Ashwaq Al-Twairiqi Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH – The branch of the Commission of the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice based in the Grand Mosques is looking into a complaint filed by a female school principal against a Hai'a member. In her complaint, the school principal claimed that the Hai'a member held her purse and pushed her and her housemaid and son several times during the Maghreb prayer last Wednesday. When she told him that she would file a complaint he responded with, “Do whatever you want. I'm not afraid of you. Besides, I didn't touch your hands." Afterward, she went to the Hai'a center inside the Grand Mosque and lodged a complaint. Al-Shareef Ahmad Al-Mansouri, spokesman for Hai'a Center inside the Grand Mosque, said that Khalid Al-Subai'i, director of the center, had started an investigation into the complaint. The Hai'a member in question said that the woman called him names when he insisted that she move to the women's praying area. He also said that he was responsible for organizing the lines of prayer performers and had to make sure that women pray in the area specified for them. She told “Okaz" over the phone that as she circumvented the Kaba'a, the Maghreb prayer was called and she stopped to perform prayer. She moved with her son and housemaid to the back of Al-Mataf area and joined the congregation when the Hai'a member appeared and started pushing her and her housemaid in front of other worshippers. “Investigators are still trying to figure out the truth," Al-Mansouri added.
