Mecca governor orders arrest of Saudi female rapper.

Some social media users have slammed Ayasel Slay's rap video about Mecca girls as insulting to city's holiness.

Saudi officials have ordered the arrest of a female rapper who appeared in a music video for her song Bint Mecca, or Girl from Mecca, stating that it is offensive to the customs and traditions of the holy city.

In the video, a Saudi woman identified as Ayasel Slay raps about her pride in being from Mecca, home to the holiest site in Islam, the Kaaba.

You can watch the video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwca8WAolng

The video was uploaded to Ayasel's YouTube channel - which has since been removed - last week and featured her rapping in a cafe with a group of smiling children as her backup dancers.

"A Mecca girl is all you need/Don't upset her, she will hurt you," sang Ayasel, describing how a woman from Mecca exceeded all other Saudi women in beauty and strength.

"With her, you can complete the Sunna [get married]/Your life with her will become Paradise," she asserts proudly.

On Thursday, Mecca regional authorities said in a Tweet that the governor had issued orders that Ayasel and the video production team be prosecuted.

"Prince Khalid bin Faisal of Mecca has ordered the arrest of those responsible for the Bint Mecca rap song, which offends the customs and traditions of the people of Mecca and contradicts the identity and traditions of its esteemed population," the tweet said.

Social media storm

The song has attracted strong reactions from social media, with racial undertones used in the hashtag #You_Are_Not_Mecca's_Girls directed at Ayasel's African origins.

"Enough of this depravity," one user said, referring to the video. "I hope the punishment for this African woman will be imprisonment then deporting her back to her country."

"Immediate deportation is the answer, in addition to holding every foreigner who claims to be from Mecca accountable," one user said.

"Including all Somalis living here," another replied in agreement.

Others spoke out against these comments.

"If anything needs to be deported, it is your racism, your arrogance, and your deep reverence for yourselves," one Twitter user retorted.

"The singer is young and has maybe realised her mistake, as Mecca is a holy place and has revered status," Twitter user Nouf al-Qahtani said. "But don't let your comments fall to racist levels ... racism is a disease in society."

"[Some] Saudis are saying that the singer is black and can't be from Mecca, as if Mecca is known for its blond-haired and blue-eyed women," another social user commented sarcastically.

Comments also pointed out what they said was hypocrisy and double standards on the part of Saudi authorities and their reaction to the rap video.

"What a contrasting situation ... [the government] invites singers and dancers to the country and no one objected but this girl did this song and now everyone is against her?" social media user Sultan al-Hamedi asked.

It is not the first time a Saudi female rapper has released a video. In June 2018, a rapper by the name of Leesa A dropped a video where she celebrated the country's lifting of a ban that prohibited women from driving. The video went viral but, unlike Asayel Slay's song, was well received.

Saudi Arabia has in recent years implemented a series of social and economic reforms, championed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), including giving women the right to drive and opening up the conservative kingdom for entertainment and tourism.

The reforms have, however, been accompanied by a deepening crackdown on government critics, including the detention of high-profile women's rights activists including Loujain al-Halthloul, and the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents at country's consulate in Istanbul in 2018.

Amnesty International has described Saudi Arabia's human rights record as "abysmal", adding the nation is in the "grip of a sweeping crackdown against critics of the government".

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Hmmm

What's all the hype about saudi ..not as if they're the holiest. Terrorist country.

LOL
Everything is religion to the Saudis... But what have they done about their crown prince who allegedly murdered Khashoggi?

Yeye dey smell. Hypocrites.

Hypocrites ....they are always condemning everything yet they watch porn and foork

I love the song... And the beats too

Hmm

how can he do such a thing where they strongly believe is a holy land, it is against their believe.

Terrorists...like their abokì brothers up north...

The mentality of these people is a crime against humanity. Nobody should think like these terrorists

I think the most interesting thing about this story is that the Saudi Arabians/Meccans clearly regard this girl as an outsider and not one of them.

It is interesting because nearly all the Yoruba muslims I know have always told me that Oduduwa the ancestor of the Yorubas was a Prince of Mecca.

When you allow a myth to become your origin story, you're just setting yourself up to be embarrassed.

You might as well say the same about those Igbos pretending to be Jews.

TheExecutioner:


I think the most interesting thing about this story is that the Saudi Arabians/Meccans clearly regard this girl as an outsider and not one of them.

It is interesting because nearly all the Yoruba muslims I know have always told me that Oduduwa the ancestor of the Yorubas was a Prince of Mecca.

When you allow a myth to become your origin story, you're just setting yourself up to be embarrassed.

Arab racism is worst. They dislike blacks with passion.

Couldn't have said it better. We Africans should stop embarrassing ourselves by stupidly identifying with people who don't like us and don't have our best interests at heart.
Throughout history, the one person that the black man has always looked down upon is the black man!
Until this attitude disappears, we will always remain at the bottom of the human pyramid.

Dillusionist:
Hypocrites. This is why I pity their black slaves that donates billions to go throw stones at their demon in Saudi forgetting they have greater demons at home.
Y'all are still kafir in their sight.

TheExecutioner:


I think the most interesting thing about this story is that the Saudi Arabians/Meccans clearly regard this girl as an outsider and not one of them.

It is interesting because nearly all the Yoruba muslims I know have always told me that Oduduwa the ancestor of the Yorubas was a Prince of Mecca.

When you allow a myth to become your origin story, you're just setting yourself up to be embarrassed.

EkunKekere:
You might as well say the same about those Igbos pretending to be Jews.

And Yoruba muslims are busy believing that Oduduwa the banish son of Oba of Benin that conquered Ife is from Mecca. Nawaoo

Hmm






do you know I give cheap loans

I gave up on muslims when I read the Hadith that said anyone that says Muhammad is black should be killed.

You have to be a brain dead hypocrite to think being a muslim/Christian is the only way to be a good person.

Just like there can NEVER be a black pope
They are both slave trading religions
And their followers would always defend the custodians of their religion with their blood.

It's a long cycle of stupidity.

Odingo1:
And Yoruba muslims are busy believing that Oduduwa the banish son of Oba of Benin that conquered Ife is from Mecca. Nawaoo

The most useless black man is a religious one.
He has zero revolutionary spirit
He is the biggest zombie of all.
A religious man is a superstitious man
He lives more in fantasy than reality
So his present reality is always hell
When a politician start his speech with some religious text, I already conclude he is a failure

IDeyFlogAllah:
Couldn't have said it better. We Africans should stop embarrassing ourselves by stupidly identifying with people who don't like us and don't have our best interests at heart.
Throughout history, the one person that the black man has always looked down upon is the black man!
Until this attitude disappears, we will always remain at the bottom of the human pyramid.

This Saudi people take life and religion too serious abi small girl no fit play again?

So I'm wondering what makes a geographical location the 'holiest city' or land to a particular religion. The same that invited Nicki Minaj who turned them down after series of backlash, citing advocacy for women’s rights, gay rights and freedom of expression as her reasons... Like what was she going to sing, her provocative songs which have the 'f' riddled in them or some newly composed religious specially tailored for the 'Holy City'?

The same where Mariah Carey 'performed' early this year amidst the many topical issues cited.

The young girl's crime is not because she rapped in Arabic or whatever but because she is black. They are calling for her head because she isn't seen as one of them and would stop at nothing to see her nipped.

A supposed 'Holy City' inhabited and managed by a group of highly racial, cold minded folks who have no problem with plotting the assassinations of people with dissenting views? The irony!

The reforms have, however, been accompanied by a deepening crackdown on government critics, including the detention of high-profile women's rights activists including Loujain al-Halthloul, and the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents at country's consulate in Istanbul in 2018.

Picture of Jamal Khashoggi below... Murdered by the Saudi Arabian government.

Nawa

This Mohammed religion shaaa

Probably they are going to cutoff her mouth or boobs

Racism and nothing but. They do their best to hide it but how do you justify the acceptance of the light skinned Saudi girl's song and then demonize the dark-skinned Saudi girl's song. Awon masanfani!

Our leaders, politicians and successful people trooping to Saudi for prayers are the most useless people in the whole wide world. Religion is the oldest scam in the world and was created as a tool for mind control by the powerful for the powerless. No man understands God enough to describe him in a book. NO MAN!

Bleep Saudi Arabia

Ok

She is hawt! The song is hawt!! The concept, simple but hawt!!! I am not surprised the Government of Saudi feels hurt!!! She should relocate to the Western world, now and unhurt.

No prostitution will be allowed in Mecca. If this song is allowed in Mecca, next you will see Cardi B and Nikky Minaj tyoe of girls of Saudi origin. You want freedom, Islam will nevr ever give you. Nudity will not be allowed in Mecca. You want to be nude? Go to America.

I'd love Saudi to be invaded one day by Trump and Putin. They are the largest sponsors on terrorism.

Islam and hypocrisy....