The Saudi Arabian minister of Islamic affairs Sheikh Abdullatif bin Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh recently issued a circular underlining the steps to be taken to prepare mosques for the month of Ramadan or Ramzan, the ministry said in a tweet.The announcement soon triggered a flurry of reactions from various quarters. A tweet and a YouTube video by Sami Hamdi, the founder of The International Interest, a current affairs magazine focusing on the Middle East and North Africa, went viral on the internet. In the video, Hamdi criticizes the orders. Hamdi shared a few pointers and claimed that Crown Prince Muhhamad Bin Salman (MBS) was trying to restrict Ramadan in Saudi Arabia.
