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Rihanna's photo shoot upsets mosque

         Rihanna's photoshoot violated the Mosque.         Photo:Courtesy

Pop star Rihanna was asked to leave Abu Dhabi's Grand Mosque after posing for photographs considered at odds with the sanctity of the site.

She has not commented on the actions by staff at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. Photos posted on various websites show the singer posing on white marble, dressed fully in black, with her hair covered according to the mosque's guidelines.

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