{"id":1508,"date":"2023-06-08T14:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T11:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hajmonitor.org\/dev\/an-elderly-american-is-arrested-while-performing-umrah\/"},"modified":"2023-06-13T06:52:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T03:52:02","slug":"an-elderly-american-is-arrested-while-performing-umrah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hajmonitor.org\/en\/an-elderly-american-is-arrested-while-performing-umrah\/","title":{"rendered":"An elderly American is arrested in Makkah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Being a elderly pilgrim does not spare you from arrest in Saudi Arabia. Mohammed Salem, a 63-year-old Yemeni-American was arrested after he had an argument with a security man in the grand mosque of Makkah, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/ar\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7\/20221113-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%81-%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%B5%D9%84-%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%AF%D8%AE%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%B9%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%AB%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A3%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A9\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/ar\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7\/20221113-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%81-%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%B5%D9%84-%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%AF%D8%AE%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%B9%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%AB%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A3%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AFP reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/ar\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7\/20221113-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%81-%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%B5%D9%84-%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%AF%D8%AE%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%B9%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%AB%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A3%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A9\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/ar\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7\/20221113-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%81-%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%B5%D9%84-%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%AF%D8%AE%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%B9%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%AB%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A3%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The agency said<\/a> that the elderly American was taken into custody on November 1, 2022, before being transferred to a high-security facility usually used to hold political prisoners and terrorist suspects. The Saudi authorities released him after a month, after the US State Department intervened and forced the Saudi authorities to release him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a elderly pilgrim does not spare you from arrest in Saudi Arabia as they arrested him while he was performing Umrah<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-violation-cases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hajmonitor.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hajmonitor.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hajmonitor.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hajmonitor.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hajmonitor.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hajmonitor.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1585,"href":"https:\/\/hajmonitor.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508\/revisions\/1585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hajmonitor.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hajmonitor.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hajmonitor.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hajmonitor.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}