Saudi Arabia has hosted Halloween, a festival that was once banned to celebrate in the country.
Dubbed ‘Scary Weekend’, which took place on Thursday and Friday in Riyadh’s Boulevard, many people dressed up in scary costumes and fancy dress and posed for pictures that have been widely shared on social media.
The event was held as part of the ongoing Riyadh Season in the Saudi capital. Let’s have a look at memes that have been trending on social media:
Celebration of Halloween in Riyad, Saudi Arabia. The GEA of Saudi organized an event called “Horror Weekend”, meanwhile celebration of Mawlid is still banned.
Imagine a country that forbids the commemoration of the Prophet ﷺ because it is more evil than celebrating Halloween… pic.twitter.com/gulK99yO8q
— Musa al-Maghribi ???????? ⵣ | مُوسَى المَغْرِبِي (@Musa_Maliki_) October 29, 2022
Saudis get to have concerts now and Halloween parties and WWE.
Meanwhile the dozens and dozens of Muslim communities across the world wrecked and radicalized by Saudi-funded extremist ideology over the decades remain stuck with it.
The injustice and hypocrisy is glaring. https://t.co/P858kMMiDL
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) October 29, 2022
Perayaan Halloween di Ibu Kota Saudi Arabia, Riyadh. pic.twitter.com/n9qoRrDbTa
— Mohamad Guntur Romli (@GunRomli) October 30, 2022
Halloween events in Saudi are not permissible.
Mawlid celebrations are also not permissible .
Using one to try and prove the validity of the other is just silly.
— Abu Hafsah (@AbuHafsah1) October 30, 2022
Halloween celebration in Saudi Arabia.
Astagfirullah.????????????????
May Allah save us from trapp of Da*jjal Ameen! pic.twitter.com/hd0eSDU8tV— Cool_Ustaaz ❁ (@Cool_Ustaz) October 30, 2022
Saudi has got to be the least islamic Muslim country at this point, how tf you celebrating Halloween worse than the west?????
— Lowkey_W (@w_asfkx) October 30, 2022
Halloween in Saudi Arabia ???????? this year … ???? SIMPLY BRILLIANT !! ???????????? #Halloween2022
— حسن سجواني ???????? Hassan Sajwani (@HSajwanization) October 30, 2022
