The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of Al Qaeda
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On November 20, 1979, worldwide attention was focused on Tehran, where the Iranian hostage crisis was entering its third week. The same morning—the first of a new Muslim century—hundreds of gunmen stunned the world by seizing Islam's holiest shrine, the Grand Mosque in Mecca. Armed with rifles that they had smuggled inside coffins, these men came from more than a dozen countries, launching the first operation of global jihad in modern times. Led by a Saudi preacher named Juhayman al Uteybi, they…
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AwardsHistoryCurrent Affairs & PoliticsReligionNonfictionMiddle Eastern HistoryIslamTerrorismMovements & Sects - IslamicMiddle Eastern History - Modern - General & MiscellaneousSaudi Arabia - HistoryTerrorism - General & MiscellaneousFundamentalism - IslamWashington Post Best Foreign Affairs Books of 20072008 Washington Institute Gold PrizeBest Books of the Year 2007Best Books of the YearWashington Post Best Books of 2007Washington Institute Book PrizeJournalism & Political Book Awards2008 Washington Institute Book Prize



