{"id":56426,"date":"2024-11-18T14:50:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T09:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=56426"},"modified":"2024-11-18T14:50:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T09:50:47","slug":"fact-check-stage-display-resembling-kaaba-at-riyadh-season-2024-in-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/fact-check-stage-display-resembling-kaaba-at-riyadh-season-2024-in-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Stage display resembling Kaaba at Riyadh Season 2024 in Saudi Arabia?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: A video that went viral on social media showing the stage designed to resemble the Kaaba, a holy site for Muslims, during Riyadh Season 2024, held in Saudi Arabia is false.<\/p>\n<p>The video shows a cube-shaped structure displaying bright lights and visuals behind the stage, with dancers performing in front. The clip caused a stir among internet users who allegedly called it a mockery of Islam&#8217;s holiest site.<\/p>\n<p>Netizens claimed that the Saudi authorities placed a Kaaba structure on the stage during the Riyadh Season fashion show 2024, which is held annually hosting athletes and performers from around the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1s2bzr4\">\n<p id=\"id__qn9xq0ye96\" class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-bnwqim r-135wba7\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">&#8220;Saudi Disgraced Islam. This is the opening of Riyadh&#8217;s entertainment season in Saudi Arabia this year. They had a model of the Holy Kaaba where they displayed images of singers and dancers,&#8221; a user, named <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RyanRozbiani\/status\/1857595040970743811\">Ryan Rozbiani<\/a>, wrote on X, which gathered 5.5 million views.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\">Another user in a post on X, which earned 198K views, wrote, &#8220;Saudi Arabia has desecrated the image of the Kebbah. What happened to all the Muslim zeolites around the world? Or can they only be weaponised against Israel\u2019s enemies and NATO\u2019s enemies?&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_56452\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56452\" style=\"width: 337px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-56452\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/x.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/x.png 673w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/x-280x300.png 280w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/x.avif 673w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/x-280x300.avif 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2014 social media site X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div id=\"id__ya2g5cudce\" class=\"css-175oi2r r-9aw3ui r-1s2bzr4\" aria-labelledby=\"id__uva22zgzuu id__tiye15gg1yi\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-9aw3ui\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1kqtdi0 r-1phboty r-rs99b7 r-1867qdf r-1udh08x r-o7ynqc r-6416eg r-1ny4l3l\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-16y2uox r-1pi2tsx r-13qz1uu\">\n<h2 class=\"css-175oi2r r-1adg3ll r-1udh08x\">Fact Check<\/h2>\n<p>In a statement, the Anti-Rumor Authority of the Kingdom confirmed that the video being shared online is from last year&#8217;s Riyadh Season boxing event, where four screens connected to the ceiling for audiences, sitting around the boxing ring.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">\u0641\u064a\u062f\u064a\u0648 \u0645\u062c\u0633\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0639\u0628\u0629 \u0641\u064a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0645\u0648\u0633\u0645_\u0627\u0644\u0631\u064a\u0627\u0636<\/a> \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u062f\u0627\u0648\u0644 \u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0627\u064b \u063a\u064a\u0631 \u0635\u062d\u064a\u062d\u060c \u0628\u0644 \u0647\u0648 \u0644\u0623\u0631\u0628\u0639 \u0634\u0627\u0634\u0627\u062a \u0645\u062a\u0635\u0644\u0629 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0642\u0641 \u0641\u064a \u062d\u0641\u0644 \u0645\u0644\u0627\u0643\u0645\u0629 \u0623\u0642\u064a\u0645 \u0641\u064a \u0623\u0643\u062a\u0648\u0628\u0631 \u0645\u0646 \u0639\u0627\u0645 2023 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0631\u064a\u0627\u0636.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0644\u0627_\u0644\u0644\u0625\u0634\u0627\u0639\u0627\u062a<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tinu3B4ghK\">pic.twitter.com\/Tinu3B4ghK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0647\u064a\u0626\u0629 \u0645\u0643\u0627\u0641\u062d\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0634\u0627\u0639\u0627\u062a (@No_Rumors) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/No_Rumors\/status\/1858113020485931285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">&#8220;There are no models or replicas of the Kaaba in the kingdom, and the cube-like structure was in fact four mirrors attached to the ceiling, with images digitally processed to appear on them,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/No_Rumors\/status\/1857736620432105951\">authority<\/a> wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>Daily <em>Ausaf<\/em> fact-checked the video, finding that the performance in the viral video is from the opening ceremony of a boxing event during the Riyadh Season 2023, a series of entertainment, cultural, and sporting events held in the Kingdom&#8217;s capital city annually.<\/p>\n<p>The video, uploaded on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zvmn0ttBAz0\">YouTube<\/a> in 2023, showed screens connected in a cube shape over the boxing ring, which was lowered during the opening ceremony of the event, playing different visuals in the backdrop of performers.<\/p>\n<p>An emoji of the boxing glove can also be seen in the viral picture. The<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> video was stopped in such a way that resembled the Kaaba covering. However, Saudi authorities denied the claim about the model of the Kaaba structure.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_56457\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56457\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-56457 \" src=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dd.png 1133w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dd-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dd-1024x708.png 1024w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dd-768x531.png 768w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dd.avif 1133w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dd-300x207.avif 300w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dd-1024x708.avif 1024w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dd-768x531.avif 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2014 screengrab by author<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: A video that went viral on social media showing the stage designed to resemble the Kaaba, a holy site for Muslims, during Riyadh Season 2024, held in Saudi Arabia is false. The video shows a cube-shaped structure displaying bright lights and visuals behind the stage, with dancers performing in front. 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