Photos: Rihanna chased out of Abu Dhabi mosque for taking pictures

Singer Rihanna was asked to leave an Abu Dhabi Grand Mosque after posing for (the above) photos that its overseers felt violate the sanctity of the site.

The mosque statement, published Monday in local newspapers, said Rihanna was in an area normally off limits for visitors. It says the fashion-style photo session violated rules on the "status and sanctity of the mosque."

The mosque is a major tourist site in the United Arab Emirates' capital.