The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine & the Birth of Al-Qaeda
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (581 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000XPWRBM |
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| Number of Pages | : | 498 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers Weekly Trofimov, a Wall Street Journal writer and observer of the Muslim world (Faith at War), tackles an incident unreported in the West: the violent takeover of Islam's holiest shrine by Muslim fundamentalists in 1979. 18)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. In 1979, the Saudi intelligence services apparently had no accurate blueprints of the Grand Mosque, and knew nothing of the underground labyrinth where many of the militants took shelter; they eventually received plans to the site from Osama bin Laden's older brother. . Carrying out his investigations in one of the world's most closed societies, Trofimov has crafted a compelling historical narrative, blending messianic theology with righteous violence, and the Saudi state's sclerotic corruption with the complicity of the official religious institutions. All rights reserved. Trofi
"This should be required reading for everyone who is trying" according to Shop Man. This should be required reading for everyone who is trying to understand the catastrophic situation in the Middle East. The author tells the story of Wahhabi Moslem extremists, from many countries, attacking, and seizing, Mecca in 1979. This attack and the Saudi Arabian response was purely a fight among Moslems but it led to Moslem attacks on US embassies across the middle east due to Iranian propaganda blaming the US for the attack. In telling this story the author describes the history of the hundreds of years of radical Moslem religious turmoil leading up to this pivotal event. He then explo. Terrifying RK This was a fascinating book about a subject that I had never heard about before. I happened to hear about it on a podcast and I was intrigued enough to give it try.If you are a fan of world history, then you will love how this book brings all of the political struggles of the 70's and 80's together. Excellent book!. Minimal Western coverage does not do justice to the importance of this event The author has done an exceptional job of researching and sourcing material for this amazing look at a pivotal event in modern Islam and Middle Eastern history. While I was vaguely familiar with the attempted siege of the Grand Mosque in Mecca in 1979, the details behind the takeover by Sunni's intent on overthrowing the Saudi Royal family and the ultimately "successful" subduing of the followers of Juhayman makes for a fascinating read and raises questions about the lasting impact of this event. Occuring shortly after the Iranian Revolution, Trofimov provides a revealing look into never before
Led by a Saudi preacher named Juhayman al Uteybi, they believed that the Saudi royal family had become a craven servant of American infidels and sought a return to the glory of uncompromising Islam. 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. This dramatic and immensely consequential story was barely covered in the press in the pre-CNN, pre-Al Jazeera days, as Saudi Arabia imposed an information blackout and kept foreign correspondents away. Yaroslav Trofimov now penetrates this veil of silence, interviewing for the first time scores of direct participants in the siege, including former terrorists, and drawing on hundreds of documents that were declassified upon his request. Written with the pacing, detail, and suspense of a real-life thriller, The Siege of Mecca reveals how Saudi reaction to the uprising in Mecca set free the forces that produced the attacks of 9/11 and the harrowing circumstances that surround us today.. On November 20, 1979, worldwide attention was focused on Tehran, whe
Yaroslav Trofimov is a staff foreign correspondent of the Wall Street Journal, reporting extensively from Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries.Todd McLaren was involved in radio for more than twenty years in cities on both coasts. He left broadcasting for a full-time career in voice-overs, where he has been heard on more