A report on Grand Mosque seizure

Saudi soldiers fighting their way into the Ka'aba underground beneath the Grand Mosque of Mecca, 1979.
Smoke rising from the Grand Mosque during the assault on the Marwa-Safa gallery, 1979.
Surviving insurgents in custody of Saudi authorities (c. 1979).
Surviving insurgents in custody of Saudi authorities (c. 1979).

The Grand Mosque seizure occurred during November and December 1979 when extremist insurgents calling for the overthrow of the House of Saud took over Masjid al-Haram, the holiest mosque in Islam, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

- Grand Mosque seizure
Saudi soldiers fighting their way into the Ka'aba underground beneath the Grand Mosque of Mecca, 1979.

23 related topics with Alpha

Overall
Ashura commemorating martyrdom of Prophet's grandson, Tehran, 2016

Muharram

0 links

First month of the Islamic calendar.

First month of the Islamic calendar.

Ashura commemorating martyrdom of Prophet's grandson, Tehran, 2016
Shia Muslims in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in a Hussainiya as part of the commemoration of Muharram
Shia Muslim children in Amroha, India on camels in front of the Azakhana as part of the procession commemorating events on and after Day of Ashura
Scenes in the Tajiya procession at the Muharram festival

1 Muharram: Seizure of the Grand Mosque in 1400 AH (1979 AD).

Yaroslav Trofimov

1 links

Ukrainian-born Italian author and journalist who serves as chief foreign-affairs correspondent at The Wall Street Journal.

Ukrainian-born Italian author and journalist who serves as chief foreign-affairs correspondent at The Wall Street Journal.

The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of Al Qaeda (Doubleday, New York, 2007; ISBN: 978-0-385-51925-0). A "gripping" historical account of the Grand Mosque Seizure in Mecca in 1979 by the precursors of Al Qaeda. The book was a finalist for the Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers award and won the Gold Medal of the Washington Institute Book Prize, a literary award established to highlight nonfiction books about the Middle East.

Arab Socialist Action Party – Arabian Peninsula

0 links

Underground oppositional political party in Saudi Arabia.

Underground oppositional political party in Saudi Arabia.

Five days after Islamic insurgents had seized the Grand Mosque in Mecca on 20 November 1979, the party issued a statement in Beirut, clarifying the demands of the insurgents.