest and subjugate them through ALL FORMS of jihad.
‘Jihad’ is the ‘struggel’ to remove human rights and civil liberties from women and the dirty KUFAAR.
You know who you are.
(sarc/off)
somehistory says
Sounds like he wanted the poor tour guide to suffer from his “beautiful” religion and its enforcers. that make an even more interesting “story.”
mortimer says
“ENFORCERS” of Sharia law … the HISBAH … the Islamic vigilantes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_religious_police
Ma No says
In KSA they are known as mutaween.
Infidel says
I have no idea what sort of a person the tour guide is. If he’s a devout muslim, this story is hilarious. If he’s a MINO or someone who supports transforming his country but nonetheless is horrified at what’s happened to him, then it’s a shame
somehistory says
he evidently didn’t expect to be in trouble…or too stupid to realize that he would be. If he believed it could be like women driving…
Shema says
I don’t really mind the reporter doing this. It just highlights how intolerant Islam is when it comes to the most basic of human experiences.
Gil Tamri seems to be a regular guy who doesn’t really care or desire to learn about Islam. Just feeds on the most basic positive portrayals from media types.
I expect and welcome more and more comparisons between both countries.
But I never underestimate medias ability to sanitize Islam.
Infidel says
I wouldn’t have minded him doing this if the idea was to expose the intolerance of islam, and denounce the ban on non-muslims entering Mecca & Medina. But it wasn’t, as his statement about islam being a ‘beautiful religion’ betrays
If he believes that, then he should have obeyed the law against entering Mecca. As it is, nothing happened to him, but his tour guide is now in trouble. Typical liberal
mortimer says
In TOTAL complete agreement with Infidel: “Tamari’s apology just demonstrates how he was full of it:”
It’s sad and funny at the same time. Tell us another one, Tamari. And please read the Shari law manuals and tell us if you still think Islam is ‘beautiful’!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttusDXtcQ3I
The “Beauty” of Sharia, featuring Safraz Hussain (livestream with @Lloyd De Jongh)
mortimer says
‘BEAUTIFUL’ BEHEADINGS IN SAUDI
Largest mass execution in recent memory: Saudi Arabia executes 81 men in one day | English News – 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLzsjNdfn3w
raja says
Infidel,
This proves that Israel has its fair share of idiots. It is unfortunate that he is pretending to do something good for evil islam. Who told him to do the foster blah blah.. Even if his intentions are sincere he needs to be sent to a center for understanding islam.
Devasur says
The hypocrisy and irony of muslims and Saudi Arabia. They won’t allow non muslims in the border of their holy places. But want non muslims to give up their holy places to muslims for the sake of so called tolerance and unity. Yet these scums head UN human rights LOL. Saudi Arabia should be totally boycotted by the non muslim countries.
Infidel says
Not just that, in India, they insist on the ‘right’ to have stalls outside Hindu temples, complete w/ fake Hindu names so that they are not detected, and India’s Shariah Court has decreed that they can’t be stopped. Only way to defeat that is to stop cash completely and use digital payments, where the real name of the vendor is made visible. Also, I was looking at a map of Dwarka, and muslims seem to have infiltrated some of the holiest parts of that island. There needs to be Mecca/Medina type rules for the 7 holy Hindu cities – Varanasi, Haridwar, Ujjain, Ayodhya, Mathura, Dwaraka and Kanchipurum: only Hindus can enter
Devasur says
Correct, but the leftists use the logic that it was built by people’s money. Even by that logic it was built on hindus money. Even if use that logic by that logic every mosque in india belongs to hindus as it was made by looting hindus and destroying their temples. But libertards would use the islamophobia and victim cards for it. Truly muslims and leftists are shameless to the core.
Infidel says
Problem is that all the states that contain these sites here – UP, Uttarakhand, Gujarat and MP – are run by the BJP (Tamil Nadu is the only exception). The Left there has been decimated, so there is no rational excuse for policy-makers to continue leftist policies. Yet they do
I have been arguing on Indian YouTube channels that India needs one more Hindutva party to challenge the BJP from the Right, w/ things like freeing up temples, overhauling the judiciary there, implimenting NRC/NPR and so on. Otherwise the BJP thinks that it has a lock on the Hindu vote, and just needs to incrementally win over muslims. The moment they notice that there is a price tag associated in terms of votes w/ every muslim vote that they think they win, this policy will end. Or if it doesn’t, that alternative party can come to power – and it won’t take 34 years like it did for the BJP to come to power
European pagan says
In Vatican everyone is welcome, in Mecca not…
Rafael says
True, this proves that Christianity is peaceful even to non-believers but Islam is not. And sadly there are many atheists who think Christianity and Islam are the same. Islam is the religion of apertheid, which demonizes non-Muslims in it’s so-called holy texts. Whereas Christianity teaches love for neighbour and even for enemies.
Infidel says
That’s b’cos the pope is a moron. Why would any non-Catholic go to the Vatican?
European pagan says
I think the Vatican is interesting for tourists
Infidel says
Churches, temples, synagogues, et al are places of prayer and worship, not tourist spots. They should be treated accordingly. I’d never go to the Vatican even if I were in Rome for the simple reason that I’m not a Catholic – nothing against Catholics, but I don’t belong in a place of worship of a deity I don’t subscribe to
Melc says
How a medieval mentality persists to now amazes me. If the Arabs had not found oil under the sand the world might have become a different place and free from the twisted mindset of a medieval warlord pedophile.