BTS announced a concert in Saudi Arabia and Muslim ARMYs are losing it.
BTS is currently touring the world on their Love Yourself Speak Yourself stadium tour. They have so far covered the United States and Europe and are now on the Asian leg of the tour. And yesterday, they announced that they would be taking the tour to Saudi Arabia in October!
And of course, Arab BTS ARMYs lost their minds collectively because no one ever imagined that BTS would add a stop in Saudi Arabia on their tour.
As soon as the announcement was made, Muslim ARMYs, specifically those living in Saudi Arabia, went insane.
MOOd :😭😭😭😍😍😍😍#BTSInRiyadh pic.twitter.com/67jEbfMdrL
— halal BTS….. (@AimanAreesha) July 14, 2019
#BTSinRIYADH I CAN'T FUCKING BREATHHHHH pic.twitter.com/8ACWeZIF4o
— ㅡ (@ErenJaegr) July 14, 2019
Arabian army when they knew that bts are coming in their country.#BTSInRiyadh pic.twitter.com/VYcvvnkEiB
— 바스 마라💫 (@Kimbasmalaa) July 14, 2019
And Saudi fans are already making hilarious jokes about the boys’ upcoming visit to their country.
Saudi Starbucks worker: so what’s your name?
Seokjin: jin
The Starbucks worker:pic.twitter.com/rJ5XzG2Cxl
— 𝙽𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚢𝚊 (@B0YWITHLOVE) July 14, 2019
mashallah can’t wait to see the boys unleash their inner muslims pic.twitter.com/WV07ZxhiwJ
— saira✨ (@anOT7girl) July 14, 2019
Jin:
Which weed is halal in Islam ???BTS:
Huh …… ??Jin:
tajWEED*iconic Windshield Wiper laugh*
— Hobibi (@Ot7Muslim) July 14, 2019
However, after the recent outcry against artists performing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which led to Nicki Minaj canceling her headliner spot at the Jeddah World Fest, a lot of people were outraged at BTS for performing in Saudia Arabia.
cool BTS is performing in a place that regularly violates the UN declaration of human rights. #BTSInRiyadh
— Mitchell Campbell (@MitchACampbell) July 14, 2019
Hold up, BTS are UN Ambassadors and they decided to have a concert in Saudi Arabia? Literally the country with the worst human rights? Where LGBT+ community are punished with death? Where women has almost zero rights? #BTSInRiyadh
— diana met bts (@vismywaifu) July 14, 2019
I’mso disappointed. Being un representatives brings responsibilities. Going to a place where human rights have no meaning, where people get killed because they dared to speak up to the regime and where they get killed(?) for being an lgbtq member + #BTSInRiyadh
— maki (@makimakishiro) July 14, 2019
People were criticizing the boys for being hypocritical; performing in a country that does not grant equal rights to LGBTQ+ citizens as well as other alleged human rights violations. Most of the ire, of course, is directed towards the leadership of the country.
However, it must be noted that the concert is not being organized by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is an independent stadium tour, while Nicki Minaj received backlash for performing at a festival which was being funded by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.
Of course, this doesn’t change the fact that the allegations against Saudi Arabia stand. But the question arises: is it fair to want BTS to cancel their concert in Saudi Arabia because the leader and certain laws are problematic? Must Saudi ARMYs suffer due to it?
Perhaps trying to deprive Saudi ARMYs of witnessing a concert by their beloved idols isn’t ideal.
Why are people worried about BTS going to Saudi Arabia? Yeah the governments trash but where was this political energy when the boys went to the US with a whole trump as a president?? Let Saudi ARMYs enjoy this please 😕.
— rawan (@hoyavu) July 14, 2019
No matter how much you and I hate the saudi government dont try to be bitter about it. We all know how corrupted and evil saudi is but civilians are not at fault at it nor is bts. Be happy for arab armys and them getting the chance to see bts
— maryam is flourishing (@muslimnamu) July 14, 2019
the amount of islamaphobes lmaoo, anyways bts raised $2M for Yemen, have shown open support to Palestine and love Halal Guys so where do we go from here🤩
— violet. (@vante_kt) July 14, 2019
P.S: the Saudi Arabia government has a special visa for those attending concerts in the Kingdom. You can directly apply for the visa immediately after purchasing tickets on their official website and it takes only a few minutes!
So Pakistani ARMYs, who’s in for a trip to Saudi Arabia?! What do you think of BTS performing in Riyadh? Let us know in the comments below!
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