‘For the first time and then…,’ How Saudi King was rendered helpless in an attack that shook the Muslim world as the Islamic holiest mosque was under siege for two weeks On November 20, 1979, Juhayman al-Otaybi, a Saudi religious dissident and a former-soldier, led over 200 armed gunmen, as they took over and besieged the Grand Mosque of Mecca and held it under siege for two weeks. Mecca Grand Mosque Siege: The holy cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia are revered by Muslims across all sects…
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