Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 22-03-2017

A video of a marriage proposal in front of the Ka’ba in Makkah in Saudi Arabia has sparked outrage on social media with many saying it was disrespectful to pop the question in such a sacred place.

Arab News reports that TRT reporter Yusuf Akyön decided to surprise his fiancée’ by taking advantage of the presence of their families in Makkah before pulling a ring from his pocket.

“Of course, I am embarrassed of doing this in front of them, but I think what I will do is good,” Akyön said in a video of the proposal that went viral after he shared it on his social media accounts.

The son of the Turkish Press Attaché in Saudi Arabia Bahattin Akyön was asked by his fiancée’ to kneel before her in a Hollywood-style moment before she accepted his proposal.

Akyön faced a wave of criticism after posting the video online and had to delete his social media accounts.

Some Turkish social media users reacted to the video, saying it was disrespectful of the reporter to propose in such a sacred place with some even demanding the Turkish TV channel fire the reporter and hold him accountable for his actions.

Arabs social media users also shared their thoughts on the matter, with mixed reactions.

“I respect romance and cultures of other nations, but I wish [for] the same respect for our holy sites. Did you really have to propose to her here and in this way?” Waleed Al-Farraj, the editor-in-chief of Ayn Al-Youm news website tweeted.

The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said in a hadeeth: “Whoever imitates a people is one of them.” (Sahih Abu Dawood)

Watch the video of the marriage proposal by Yusuf Akyön here: 

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