picture released, Riyadh Season
The appearance of Sheikh Adel Al-Kalbani, the former imam of the Grand Mosque, with a promotional announcement for the Riyadh season, whose activities continue in the Saudi capital, sparked widespread controversy on social networking sites in the Kingdom.
Al-Kalbani appeared in a military uniform as he led a battle in a promotional clip for the famous virtual game “Field Combat”, which will be one of the activities of the Riyadh season.
This event includes a number of shooting simulation games with techniques inspired by real gun shooting training practices.
In addition to Al-Kalbani, some football stars and artists appeared, such as Muhammad Al-Deayea, Saeed Al-Owairan, Khaled Abdel Rahman, and astronomy expert Khaled Al-Zaqaq.
The head of the Entertainment Authority, Turki Al-Sheikh, published the clip on his Twitter account, and within hours, the promotional clip achieved nearly 5 million views.
Al-Kalbani jokingly commented on the video: “Do you think I can go to Hollywood?”
#Adel_Kalbani
With the spread of the promotional clip, Al-Kalbani’s name topped the list of the most popular topics on Twitter in the Kingdom.
And soon the matter turned into a heated debate between Al-Kalbani and his followers, who number about 6.5 million followers on Twitter.
Al-Kalbani was attacked by tweeters who accused him of “transforming from an imam of the sanctuary to a clown and an actor.”
Some accused al-Kalbani of “supporting the people of falsehood and spreading corruption.”
Others saw that what al-Kalbani was doing “contravenes the orders of God and His Messenger.”
Tweeters mocked Al-Kalbani’s participation in the promotional clip, expecting “the participation of the Council of Senior Scholars in the upcoming Riyadh season.”
Some asked: “Is it appropriate for a former imam of the Meccan sanctuary to appear in this view when al-Kalbani is supposed to be a role model?”
Sheikh Al-Kalbani replied
The negative responses and accusations prompted Al-Kalbani to respond to them himself via Twitter, asking: “Shooting is a violation of the order of God and His Messenger?”
Many defended the former imam of the Great Mosque of Mecca, denouncing what they described as the “explained campaign against which he is being exposed.”
Some considered that Adel Al-Kalbani’s shot in the Riyadh season is “a propaganda material and contains many famous people on the communication sites, and it is a natural and not strange shot.”
Others were interested in the idea of advertising and the “creative” method of production, as they said.
Who is the kalbani?
- His name is Sheikh Adel bin Salem bin Saeed Al Kalbani
- He is the imam of the Muhaisin Mosque in the Ishbiliya neighborhood in northeastern Riyadh.
- And he was assigned to lead the worshipers in Tarawih prayers in the year 1429 AH of the month of Ramadan at the Grand Mosque in Makkah Al-Mukarramah
- He was exempted from leading the Great Mosque of Mecca after the end of his assignment to lead worshipers during the month of Ramadan
These were the details of the news Riyadh Season and Sheikh Adel Al-Kalbani: controversy in Saudi Arabia after... for this day. We hope that we have succeeded by giving you the full details and information. To follow all our news, you can subscribe to the alerts system or to one of our different systems to provide you with all that is new.
It is also worth noting that the original news has been published and is available at saudi24news and the editorial team at AlKhaleej Today has confirmed it and it has been modified, and it may have been completely transferred or quoted from it and you can read and follow this news from its main source.
