{{Pop star Rihanna was asked to leave a famous Abu Dhabi mosque complex after posing outside the building for an unauthorised photo shoot.}}<\/p>\n
The singer tweeted pictures of herself in a black jumpsuit and headscarf on photo-sharing site Instagram.<\/p>\n
A statement from the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre, said she was asked to leave after “inappropriate pictures” were taken.<\/p>\n
The photos “did not comply with terms and conditions” of organised visits.<\/p>\n
Rihanna performed live in the capital of the United Arab Emirates on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The mosque said Rihanna, 25, first arrived “at an entrance that was not designated for visitors”.<\/p>\n
“She was confronted by the mosque officials and directed to the appropriate entrance to the mosque, to carry out a visit under the normal conditions.”<\/p>\n
She was asked to leave after striking a series of poses for the photo shoot.<\/p>\n
The statement claimed Rihanna turned up at the mosque “without any previous co-ordination with the administration”.<\/p>\n
Several of the photos could be construed as suggestive, with one showing the pop star lying on her back in the mosque’s courtyard.<\/p>\n
The mosque is a major tourist attraction and had more than three million visitors last year.<\/p>\n
Rihanna’s publicity team have yet to make a comment.<\/p>\n
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