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Worshippers in Saudi Arabia have been told not to snap selfies in front of the Kaaba or elsewhere in Mecca’s Great Mosque while on pilgrimage. The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah bemoaned the number of photographs being taken in the holy site during the Umrah- the minor Islamic pilgrimage that can be performed at any time of the year – saying it distracts worshippers from “reverence and obedience to God”. It could also cause pilgrims to bump into one another or bother passers-by, the ministry warned. “Dedicate yourself to worship in the purest parts of the world,” the ministry tweeted in Arabic, at…