An Indian immigrant has been arrested by the Saudi Arabia police for allegedly disrespecting Islams holy Kaaba site on Facebook. The man covered it with an image of Buddha, media reported.

A Riyadh police spokesman said that, “The region’s investigative department were able to capture and arrest a suspect, in his forties and who works in agriculture, who insulted our holy site.”

Al-Arabiya reported, “He superimposed a picture of the Buddha on the Kaaba and posted on social media,” the spokesman said/

According to the Saudi Police, they were able to identify and arrest the unnamed Indian at a farm in Al Majmaah city in the province of Riyadh.

The Kaaba is Islam’s most sacred place. It is an ancient monument at the centre of the Al-Masjid al-Haram mosque in Mecca.

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