Abu Dhabi — Officials at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Center in Abu Dhabi, on Monday, Oct. 21, asked Rihanna to leave the house of worship after the 25-year-old singer had taken several pictures in the courtyard of the mosque and posted them on Instagram.
Though covered up in a black headscarf and full-length black jumpsuit, Rihanna was asked to leave by authorities who saw her posing for “inappropriate pictures” that “did not comply with terms and conditions” of organized visits to the mosque.
In one of the photos posted to her Instagram account, the “Stay” singer reclines near a pool of water at the mosque.
“#NoTanLines,” she captioned the photo.
While Rihanna’s shoot felt tame in comparison to previous Instagram images, officials felt that her behavior didn’t coincide with the sanctity of the mosque.
“She was asked to leave before entering the actual mosque, after taking some photos that did not fit within the rules and regulations set out to preserve the sacredness of the center,” the mosque said in a statement.
On Wednesday, Oct. 23, Rihanna made headlines again when she was wrongly believed to have changed her “Pour it Up” song lyrics to “all I see is Palestine” at a concert in Tel Aviv.
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